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3 Maternal Risk Factors Linked to Elevated Offspring Blood Pressure

By Hayden E. Klein

May 14th 2025

Offspring born to mothers with prepregnancy obesity, gestational diabetes, or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels than those born to mothers without these risk factors.

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Study Finds Higher Abortion Rates Among Sexual Minority Individuals

By Hayden E. Klein

May 6th 2025

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HHS Cuts Funding for NIH-Based Women's Health Initiative Threatening Decades-Long Study

By Giuliana Grossi

April 23rd 2025

Pooled data demonstrated elinzanetant's efficacy overall and across BMI and smoking status subgroups. | Image credit: Monkey Business - stock.adobe.com

Elinzanetant Effective for Menopause Symptoms Across BMI, Smoking Status

By Rose McNulty

April 17th 2025

The meta-analysis showed that participants treated with elinzanetant experienced significantly reduced hot flash frequency vs paroxetine, desvenlafaxine, and gabapentin. | Image credit: highwaystarz - stock.adobe.com

Elinzanetant Shows Promise for Menopausal Symptom Relief

By Rose McNulty

April 10th 2025

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February 7th 2017

Low-Income Women Less Likely to Keep Jobs After Breast Cancer Treatment

Christina Mattina

Women with breast cancer are twice as likely to return to work after treatment if their employer makes accommodations for them, but workplace accommodation and job retention are significantly lower for low-income and minority women.

December 27th 2016

What We're Reading: Americans Consider Nursing Most Ethical Profession

What we’re reading, December 27, 2016: nurses are viewed as most ethical and honest profession in America, followed by pharmacists and physicians; over half of Brazilian women reported avoiding pregnancy due to the Zika virus; cooking interventions may help low-income parents feel more positive about preparing and eating vegetables.

December 20th 2016

More Women Using Marijuana While Pregnant, Study Finds

Christina Mattina

Research published in JAMA indicates that the proportion of pregnant women who have recently used marijuana has increased significantly from 2002 to 2014.

December 17th 2016

Racial and Gender Disparities in COPD Risk for Never-Smokers

Christina Mattina

A study on gender and racial inequalities in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among non-smokers found that black Americans and women are at higher risk, possibly due to a combination of biological and social factors.

December 12th 2016

What We're Reading: Risk of Unsafe Prescribing for Dual Users of VA and Medicare

What we’re reading, December 12, 2016: veterans with dementia who used both the Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system and Medicare were more likely to be prescribed potentially unsafe medications; HHS will begin to conduct on-site privacy compliance audits in 2017; study finds that women with strong social connections have better breast cancer outcomes.

November 18th 2016

Chronic Conditions May Be Barrier to Timely Cervical Cancer Screening

Christina Mattina

A survey examining nonfinancial barriers to cervical cancer screening indicated that women who were rarely or never screened were more likely to report having 1 or more chronic conditions. The study suggests that physicians include preventive services along with treatment for chronic conditions.

November 7th 2016

Maternal Mental Health and Infant Mortality for Healthy-Weight Infants

Susan E. White, PhD, RHIA, CHDA Robert W. Gladden, MA, BS

To address infant mortality, focusing only on babies who were born prematurely or with a low birth weight will be missing an attention-worthy segment of the population.

October 14th 2016

Breast Cancer Death Rates Drop, but Racial Disparities Linger

Christina Mattina

Data released by the CDC today indicate that while breast cancer deaths are on the decline, black women still have worse outcomes than white women. The report also noted disparate trends in breast cancer incidence among different races and age groups.

October 11th 2016

Mortality Following Hip Fracture in Chinese, Japanese, and Filipina Women

Minal C. Patel, MD Malini Chandra, MS, MBA Joan C. Lo, MD

One-year mortality following hip fracture in Asian American women is comparable among Chinese, Japanese, and Filipina women, comprising nearly three-fourths of the Asian population examined.

October 3rd 2016

Knowledge Is Power for Cancer Patients, British Study Says

Christina Mattina

A study suggests that regions of England where patients show less awareness of cancer symptoms tend to have lower cancer survival rates, particularly in lower-income areas. The research, published in the British Journal of Cancer also examined whether barriers to care can affect the likelihood of surviving different cancers.

May 28th 2016

Expanded Definition of Severe Maternal Morbidity May ID At-Risk Patients Better

Amid rising Rates of severe maternal morbidity, 2 new studies consider how to optimize maternal care.

February 9th 2016

Improving Maternal Healthcare in the United States

Sophia Bernazzani

An investigation of why efforts to improve maternal health in the United States are lagging, and what action must be taken to lower maternal mortality.

October 27th 2015

Socioeconomic Disparities Across Ethnicities: An Application to Cervical Cancer Screening

Brendan Walsh, PhD Ciaran O'Neill, PhD

An examination of socioeconomic disparities in cervical cancer screening across ethnic groups in the United States using concentration indices and probit regression analyses.

April 15th 2015

Trends in Mortality Following Hip Fracture in Older Women

Joan C. Lo, MD Sowmya Srinivasan, MD Malini Chandra, MS, MBA Mary Patton, MD Amer Budayr, MD Lucy H. Liu, MD Gene Lau, MD Christopher D. Grimsrud, MD, PhD

Within an integrated healthcare setting, temporal trends demonstrate reductions in mortality risk after hip fracture in older women, with mortality risk lower for Asians and Hispanics.

September 23rd 2014

NIH Seeks Gender Equality in Research Studies

The National Institutes of Health announced disbursement of more than $10 million in research funding to researchers studying various healthcare issues. The objective of this additional funding is to avoid gender bias and seek equal representation of female subjects.

August 29th 2014

Opinion: FDAs Plan to Diversify Trial Participation Criticized

June 20th 2014

Need Better Representation of Women and Minorities in Trials: Democrats

Twenty-two Democratic lawmakers have asked the National Institutes of Health to publicly disclose demographic data for all clinical trials posted on ClinicalTrials.gov.

August 23rd 2013

More Genetic Screening Needed for African-American Breast Cancer Patients

Lauren M. Green

July 12th 2012

Gender Differences in Healthcare Utilization of Patients With Diabetes

Heike U. Kr&auml mer, MSc Gernot R&uuml ter, MD Ben Sch&ouml ttker, MPH Dietrich Rothenbacher, MD, MPH Thomas Rosemann, MD, PhD Joachim Szecsenyi, MD Hermann Brenner, MD, MPH Elke Raum, MD, MPH

Gender differences were found in healthcare utilization in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Germany, despite a high rate of enrollment in a disease management program.

May 24th 2012

BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing Found Cost-Effective in Current Era

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