Stress, hostility, and depressive symptoms appear to increase the risk of stroke and transient ischemic attack in middle-aged and older adults, according to findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study of...
MELBOURNE – Women with heart disease are frequently underdiagnosed, undertreated, and underrepresented in clinical trials, and experience poorer outcomes both from inpatient and outpatient...
Pregnant women with obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to experience adverse clinical conditions than are pregnant women who do not have sleep apnea, according to an analysis of over 55 million...
The new pelvic exam guidelines from the American College of Physicians may be a relief for women who would prefer to forgo the annual ritual, but they could also lead to variation in well-woman care,...
CHICAGO – Hyponatremia quadruples the risk of osteoporosis and fragility fractures, according to a retrospective database study presented at the joint meeting of the International Congress of...
The quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine does not increase the risk of venous thromboembolism, a study showed.
Two previous studies finding an association, one based on the Vaccine Adverse...
MUNICH – Women pregnant with an embryo produced by in vitro fertilization of a donated egg developed gestational hypertension at nearly four times the rate of matched women who were pregnant...
ATLANTA – Educating patients treated for chlamydia or gonorrhea about reinfection and retesting, and providing customized options for follow-up care, increased patient retest return rates by 15% in a...
Among noninstitutionalized Americans aged 65 years and older, 61.2% of women and 38% of men experience at least occasional urinary or bowel incontinence, the National Center for Health Statistics...
Pregnant mothers with celiac disease have little to fear when it comes to birth defects, despite previous underpowered reports to the contrary, wrote Daniela Zugna, Ph.D., and her colleagues in the...
