Oral Contraceptive Okay for Acne as Last Resort, Says EMA
EU regulators said the available evidence for drugs combining dienogest and ethinylestradiol does not raise new safety concerns. Medscape Medical News …read more
Cognitive Decline in Women Starts Midlife
For women, mental sharpness, particularly processing speed, begins to decline as early as age 50, a large, longitudinal study shows. Medscape Medical News …read more
Football is medicine for women with high blood pressure
The Danish concept Football Fitness has proved to be just as effective as tablets for countering high blood pressure. …read more
Murine study finds potential boost for ovarian cancer drug Olaparib
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered that the metabolic enzyme phosphoglycerate mutase 1 (PGAM1) helps cancer cells repair their DNA and found that inhibiting PGAM1… …read more
High Pregnancy BMI Not Linked to Offspring BMI
A genetic study suggests high maternal BMI during pregnancy is not likely to increase the risk of offspring being overweight during childhood and adolescence. Medscape Medical News …read more
Starting menstrual periods at a young age and childlessness increase risk of premature and early menopause
Women who had their first menstrual period when they were aged 11 or younger have an increased risk of an early or premature menopause and if they remain childless the risk is increased even more… …read more
Cervical Cancer Deaths in US Higher Than Previously Estimated
Correcting mortality rates from cervical cancer by taking into account a prior hysterectomy significantly increases what has previously been reported, especially for elderly black women. Medscape Medical News …read more
Mother’s BMI during pregnancy has little effect on risk of childhood obesity
Mothers’ genes during pregnancy, not BMI, are linked to obesity risk in childhood and adolescence, according to new research by the University of Bristol. …read more
Should Lifestyle Advice Be a Greater Part of Fertility Counseling?
Dr Kovacs reviews the latest committee opinion from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine on how to counsel patients who are trying to conceive. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
Cervical cancer subtypes identified
An in-depth genomic and molecular analysis of cervical cancer, reported in Nature, reveals potential new therapeutic targets for the disease, which remains one of the leading causes of… …read more