NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with early-stage estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer fare somewhat better with 2 years of tamoxifen followed by 3 years of anastrozole than with…
Famed Sex Expert, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, publishes a new book titled “Sexually Speaking: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Sexual Health.” In it, she covers a wide…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a study suggest that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist therapy does not help preserve ovarian function in young women undergoing modern chemotherapy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – All women found to have vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) require some form of treatment and follow-up surveillance, according to recommendations from The American…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Administering 17-alpha-hyroxyprogesterone caproate to women with multiple pregnancy does not reduce the preterm birth rate or consequent neonatal morbidity, a Dutch study has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Repairing vaginal prolapse with polypropylene mesh may cause more problems than it solves, according to results of a double-blind randomized study. In the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In low-risk women, exercise treadmill testing (ETT) gives similar results to exercise myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and is less expensive, researchers report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Revised thromboembolism guidelines emphasize the importance of thromboprophylaxis in women undergoing cesarean delivery. For example, “ACOG is now recommending placement of pneumatic (inflatable)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cervical preparation with prostaglandins before outpatient hysteroscopy does not reduce pain in women of reproductive age, researchers from UK report in the July…