Women's Health
Conference Coverage
Lack of time is damaging women’s health
The one thing that is especially damaging to physical and mental health is sleep deprivation, and working mothers get less sleep than do working...
Conference Coverage
Metabolic effects of estetrol are promising in postmenopausal women
Preliminary findings suggest estetrol continues to hold potential for becoming an additional option in treating menopause symptoms.
From the Journals
Biomarkers may help women with RA to decide on medications in pregnancy
Researchers find differences in gene expression before pregnancy that could help women with rheumatoid arthritis choose to stop or continue...
Commentary
Trading one’s eggs for a service discount raises tough issues, says ethicist
In a sense, she’s being coerced, perhaps – I’m going to put it glibly – to sell cheaply. She probably is getting undervalue, even though she needs...
Conference Coverage
Cannabis use growing among menopausal women
Cannabis is being increasingly marketed for treating menopause-related and aging-related symptoms.
Conference Coverage
Bone degradation measure can sway osteoporosis diagnosis
Factoring in a patient’s trabecular bone score may alter treatment decisions.
Conference Coverage
New RSV vaccine will cut hospitalizations, study shows
With widespread use of the vaccine, annual hospitalizations resulting from infant RSV would fall by 51%, emergency department encounters would...
Commentary
‘Vaginal dryness’ can be fatal. No, really.
The thing that kills women is recurrent urinary tract infections.
Commentary
Zuranolone: FAQs for clinicians and patients
Zuranolone was studied in women with severe postpartum depression and had to meet criteria for major depressive disorder no earlier than the third...
From the Journals
Young women rate top sources for STI self-testing
Additional data from in-depth interviews tagged Instagram as an option to provide information on direct-to-consumer STI tests.
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Burnout in medical profession higher among women, younger clinicians
A burned-out physician is most likely a young woman practicing in primary care.