Gynecology
From the Journals
Few transgender teens discontinue hormones in young adulthood
Pioneering clinic’s research finds that 98% of transgender adolescents taking puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones were still taking the latter...
From the Journals
It’s about location: PCOS symptoms differ depending where you live
Women with PCOS in California were more likely to have hyperandrogenemia than were those in Alabama, but age and BMI weren’t factors, nor was race...
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CVS cuts prices of menstrual products, covers sales tax in some states
"Too often period products are taxed as luxury items and not recognized as basic necessities."
Medicolegal Issues
Disjointed states of America: The medical is political
While those of us in medicine have become accustomed to abortion care being legislated and politicized, it is not the only care...
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Dr. Birds-n-Bees: How physicians are taking up the sex ed slack
Only 29 states and the District of Columbia mandate sex education, and 13 of those do not require that it be medically accurate.
Conference Coverage
Early age at hysterectomy ups type 2 diabetes risk
Having a hysterectomy appears to increase the risk of incident type 2 diabetes, particularly in younger women, and if the ovaries are removed at...
Clinical Review
2022 Update on abnormal uterine bleeding
Insights into the COVID-19 vaccine’s effects on menstrual cycle irregularities; results of an RCT that examined the use of drospirenone 4 mg in a...
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Texas district court allows employers to deny HIV PrEP coverage
"Judge O'Connor has a long history of issuing rulings against the Affordable Care Act and LGBT individuals, and we expect the case to be...
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In the rush to curtail abortion, states adopt a jumbled stew of definitions for human life
That we’ve been able to devise and apply uniform clinical standards for when life ends, but not when it begins, is due largely to the legal and...
Guidelines
New ovulatory disorder classifications from FIGO replace 50-year-old system
Once an ovulatory disorder has been diagnosed, four basic categories provide a framework for classification.
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State of the science in PCOS: Emerging neuroendocrine involvement driving research
Much of the more recent research into PCOS has focused on possible neural contributors to the condition, but these discoveries likely apply only...