'Conscience' Bills Let Medical Providers Opt Out of Providing a Wide Range of Care Protections for health workers may reduce standard of care, opponents say Aug 06, 2023
In a Golden Age of Cancer Care, PBMs Are Holding Us Back We must stop predatory and destructive behaviors Aug 05, 2023
FDA OKs First Pill for Postpartum Depression In one trial, more than twice as many women achieved remission after 2-week treatment course Aug 04, 2023
Neurodevelopment After Prenatal Exposure to Newer Epilepsy Drugs Tracked for 3 Years Commonly prescribed anti-seizure medications did not show worse outcomes Aug 04, 2023
AI-Backed Mammography Keeps Up With Docs for Cancer Detection But can AI capture relevant biological features of detected lesions? Aug 01, 2023
Multi-Cancer Early Detection: 20th-Century Fiction Becomes Reality These tests could soon become a valuable addition to current cancer screening tools Aug 01, 2023
FDA Approves New Frontline Endometrial Cancer Regimen, First in Decades Dostarlimab (Jemperli) approved with chemotherapy for dMMR or MSI-high cancers Jul 31, 2023
Video-Based Antenatal Care Education Helped Parents of Preemies Videos delivered via text message resulted in more knowledge, without spiking parental anxiety Jul 31, 2023
What's Wrong With 'Girl Dinner'? Experts say the trend highlights the best and worst of social media's messaging on healthy eating Jul 28, 2023
A Bright Future for Gender-Affirming Care "There is an absolute tidal wave of providers coming" to improve gender-diverse care Jul 27, 2023 video
Infant Boys Better at Resisting HIV Than Girls? Innate immune system differences in early life may be the key, researcher says Jul 26, 2023
Cervical Device Didn't Help High-Risk Pregnancies Trial findings could spell the end for intravaginal pessary in this setting Jul 25, 2023
Psilocybin for Anorexia Shows Promise in Early Trial 10-woman study found the psychoactive compound to be safe, positively perceived Jul 24, 2023
Near-Zero Risk of HIV Transmission With Low Viral Loads "These data provide a powerful opportunity to destigmatize HIV," researchers say Jul 23, 2023
Once the New OTC Birth Control Pill Is Available, What About Cost and Coverage? Do health plans have to cover the nonprescription pill? Jul 23, 2023
PPIs Linked to Worse Outcomes With Widely Used Breast Cancer Drug Concomitant use of proton pump inhibitors with palbociclib associated with shorter survival Jul 21, 2023
Hep C Infections in Pregnancy Skyrocketed Over the Past Two Decades Prevalence in pregnant women jumped 16-fold from 1998 through 2018 Jul 21, 2023
Long-Acting Injection Preferred Over Daily Pills for PrEP Cabotegravir wins by a mile to prevent HIV infection Jul 20, 2023
Screen-and-Treat for Bacterial Vaginosis Fails to Reduce Preterm Births However, post hoc analysis suggests possible benefit for one subgroup Jul 17, 2023
Early-Pregnancy Serial BP Measurements Can Reclassify Risk of Preeclampsia BP trajectories improve on prediction using standard risk factors alone Jul 13, 2023
COVID-19 Impaired Fertility Treatments IVF and sperm injections less effective after infection, Chinese researchers say Jul 13, 2023
Most Patients Successfully Self-Manage Medication Abortion, Study Shows Even beyond 10 weeks gestation, medication abortions were largely complete Jul 12, 2023
Block Your Period for Vacation? Ob/Gyns Say It's Safe Doctors frequently counsel patients on menstrual suppression Jul 12, 2023
Whole Genome Sequencing Boosts Diagnosis of Rare Disease in Infants Whole genome scans took longer than a commercially available test, but not for most urgent cases Jul 11, 2023
New CMS Coding Shortchanges Natural-Tissue Breast Reconstruction Elisabeth Potter, MD, on the negative effect on women with breast cancer and their surgeons Jul 11, 2023 video
Wisconsin Ob/Gyn Surrenders Medical License After Patient's Death Victoria Mondloch, MD, was previously disciplined for providing substandard medical care Jul 07, 2023
Maternal Mortality Remains 'Unacceptably High' in the U.S., Study Shows Black women continue to have the highest maternal mortality rates Jul 05, 2023
Dementia Risk Tied to Menopausal Hormone Therapy, Even in Women 55 and Younger But experts disagree about what the findings actually mean Jun 29, 2023
TXA Holds Its Own for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in von Willebrand Disease In phase III study, recombinant VWF not superior to cheaper alternative for type 1 and 2 cases Jun 29, 2023
PET-CT Superior to Conventional Scans for Spotting Distant Breast Cancer Mets Study shows twice as many locally advanced patients upstaged with PET-CT vs conventional staging Jun 26, 2023
Malpractice Lawsuits Over Denied Abortion Care May Be on the Horizon But many hurdles await Jun 25, 2023
Maternal Outcomes at Rural Hospitals Hinge on Delivery Volume Excess severe maternal morbidity in lower-volume rural hospitals Jun 24, 2023
The Dangerous Reality of Pregnancy in the U.S. All states should offer 12-month postpartum Medicaid coverage Jun 24, 2023
Hysterectomy Ultimately Needed After 1 in 8 Endometrial Ablations Ballpark figures of treatment failure suggest rising need for surgery over time Jun 23, 2023
Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Varies by Molecular Subtype Korean study suggests need for individualized surveillance, optimized use of breast MRI Jun 21, 2023
A Year Later, Doctors Feel Impact of Dobbs Decision 'Every Single Day' "Sometimes, I feel that I am not able to fulfill the Hippocratic Oath" Jun 21, 2023
ENDO 2023 Roundup: More Imcivree Data; Statement on Aging; Novel Hypoparathyroid Tx Some more highlights from the Endocrine Society's annual meeting Jun 20, 2023
Breast Cancer Drugs May Weaken Effects of Weight-Loss Drugs Survivors on aromatase inhibitors lost significantly less weight Jun 18, 2023
Clinicians: Pay Attention to Body Image Concerns in Patients With PCOS The first step is "acknowledging it, supporting, and listening," researcher says Jun 18, 2023