Doctors Not Trained to Spot Sex Trafficking Victims
Most healthcare providers aren’t trained to recognize victims of sex trafficking – and many don’t realize that’s a problem, according to a new study. Reuters Health Information …read more
Prolonged Breast-feeding Linked to Higher Adult IQ
Prolonged breast-feeding is associated with higher intelligence in adulthood, longer schooling, and higher adult income, even after accounting for socioeconomic factors. Medscape Medical News …read more
Sufficient sleep is important for healthy sexual desire
In a study of 171 women, those who obtained more sleep on a given night experienced greater sexual desire the next day. …read more
Research calls for new policies to support women veterans’ health care needs
As more women veterans seek health care in the Veterans Administration (VA) system, effective approaches are needed to ensure that their unique needs are recognized and met. …read more
Longer breastfeeding increases IQ in adulthood
Extending breastfeeding time increased IQ scores, years of education, and income later in life, according to a population-based birth cohort study of nearly 3,500 people. The prospective study… …read more
Solving the obstetrical dilemma – Study shows wide hips do not mean less efficient locomotion
Among the facts so widely assumed that they are rarely, if ever studied, is the notion that wider hips make women less efficient when they walk and run. …read more
Can breastfeeding women have menopause-like symptoms?
After giving birth, a woman’s estrogen levels drop to lower than usual levels, and while they return to the normal range relatively quickly among women who are not breastfeeding, this hypoestrogenic… …read more
PET/MRI Valuable in Diagnosis of Pelvic Malignancies
Simultaneous PET/MRI imaging proves to be a valuable diagnostic modality for staging of pelvic malignancies and detection of recurrences, metastases. Medscape Medical News …read more
Oncotype DX: Usage Consistent With Guidelines
New data show that the 21-gene recurrence score for predicting risk for metastatic breast cancer has been quickly adopted in clinical practice. Medscape Medical News …read more
Underlying subfertility may affect ART birth outcomes, BU study finds
Birth outcomes for babies whose mothers used assisted reproductive technology (ART) are better in some cases, and worse in others, than for subfertile women who did not use ART, according to a… …read more