Exercise during curative chemotherapy for breast cancer has proven benefits. It helps reduce fatigue, preserve muscle strength, improve fitness, and enhance overall quality of life. Staying physically active…
With a wave of FDA approvals and promising clinical trials, treatment options for metastatic breast cancer are expanding fast. Amy Tiersten, MD, highlights the power of immunotherapies—especially checkpoint…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Gestational diabetes markedly and persistently increases the risk of future type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the May 23rd issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Full-term neonates delivered through elective repeat cesarean have higher rates of respiratory morbidity, hypoglycemia, and admission to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that most mothers in the US do not intend to have a 9- to 12-year-old daughter vaccinated against human papillomavirus…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women seem to be more susceptible to the harmful effects of smoking than their male counterparts, according to findings from a case-control study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contraception, or different reproductive patterns related to contraceptive methods, may affect the risk of some types of cancer, according to findings from the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Women with long-standing hypothyroidism are at increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, the results of a case-control study suggest. By contrast, hypothyroidism is not significantly…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Several poster presentations at the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology’s annual clinical meeting in Chicago today focused on improving symptoms in menopausal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In women with severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS), sertraline therapy for 4 months rather than for 12 months is associated with a higher relapse…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over one third of women with type 1 diabetes have some form of sexual dysfunction, according to a study published in the May…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In an unselected cohort of female patients aged 4 to 15 years old with no reported history of sexual contact, more than one…
