Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Thrush: Zinc may prevent yeast infections—new research

Around a half-billion women experience a vaginal yeast infection (thrush) every year—with around 140 million women suffering from multiple infections throughout their lifetime.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Rethinking how reproductive health care quality is measured

A study by CUNY SPH researchers suggests the quality of reproductive health care should be measured from the patient's perspective, rather than using current measures such as rates of "unintended" pregnancies.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Mammograms found to increase when patients self-schedule

Having the ability to self-schedule mammograms was associated with a 15 percentage point increase following through with getting the screening, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University ...

Medications

Metformin added to insulin not beneficial for T2D in pregnancy

For pregnant women with type 2 diabetes, the addition of metformin to insulin does not affect composite adverse neonatal outcomes, according to a study published in the Dec. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical ...

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