The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday has issued a travel advisory warning pregnant women to consider postponing travel to Brownsville, Texas, because of the risk of contracting Zika. Reuters Health Information …read more
Girls with a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in a gene known as Nf1 are much more likely to lose their vision than boys with mutations in the same gene. …read more
Long or repeated use of general anesthetics and sedatives during surgery in young children or late in pregnancy may affect child brain development. News Alerts …read more
‘Our findings show that Zika virus can continue to replicate in infants’ brains even after birth, and that the virus can persist in placentas for months, much longer than we expected,’ one author said. Medscape Medical News …read more
Find out how embryo freezing can help women who have trouble conceiving, who undergo cancer treatment, or who need to put off pregnancy for other reasons. …read more
A new study comparing the effectiveness of oral progestogens versus a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system to treat women with endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia (EIN) presents data on… …read more
Although it is the cause of much hand-wringing, the dramatic increase in US maternal mortality is actually an artifact of reporting, rather than a real increase, authors of a new study argue. Medscape Medical News …read more
The latest FDA approval is for use in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. FDA Approvals …read more
New research suggests that socially isolated breast cancer survivors have higher rates of recurrence and mortality compared with socially integrated women. …read more
Learn what an embryo transfer is and when it is needed. What should be expected before and after, and what different types of embryo transfer are there? …read more