NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with heavy menstrual bleeding may find that the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (Mirena; Bayer Schering) is more effective than oral medroxyprogesterone acetate in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with a finding of atypical glandular cells (AGC) on cervical cytology are more likely than those without AGC to have malignant breast…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For couples undergoing fertility treatment with intrauterine insemination (IUI), pregnancy rates are similar whether single or double insemination is performed in the same…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In women undergoing in vitro fertilization, hormonal support with progesterone plus estradiol supplementation during the luteal phase after embryo transfer improves pregnancy and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Revised guidelines on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis related to glucocorticoid use recommend bisphosphonate therapy but withdraw endorsement of testosterone and estrogen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cervical biopsies guided by colposcopy are accurate in confirming suspected cases of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), but the negative predictive value is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – By spotting pregnant women at risk for preeclampsia and starting them on low-dose aspirin before 16 weeks’ gestation, physicians can more than halve…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Polypropylene mesh placement during vaginal reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse appears to do more harm than good, according to a small randomized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Data on more than 3500 women indicates that transvaginal sonographic cervical length can predict spontaneous preterm birth in twin pregnancies, researchers report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sonography performed to investigate endometrial pathology in women with abnormal bleeding is easier to perform with gel instillation to distend the uterine cavity…