SAN DIEGO – The risk of thrombosis after giving birth remains significantly elevated for 12 weeks after delivery, twice as long as previously thought, an analysis of data on 1.7 million women...
The risk of thrombosis in women giving birth for the first time was 10- to 11-fold higher in the first 6 weeks postpartum, but in a report presented at the International Stroke Conference, Dr. Hooman...
SAN FRANCISCO – The incidence of severe sepsis was nearly five times lower and the risk of death from severe sepsis was 43% lower during pregnancy, compared with nonpregnant women, in a large...
Among early-stage breast cancer patients who carry BRCA mutations, prophylactic mastectomy of the contralateral breast appears to reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer within 20 years by 48%,...
Newly released guidelines provide the first evidence-based recommendations for preventing stroke in women.
The document addresses the issues that uniquely increase stroke risk in women – pregnancy,...
While almost all internists and family physicians feel a responsibility to ask about patients’ immunization status at least annually, most refer them to another source for all but basic seasonal...
WASHINGTON – The rise in gestational diabetes cases demands new strategies for active postpartum care that will not only assist with prevention of type 2 diabetes, but will also prepare women for...
DALLAS – Elevated LDL cholesterol in women before childbirth was associated with a fivefold increased risk of elevated LDL 2 decades later in their young adult offspring in a new analysis from the...
DALLAS – A mere 28% of 1,013 surveyed New York–area women correctly identified cardiovascular disease as the No. 1 killer of women. And two-thirds of those women said their primary care provider is...