Postmenopausal women with kidney or bladder stones are not at increased risk for osteoporosis, but they do have about a 15 percent increased risk of another painful stone, physician-scientists… …read more
Public Health England (PHE) today (13 July 2015) launches a nationwide ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaign aimed at women aged 70 and over to drive awareness of the risk of breast cancer amongst this age… …read more
However, a Swedish study has found that the age-related risk is reduced in parous women, possibly because of physiological changes during earlier pregnancies. Medscape Medical News …read more
Dr Andrew Kaunitz examines whether one of the most commonly prescribed meds in the United States might elevate fracture risk. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
Women with epilepsy are at considerably heightened risk for many adverse outcomes during childbirth, including a more than 10-fold increased risk for death. Medscape Medical News …read more
LISBON – Depression and emotional stress did not lead to poorer pregnancy outcomes 1 year after referral for recurrent pregnancy loss in a prospective, longitudinal study. Among 287 women with… …read more
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that smoking and preterm birth interact to more than triple the risk of cardiovascular disease for mothers. …read more
The stronger warning follows a comprehensive review of new safety information by the FDA. News Alerts …read more
It’s a mysterious condition often linked to childbirth that causes distress and discomfort and requires surgery for more than 200,000 women a year – but there’s no good way to study it. …read more
The periconceptional use of some selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) appears to have no impact on the development of birth defects, but some birth defects occur more frequently among… …read more