Pregnancy: Weight gain difficult to influence through lifestyle counseling
If a pregnant woman gains excessive weight, it can pose a problem for both the mother and child. As a ...
Tag: Gynecology
TGF-beta pathway protects against uterine cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Two new mouse models of uterine cancer shed light on how this disease - the ...
Antihypertension drug losartan may improve treatment of ovarian cancer
Mass. General study also identifies potential biomarker for chemotherapy response, resistance A new study from a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) ...
Menstrual hygiene needs unmet for low-income women
Women 'make do' while struggling to afford, access period products in major US metropolitan areasCredit: Photo by Diane Chapman/Saint Louis ...
First pregnancy after robot-assisted uterus transplant
The well-known research on uterine transplantation in Gothenburg is now supported by robotic surgery. This change has made operating on ...
Misinterpretation of WHI results decreased use of hormones, even in women not at risk
A new study analyzed SWAN data to document decrease in hormone therapy initiation and continuation; many younger symptomatic women needlessly ...
Newborns face risks when born to women with the flu
Pregnant women with influenza are more likely to experience complications, but how this affects infants is unclear. A new Birth ...
Maternal programming during pregnancy induces long-term postpartum obesity
In mouse study, researchers find it's not the added calories but the long-term reduction in energy expended During normal pregnancy, ...
Hormone therapy may be best defense against knee osteoarthritis
New study followed thousands of postmenopausal women from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to demonstrate effectiveness of ...
Symptom-assessment questionnaire should improve understanding, treatment of menopause
Women's descriptions of how symptoms impact their lives is key to producing a valuable instrument A new questionnaire being developed ...
Balanced diet, exercise may not prevent gestational diabetes
New study suggests best treatments may be tied to individuals' risk factorsCredit: Pennington Biomedical Research Center It may be time ...
Persistent hot flashes may lead to increased risk of breast cancer
A new study followed women from the Women's Health Initiative trials for nearly 18 years to examine association between persistent ...
Painful intercourse in women improved with fibromyalgia drug
Study suggests that the oral medication Gabapentin can reduce pain and increase sexual desire and satisfactionCredit: Photo by John O'Boyle ...
Heart cell defect identified as possible cause of heart failure in pregnancy
Tel Aviv University research has diagnostic and therapeutic implications Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare form of heart failure that ...
Regulation of feeding behavior and energy metabolism by galanin-like peptide (GALP)
The article by Dr. Seiji Shioda et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2018 Galanin-like peptide (GALP) is a ...
Influences of maternal diabetes on fetal heart development
High blood sugar during pregnancy is associated with congenital heart defects Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth ...
Large-scale study identifies shared genetic architecture for polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosis
In the largest genetic analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) performed to date, an international consortium, including researchers at the ...
DNA 'webs' aid ovarian cancer metastasis, study reveals
Credit: Lee et al., 2018 Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that ovarian cancer ...
Birthweight and early pregnancy body mass index may risk pregnancy complications
Women who were born with a low birthweight are at increased risk of pregnancy complications, according to a new Obesity ...
New study demonstrates effectiveness and safety of vaginal estrogen
Women who were followed for 18 years in the Nurses' Health Study showed no increased risk of cardiovascular disease or ...
