A drug already used to slow tumor growth may also prevent infertility caused by standard chemotherapies, according to a study in mice published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of… …read more
Intake of soy food products, such as tofu, is not harmful for women with breast cancer and may be protective in those with hormone receptor-negative disease. Medscape Medical News …read more
New research suggests that women who experience their first period at an early age may be at risk of gestational diabetes later in life. …read more
Children of mothers with low levels of the vitamin E isoform alpha-tocopherol — one of eight isoforms of the vitamin — are more likely to wheeze, a finding that could eventually lead to changes in nutritional recommendations. Medscape Medical News …read more
The number of children born with birth defects potentially related to Zika virus was 20 times higher in 2016 than before the virus arrived in the United States. Medscape Medical News …read more
The US political war on women has reached an all-time apex, and women´s health physicians must speak out loudly on their behalf. …read more
Treating subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy does not improve 5-year cognitive outcomes in offspring vs no treatment; editorialists still support treating subclinical hypothyroidism early in pregnancy. Medscape Medical News …read more
Researchers suggest that a poor diet that increases inflammation in adolescence and early adulthood may raise the risk of premenopausal breast cancer. …read more
Dr Andrew Kaunitz describes results of a recent population-based study that supports the ‘critical window’ hypothesis of hormone therapy after menopause. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
The results of the UK Familial Ovarian Cancer Screening Study (UK FOCSS), which is led by UCL, show that screening women at high risk of ovarian cancer every four months may reduce the likelihood… …read more