After giving birth, a woman’s estrogen levels drop to lower than usual levels, and while they return to the normal range relatively quickly among women who are not breastfeeding, this hypoestrogenic… …read more
Simultaneous PET/MRI imaging proves to be a valuable diagnostic modality for staging of pelvic malignancies and detection of recurrences, metastases. Medscape Medical News …read more
New data show that the 21-gene recurrence score for predicting risk for metastatic breast cancer has been quickly adopted in clinical practice. Medscape Medical News …read more
Birth outcomes for babies whose mothers used assisted reproductive technology (ART) are better in some cases, and worse in others, than for subfertile women who did not use ART, according to a… …read more
Women who give birth in a public hospital are more confident parents compared to women who have babies privately, a new Australian study has found. …read more
Male smokers have a greater risk for osteoporosis than other men and even than women smokers, a recent study finds, suggesting that U.S. screening guidelines focused on women might need to be expanded to include men. Reuters Health Information …read more
Does exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increase the risk of preterm birth? How do other complications of pregnancy, such as gestational diabetes, impact the risk? American Journal of Epidemiology …read more
A group of 55 House Democrats is endorsing an effort to add pregnancy to the list of qualifying life events that allow individuals to select or change their health coverage outside of the annual open… …read more
The prevalence of stressful life events decreased slightly for women in the year preceding their infant’s birth during 2000 to 2010, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and… …read more
The risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth and the need for neonatal intensive care are increased with all stages of kidney disease. Medscape Medical News …read more