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UrduInvestigators identify possible subtypes of preeclampsia, advancing search for therapeutics
Tag: Gynecology
NIH awards $465K to George Mason to study fetal environmental exposures, racial disparities
Study will examine how gestational exposure to endocrine disruptors affects fetal outcomes for African Americans and white obstetrical populations
COVID-19 pandemic has dramatic impact on osteoporosis management, finds new global study
With FRAX fracture risk calculations down by 58% in April 2020 alone, it is estimated that within a 3-month period, more than 0.5 million patients have been excluded from risk assessment — and many from necessary treatment for osteoporosis
IVF success rates higher at clinics that provide more outcomes data
AURORA, Colo. (Oct. 18, 2020) – Success rates for in vitro fertilization are higher at clinics that voluntarily share more information than required by government regulators, according to new research by faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.…
Memorial Sloan Kettering Awards and Appointments
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces its most recent awards and appointments for the institution’s physicians, scientists, nurses, and staff.
Catholic OB-GYNs can face moral dilemmas in issues of family planning
Faith limits what some provide while compelling others to provide more
Consistent nursing care after childbirth boosts breastfeeding rates
Inadequate staffing, communication issues force nurses to skip important care during labor and birth
Many college students aren’t tested for STIs despite high rates, self-tests offer promise
New George Mason University study highlights opportunity to increase testing for sexually transmitted infections among this high-risk population
$1.6 Million grant to reverse urinary incontinence
Electrical stimulation of pelvic floor nerves may re-establish strength
Major US hospital-based study shows waterbirths as safe as traditional births
A new U.S. study of waterbirths found that hospital-based births involving water immersion had no higher risk of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or special care nursery admission than comparable deliveries in the control group without water immersion.
Tied to undiagnosed disease, aortic dissection in pregnancy proves difficult to predict
In a time already full of challenges and changes, some pregnant and postpartum women will also experience a rare but dangerous heart complication: an aortic dissection. For a new investigation published in JAMA Cardiology , researchers studied the experiences of…
RUDN University doctors suggested ways to reduce obstetrical complications in endometriosis patients
A team of doctors from RUDN University with their Italian colleagues had studied the data of existing studies on the effect of endometriosis on pregnancy and childbirth and suggested ways to reduce obstetrical complications in women with this condition. The…
Kegels: Underused by women to treat and prevent urinary incontinence
New Rochelle, NY, October 13, 2020 —Kegels are underused to treat and prevent urinary incontinence, especially during pregnancy and the postpartum period. This woman-controlled, non-invasive muscle exercise should be taught and the use of Kegels encouraged by providers. Knowledge and…
Ultrasound screening may be limited in ability to predict perinatal complications
Delivering a newborn with macrosomia (weighing more than 8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth) may be associated with higher risk of adverse outcomes, including perinatal death and injuries related to traumatic delivery, such as stuck shoulders (shoulder dystocia). A study…
Contest awards startups poised to transform health care
M2D2 $200K Challenge provides funding, in-kind support to promising ventures
How an egg cell’s “operating manual” sets the stage for fertility
Genetic instructions immature egg cells go through step by step as they mature into functionality revealed in unprecedented detail
Women’s expected longevity linked to age at birth of last child
No one knows for sure how long they will live.
Women’s expected longevity linked to age at birth of last child
New study looks at leukocyte telomere length to link reproductive history and long-term health
NIH award to fund UArizona research on opioid addiction and relapse in postpartum women
The $2.3 million National Institutes of Health grant enables University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson’s Dr. Alicia Allen to explore how women’s hormones influence postpartum opioid relapse and if they can be used as a preventative strategy
Ground-breaking trial aiming to stop women dying in childbirth starts recruitment in Africa and Asia
Researchers based at the University of Birmingham are starting a ground-breaking maternal health trial across 80 hospitals in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Sri Lanka. The trial, called the E-MOTIVE study, aims to reduce severe bleeding after birth and…
Exposure to vitamin D in the womb might minimize risk of high blood pressure for children born to mothers with preeclampsia
Findings come from new analysis of large epidemiological dataset
Excess folic acid during pregnancy harms brain development of mice
Researchers found too much folic acid was just as detrimental as too little
Researchers zero in on genetic connection to postpartum hemorrhage
CHICAGO – Researchers have identified genetic mutations that appear to protect women from severe bleeding after childbirth, a leading cause of maternal death. A preliminary study of the findings is being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2020 annual meeting. DNA, which…
Feeding C-section newborns their mother’s poop may help build healthy microbiota
Infants delivered by cesarean section have an increased risk of developing asthma and allergies as babies and toddlers, probably because they don’t get exposed to the microbiota in the mother’s vagina and perineum during birth, negatively impacting how their immune…
Study: Women want more info on reproductive care restrictions from religious hospitals
Religious hospital policies that restrict reproductive health care are poorly understood by patients, according to new bioethics research from UChicago Medicine.
