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For women who have experienced gender-based violence

Being Heard Key for Women After Gender-Based Violence

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Women felt secure when treated with respect and genuine interest by health care professionals
Menopausal hormone therapy is not tied to any increase in long-term all-cause or cause-specific mortality

Hormone Therapy in Menopause Not Tied to Increased Mortality

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Findings based on long-term follow up of both all-cause, cause-specific deaths
Does being a physician carry a moral obligation to respond to calls for medical assistance on airplanes? That is the topic of an article published in the Sept. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Are Physicians Obligated to Help on Planes?

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One administrative physician explains his sense of obligation to help
Women on antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy for epilepsy or other indications are at increased risk of giving birth to premature and small-for-gestational-age infants

Risk of Prematurity, SGA Up for Women on Antiepileptic Drugs

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Increased risk for women on AEDs for epilepsy or other indications; risk varies with drug used
A 10-mL 1 percent lidocaine paracervical nerve block reduces pain during intrauterine device insertion

Lidocaine Nerve Block Reduces Pain During IUD Insertion

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Pain score lower among patients who receive lidocaine than those who receive placebo
The median cost of cancer drug development is $648.0 million

Median Cost of Cancer Drug Development $648.0 Million

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Total revenue from sales of 10 drugs was $67.0 billion, with total R&D spending of $7.2 billion
Romosozumab treatment followed by alendronate is linked to reduced risk of fractures versus alendronate alone for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

ASBMR: Romosozumab Reduces Fracture Rate in Osteoporosis

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Reduced risk of new vertebral fractures, nonvertebral fractures for romosozumab and alendronate
The percentage of women who visit an obstetrician-gynecologist has declined since 2000

Number of Women Seeing Obstetrician-Gynecologists Drops

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From 2011 to 2015, percentage who visited ob-gyn in past year fell from 41.8 to 38.4 percent
Several genetic variants are associated with gestational duration and preterm birth

Genetic Variants Tied to Preterm Birth, Gestational Length

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Four loci found to be significantly associated with gestational duration, three with preterm birth
From 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 there was a decrease in the prevalence of vaccine-type human papillomavirus among unvaccinated young women aged 18 to 26 years

Vaccine-Type HPV Rates Down for Unvaccinated Young Women

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Significant decrease among unvaccinated women aged 18 to 26 years from 2009-2010 to 2013-2014