HONOLULU – Preconception diet and exercise, by themselves or in combination with oral contraceptives, improved ovulation rates, compared with birth control pills alone, in a randomized study of 149...
Close to 8 million women aged 21-65 years were not screened for cervical cancer in the past 5 years even though the disease claims nearly 4,000 lives per year, according to 2012 data, the Centers for...
During an adolescent visit, we all can agree that getting answers to even the simplest of questions can be a day’s work. Despite the reason for the visit, it always is important to ask a few basic...
The risk of recurrence (ROR) score provides clinically meaningful prognostic information after postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer complete 5 years of tamoxifen therapy, according to...
HONOLULU– Uses for selective estrogen receptor modulators have grown beyond prevention of breast cancer or osteoporosis to treatment of postmenopausal symptoms.
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SAN FRANCISCO– The higher the dose of gonadotropin for ovarian stimulation, the lower the live birth rate, a retrospective study of 541,967 cycles of assisted reproductive technology showed.
The...
HONOLULU– A woman’s ovarian “clock” is dissociated from her general health, according to widely accepted thinking – but a new study has suggested the opposite.
That study showed greater...
HONOLULU – Women with greater ovarian reserve had lower cardiovascular risk in a prospective study of 1,092 healthy, ovulating women aged 25-45 years, 250 of whom were followed for 3-5...
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Relizen, a nonhormonal purified pollen extract with demonstrated efficacy in treating vasomotor symptoms of menopause, had negligible effects on the CYP2D6 enzyme at five times...
