Fetal surgery pioneer Dr Scott Adzick describes the journey that led to being able to repair myelomeningocele before birth, dramatically improving outcomes for children with this neural tube defect. Medscape Pediatrics …read more
Icing the uterus can reduce bleeding during cesarean delivery, a new study has shown. Medscape Medical News …read more
Elsevier journal Maturitas has announced the publication of a position statement by the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) covering non-hormonal management of menopausal vasomotor… …read more
Manchester doctors have helped show that high-risk womb cancer patients can be genetically profiled to allow them to receive more appropriate treatment. …read more
A survey of more than 1,000 Americans finds more than half believe miscarriage is rare – just one of many misperceptions people have about the condition. …read more
Recognizing that patients’ experiences of childhood and adult trauma are common and have a direct impact on their health, UCSF clinical researchers and Positive Women’s Network-USA have developed… …read more
Using mice, scientists show ovarian theca cells – essential for follicle growth – come from two sources, and suggest the finding will raise understanding of ovarian cell disorders. …read more
The Affordable Care Act, which extended health coverage and erased copayments for preventive treatments, was associated with 1.1 million more young women initiating the human papillomavirus vaccine. Medscape Medical News …read more
Investigators can’t account for the strong showing of a soybean and corn oil capsule in a randomized trial of omega-3 fatty acids for aromatase-inhibitor-linked joint aches. Medscape Medical News …read more
For extremely preterm infants in the United States, there is considerable variation among hospitals in terms of the gestational age at which they begin active treatment as well as the survival… …read more