Ob/Gyn and Women's Health News

• In Europe's First, Spain Aims to Introduce Paid Menstrual Leave Spain's leftist coalition government on Tuesday approved a draft bill to reinforce abortion rights and make Spain the first country in Europe to offer state-funded paid leave for women who suffer from painful periods.
  Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2022
• AACE 2022 Biotin: Good for Hair and Nails, Bad for Thyroid Lab Tests New study supports prior finding that about 7% of the population uses products containing biotin in doses high enough to interfere with many laboratory tests, including those of thyroid function.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Growing Hospital Expenses: Rising Nurse Pay or Poor Planning? While hospitals are struggling to manage labor costs, payers and employers aren’t footing the bill. Meanwhile, nurses are leaving the profession after 2 years of battling a pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Sexual Minorities Less Likely to Receive Pap Screening Sexual minorities who have a cervix are less likely than heterosexual women to be screened for cervical cancer, a new study suggest.
  Reuters Health Information, May 16, 2022
• US Tops 1M COVID Deaths: 'History Should Judge Us Harshly' Case numbers are rising again, and the United States reaches a once unimaginable and grim milestone.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Mastectomy May Not Be Necessary for Young Breast Cancer Patients Mastectomies among younger women with nonmetastatic invasive breast cancer may not always be necessary, suggests a study that shows survival outcomes are similar after a lumpectomy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Keeping Thyroid Hormone Treatment On Target Is Key for the Heart 'Both undertreatment and overtreatment were associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes,' including higher mortality, but keeping thyroid hormone levels normal is a tricky task, researchers admit.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Most COVID-19 Survivors Return to Work Within 2 Years Survivors report more symptoms than controls, but overall symptom burden decreased over time.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• HPV Strains Covered by the Vaccine Have Declined Greatly in US The study is good news for the HPV vaccination program in the United States.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• A GI Doc's Help Can Be Crucial for Pregnant Women With IBD Women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) face several concerns related to their reproductive health decisions, from contraception to pregnancy to delivery.
  WebMD Health News, May 16, 2022
• Louisiana Lawmakers Withdraw Bill Declaring Abortion Homicide A bill in the Louisiana legislature aiming to charge women and their doctors with murder for obtaining or providing abortion services was withdrawn from consideration on Thursday amid outrage and a successful effort to amend it.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2022
• FEATURE-Kids Later Than Sooner. South Korean Women Freeze Eggs as Child-rearing Costs Surge In South Korea, fewer women are having children and those who do are in no rush. The sky-high costs of housing and education make financial security a must. Social mores also dictate the need to be married.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2022
• Access to Abortions Needed for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland: UNHCR Women who have fled to Poland to escape war must have access to reproductive rights that meet international standards, including abortions, a top UNHCR official said on Friday, amid reports of rape and sexual violence in Ukraine.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2022
• At High Altitude, Preeclampsia With Fetal Growth Restriction Can Exacerbate Fetal Hypoxia Preeclampsia complicated by fetal growth restriction can augment fetal hypoxia at high altitude and increase the risk of neonatal pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary circulation abnormalities, according to new findings from Bolivia.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2022
• AACE 2022 Abaloparatide Works in 'Ignored Population': Men With Osteoporosis Study finds increased bone mineral density from baseline to 1 year in men with osteoporosis, an 'ignored population.'
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Baby Formula Shortage Fueling Spike in Milk Bank Interest It's a pathway that won't work for every formula-fed baby, especially those with special dietary needs.
  Associated Press, May 16, 2022
• Writing Out Common Medical Terms Boosts Patient Knowledge: Study Research published in JAMA Network Open shows that patients are more likely to understand their health conditions when healthcare providers avoid abbreviations and acronyms in written communications.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Radiologists Feeling the Effects of Contrast-Media Shortage The current global shortage of iodinated contrast media is forcing radiologists to make changes in diagnostic imaging to conserve contrast without affecting patient health.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• How to Weed Out False Positives on Breast MRIs Several features of incidental lesions detected on contrast-enhanced breast MRI were associated with false positive outcomes. The study, published as a preprint, has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, May 16, 2022
• Elective Birth Before 40 Weeks Not Linked With Impaired Developmental Outcomes Elective birth at 39 weeks' gestation when compared with expectant management was not associated with adverse childhood developmental outcomes in a retrospective study from Australia.
  Reuters Health Information, May 12, 2022