WASHINGTON – Only 20% of women of childbearing age taking antiepileptic drugs also received a folate prescription, a small study revealed – but a brief intervention helped boost the rate above… …read more
More ER-positive and in situ cancers and fewer ER-negative cancers are expected, which has implications for research priorities, researchers say. Medscape Medical News …read more
However, the pay gap between the groups is small. Overall, the number who would choose obstetrics-gynecology if they could do it all again dropped from 53% to 40% during the last 4 years. Medscape Medical News …read more
Study author notes mom’s mental health has an impact on the child’s well beingThis is a sample of one of the supportive texts messages sent to study participants. Credit: Matthew Broom, M. …read more
Though it is widely believed that the media objectifies women, women further diminish themselves by constantly comparing their bodies to others’. …read more
The updated document clarifies the previously published controversial recommendation against routine annual screening for women younger than 50 years. Medscape Medical News …read more
A new surgical approach that removes the fallopian tubes while sparing the ovaries may provide premenopausal women at high risk for ovarian cancer, particularly those with BRCA1/2 mutations, with a… …read more
Maternal antiviral therapy may be the next step for further decreasing perinatal HBV infections. Medscape Medical News …read more
Hepatitis B vertical infections are rare, but they are more likely if any of several risk factors are present, according to the results of a study led by Dr. Sarah Schillie. Dr. Schillie of the… …read more
HOUSTON– New-onset eczema during pregnancy is a common phenomenon with several newly identified risk factors. This disease entity deserves a proper name: gestational eczema, Dr. Wilfried J.J…. …read more