Endocrine Society issues Clinical Practice Guideline on treatment of...
The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on identifying women who are candidates for treatment of menopausal symptoms and selecting the best treatment options for each...
View ArticleProgesterone supplements fail to improve birth rate among women with a...
A new study has shown that taking progesterone supplements during the first trimester of pregnancy does not improve the chances of maintaining pregnancy among women who have a history of unexplained...
View ArticleSwedish population study helps answer lingering questions about hormone...
A Swedish population study is helping answer lingering questions about hormone therapy safety. Published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society, the study shows...
View ArticleHormonal contraception may increase susceptibility of women to genital infection
Women account for approximately half of all individuals living with HIV worldwide, and researchers wanted to identify the risk factors that increase susceptibility of women to genital infection.
View ArticleSelf-injection of contraceptive feasible, acceptable among women in...
Self-injection of the contraceptive Sayana® Press is both feasible and highly acceptable among women participating in the first such research study conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, according to results...
View ArticlePopular contraceptive shot may raise risk of HIV infection
Transitioning away from a popular contraceptive shot known as DMPA could help protect women in Sub-Saharan Africa and other high-risk regions from becoming infected with HIV, according to a research...
View ArticleStudy finds common contraceptive shot may increase HIV risk
A recent study found an association between HIV risk and the use of the common birth control medications DMPA, among women from sub-Saharan Africa.
View ArticleLong-acting contraceptives do not increase risk of HIV, concludes new study
One of the largest and most robust studies on HIV infection rates has concluded that long-acting contraceptives do not increase the risk of contracting HIV.
View ArticleContraceptive drug effective in preventing and regressing cervical cancer in...
A new study in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier, reports that medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), the active ingredient in the common contraceptive injection Depo-Provera, was...
View ArticleContraception counseling, pregnancy planning are necessary to optimize health...
Pregnancy can increase the risk of morbidity and mortality in women with cardiovascular disease; however, many cardiologists are not having pre-pregnancy contraception discussions with their patients...
View Article