Fecal transplantation can restore the gut microbiota of C-section babies
Birth by Cesarean section is detrimental to normal gut microbiota development. Researchers demonstrated that the intestinal microbiota development can be restored by postnatal, orally-delivered transplantation of maternal fecal microbiota.
HPV vaccine effective against cervical cancer
Women vaccinated against HPV have a significantly lower risk of developing cervical cancer, and the positive effect is most pronounced for women vaccinated at a young age. That is according to a large study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in…
Buying emergency contraception is legal but not always easy at small, mom-and-pop pharmacies
About 22 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 report having used emergency contraception. But even though the Food and Drug Administration approved levonorgestrel–more commonly known as Plan B–for over-the-counter use for women of all ages in…
How important is sex to women as they age?
New study based on Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation data documents how women’s age, ethnicity, health, and overall sexual satisfaction affects how they view sex; nearly 25% of older women rate sex as important for the duration of midlife
New hormone therapies for hot flashes offer enhanced benefits and minimized risk
Yale physician to discuss the most promising developments in estrogen therapy, including new fetal estrogens, during the 2020 NAMS Virtual Annual Meeting Pre-Meeting Symposium
Study helps explain cognition decline after the menopause transition
Mitochondrial biomarkers identified as having significant role in memory
Heart disease in young people may be linked to diabetes exposure in the womb
Heart disease in young adults and teenagers may be related to exposure to diabetes in the womb, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) . A study of young adults and teenagers in Manitoba, Canada, whose…
Advances in nonhormone therapies provide women with more options for managing hot flashes
2020 NAMS Virtual Annual Meeting Pre-Meeting Symposium presentation focuses on hot flash management, including recent nonhormone advances
Childhood and adult trauma create sleepless nights for midlife women
New study documents high prevalence of sleep problems in menopausal women and those women suffering from trauma as children or adults
Cannabis use for menopause symptom management
New study documents increased use and interest in cannabis for managing menopause symptoms
Could your menopause symptoms be hard on your heart?
Study links an increased risk of cardiovascular disease with having two or more moderate to severe menopause symptoms; supplementation of calcium and vitamin D does not diminish risk
How hormone therapy slows progression of atherosclerosis
New study based on the early versus late intervention trial with estradiol data confirms benefit of hormone therapy in reducing multiple biomarkers of inflammation
Women could conceive after ovarian tumors
Women receiving fertility-sparing surgery for treatment of borderline ovarian tumours were able to have children, a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in Fertility & Sterility shows. Natural fertility was preserved in most of them and only a small…
Low level alcohol use during pregnancy can impact child’s brain development
New research from the University of Sydney finds that even low levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy can have an impact on a child’s brain development and is associated with greater psychological and behavioural problems in youth including anxiety, depression…
Common pelvic pain drug is ineffective, study finds
A drug that is regularly used to treat chronic pelvic pain in women has been found to be no more effective than a placebo, a new study has found. As a result, researchers recommend against routinely prescribing the drug gabapentin…
First evidence that air pollution particles and metals are reaching the placenta
Pollution particles, including metals, have been found in the placentas of fifteen women in London, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London.
Prior abortion does not negatively affect feelings of parental competence
A recent study found that a prior induced abortion did not negatively impact a woman’s psychological well-being or her thoughts about her competence as a parent when she later became a mother. In the Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica study,…
First evidence that air pollution particles and metals are reaching the placenta
Pollution particles, including metals, have been found in the placentas of fifteen women in London, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London
SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy was not associated with complications in neonates
In a new study published in the esteemed journal JAMA researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital have examined the association between a positive SARS-CoV-2 test during pregnancy and complications in mothers and their newborn babies. Almost two out…
Childhood sexual abuse: Mental and physical after-effects closely linked
A new Canadian study reveals that the psychological and physical effects of childhood sexual abuse are closely tied. The finding could help healthcare professionals develop more effective interventions and ultimately improve mental and physical health outcomes for survivors of abuse…
Wound therapy device might not lower infection risk in women with obesity after C-section
INDIANAPOLIS–Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are learning more about ways to prevent infections in women with obesity who have cesarean delivery. The multi-site study revealed using prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) does not appear to lower the risk…
Study shows vitamin E needed for proper nervous system development
CORVALLIS, Ore. – In research with key ramifications for women of childbearing age, findings by Oregon State University scientists show that embryos produced by vitamin E-deficient zebrafish have malformed brains and nervous systems. “This is totally amazing – the brain…
American Roentgen Ray Society planning all-virtual 2021 Annual Meeting: April 18-22
ARRS promises to deliver the same clinically relevant experience for which its Annual Meeting has long been heralded: world-class educational activities led by the field’s foremost experts that span every subspecialty of radiology
Mathematical modelling to prevent fistulas
Modelling allocation of resources in prevention and control of obstetric fistula in Ugandan women
Entrepreneurs to pitch new health-care innovations in virtual event
M2D2 to award $200K worth of in-kind services