Daily use of an experimental treatment, prasterone, may ease pain from vaginal intercourse in postmenopausal women, according to a study sponsored by the maker of prasterone, EndoCeutics. Reuters Health Information …read more
Girls whose mothers smoked while pregnant entered puberty at a younger age in a new Australian study. Reuters Health Information …read more
A recent trial of olaparib in ovarian cancer may be a landmark in the development of precision medicine, argues Dr Maurie Markman. Medscape Oncology …read more
Women are 14% more likely to have sex with their partner if they get an additional hour of sleep the previous night, according to a new study. …read more
This past January, the US House of Representatives passed HR 7, a bill designed to erode insurance coverage for abortion care. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
Female community health extension workers deployed to a remote rural community in northern Nigeria led to major and sustained increases in service utilization, including antenatal care and… …read more
Eagerly awaited guidance from the UK health watchdog on the management of diabetes in pregnancy opts for a higher threshold for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes than IADPSG, among other changes. Medscape Medical News …read more
Pathologists agree most of the time on diagnoses of benign or invasive cancer, but disagree often when the biopsy indicates a diagnosis of atypia or ductal carcinoma in situ, a new study shows. Medscape Medical News …read more
Findings apply to challenges in gynecological cancers such as cervical cancerCharles R. …read more
Women who had gestational diabetes mellitus and gained weight after pregnancy were significantly more likely to progress to type 2 diabetes, according to a study. Among the 1,695 women in the… …read more