Huayu Xiaozheng Decoction added to triptorelin and mifepristone for uterine fibroids in 102 women
A New Fibroid Treatment Combo Shows Promise—With Fewer Side Effects
A randomized controlled trial in 102 women with uterine fibroids compared triptorelin plus mifepristone with or without Huayu Xiaozheng Deco…
Adding a traditional Chinese herbal formula to standard fibroid drugs improved results and lowered side effects for women seeking relief.
In-house 3D-printed LLETZ simulator outperformed commercial model in RCT among trainees
In-house 3D-printed simulator improved surgical training scores compared to commercial models in this study.
This single-center randomized controlled trial compared an in-house 3D-printed LLETZ simulator against a commercial training model in 70 med…
A 3D-printed simulator built in-house helped medical students improve surgical skills faster than commercial models, boosting confidence and…
Scoping review finds TCIM women's health literature dominated by biomedical translation
Your Doctor's Toolkit is Missing Something Vital in Women's Care
A scoping review of 1,079 indexed publications on Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) in women's health found the fi…
A major review reveals most women's health research ignores personal, cultural, and spiritual aspects of healing, leaving patients feeling u…
Ovarian tissue cryopreservation protocols remain unstandardized for women and prepubertal girls facing gonadotoxic cancer therapies.
No universal standard exists yet for freezing ovaries before cancer treatment.
This systematic review examined ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) techniques in women and prepubertal girls receiving gonadotoxic cancer…
Freezing ovaries before cancer treatment lacks a universal standard, leaving patients uncertain about how safely their future fertility will…
Cumulative risk score predicts VBAC success and NICU admission in 477,693 TOLAC attempts.
Risk Score Predicts VBAC Success and NICU Admission Rates in Large Study
This national validation cohort study examined 477,693 term, singleton deliveries with trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) from 2020 to 20…
A new risk score predicts vaginal birth success and NICU admission rates for nearly half a million women attempting labor after a previous C…
Review of interferon regulatory factors in ischemia-reperfusion injury across multiple organ systems
Review suggests targeting IRFs may help prevent organ injury from blood flow changes.
This review examines regulatory mechanisms and advances regarding interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) in ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) …
Targeting interferon regulatory factors offers a new way to prevent severe organ damage when blood flow returns to tissues after a disruptio…
Seasons did not significantly affect pregnancy outcomes in infertile patients undergoing IVF-ET.
Does the season change your IVF success? For most pregnancy outcomes, the answer is no.
This retrospective cohort study evaluated 1,413 infertile patients undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) to assess seas…
Getting pregnant in spring isn't better than winter for IVF success, as a study of 1,413 patients found no seasonal difference in live birth…
Prenatal depression screening uptake increased but diverged across language groups from 2019 to 2024
Prenatal depression screening rates grew but widened gaps between English and non-English speakers
A retrospective cohort study of 99,526 pregnancies in a U.S. healthcare system found screening probability for prenatal depression increased…
While prenatal depression screening improved for everyone, English speakers saw bigger gains than Spanish speakers, widening the gap in care…
Cervical blockade reduces pain and bleeding during LEEP for HSIL in small RCT
Local cervical anesthesia reduces pain and bleeding during cervical surgery
A small, open-label RCT of 40 patients with HSIL undergoing LEEP found that adding cervical blockade to general anesthesia significantly red…
Adding local anesthesia to cervical surgery reduced pain and bleeding during the procedure for patients having LEEP to remove abnormal cells…
Mendelian randomization links genetic endometriosis liability to increased placenta praevia risk
Does endometriosis raise pregnancy risks? A genetic link points to one specific danger.
A Mendelian randomization meta-analysis using summary-level GWAS data found genetic liability to endometriosis was robustly associated with …
A woman's genetic risk for endometriosis directly increases the chance of placenta praevia, a dangerous condition where the placenta grows t…
HPV cfDNA testing shows high specificity but moderate sensitivity for cervical cancer detection
Blood test for HPV DNA shows promise for monitoring cervical cancer after treatment
A meta-analysis of 20 studies in HPV-positive cervical cancer patients found HPV cfDNA testing had pooled sensitivity of 0.47 and specificit…
A review of 20 studies found that a blood test looking for HPV DNA was very specific for detecting cervical cancer, but it missed about half…
Non-hormonal vaginal moisturizer improves vaginal health indices in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors
Can a simple moisturizer help breast cancer survivors with vaginal discomfort?
An open-label randomized trial in 100 postmenopausal breast cancer survivors with vaginal symptoms found that a non-hormonal vaginal moistur…
A simple non-hormonal moisturizer improved vaginal health scores and tissue pH in breast cancer survivors who finished treatment, offering r…