Call for depression awareness in urge urinary incontinence
Both physical and drug therapy significantly reduce depressive symptoms in women with urge urinary incontinence, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - May 29, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
POP surgery benefits may be short-lived
Pelvic organ prolapse surgery is beneficial but around a third of women will experience relapse within 7 years of their operation, show extended results from the Colpopexy and Urinary Reduction Efforts trial. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - May 24, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Postpartum psychosis flags bipolar vulnerability
Most women with postpartum psychosis will have subsequent mood episodes, but these are not necessarily related to childbirth, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - May 15, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Autism linked to epilepsy drug use in pregnancy
Children born to mothers who take valproate during pregnancy are at increased risk for developing autism compared with children of women who did not take the epilepsy drug, Danish research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - May 2, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Colombian antenatal HIV testing rates reveal health insurance paradox
The introduction of subsidized health insurance for poor people in Colombia resulted in decreased access to HIV tests in antenatal care, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - April 27, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Hypertensive pregnancy disorders linked to diabetes
Women who are diagnosed with pre-eclampsia or hypertension during pregnancy are at increased risk for developing diabetes, particularly if they experience these conditions alongside gestational diabetes, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - April 23, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Tamoxifen breast changes predict survival
Women with breast cancer who experience a tamoxifen-related decrease in mammographic density have significantly better survival than patients whose breast density is unaffected by the agent, suggest study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - April 23, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Exercise-related breast pain affects third of female runners
Research suggests that around a third of women who run regularly experience breast pain or mastalgia as a result. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - April 22, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Hypertensive pregnancy disorders linked to diabetes
Women who are diagnosed with pre-eclampsia or hypertension during pregnancy are at increased risk for developing diabetes, particularly if they experience these conditions alongside gestational diabetes, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - April 22, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Exercise-related breast pain affects third of female runners
Research suggests that around a third of women who run regularly experience breast pain or mastalgia as a result. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - April 22, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Surgery should not be default for rectoceles
Researchers have found no difference in anorectal physiology or severity of obstructed defecation syndrome between patients with and without rectoceles. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - April 18, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Phototherapy plus reflecting curtains effective for neonatal jaundice
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia requiring intensive phototherapy can be treated equally well with single phototherapy using reflecting curtains as with double phototherapy, the results of a study indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - April 16, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
