Fatigue in teenage girls linked to heavy periods and lifestyle, not iron deficiency
Fatigue is common among teenage girls and can have a substantial impact on their everyday lives, including school attendance and social functioning.
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Obstetrics & gynecology news
Personalized home-visiting support may reduce postnatal depression among young first-time mothers
The Early Partnership program combined sustained relationship-based support, practical assistance and coordinated multidisciplinary care from pregnancy until 12 months after childbirth. Compared with young mothers receiving ...
Sep 9, 2026
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Women with cerebral palsy miss vital gynecologic care, study finds
As more individuals with cerebral palsy live well into adulthood, medical professionals are taking a closer look at the unique long-term health care needs of this patient population. While adults with cerebral palsy require ...
Sep 9, 2026
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Does debriefing about a difficult birth stop it turning into trauma?
For some women, the birth of their baby is one of the happiest days of their lives. Others remember it as a frightening, overwhelming or deeply distressing experience. About 1 in 3 women report their birth experience as traumatic.
Sep 9, 2026
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This is how dense breast tissue may lead to cancer
Breast cancer often grows in tissue that is unusually dense. That's why clinicians flag women with this kind of breast tissue for follow-up after a mammogram.
Sep 8, 2026
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Hormone therapy use for hot flashes and night sweats in menopausal women linked to lower cardiovascular risk
A study led by Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Pittsburgh provides pivotal insights into one of the most debated questions in women's health: How does hormone therapy for menopause symptoms affect cardiovascular ...
Sep 8, 2026
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Hidden immune cells may hold key to tackling female infertility
University of Manchester scientists have uncovered a hidden role for immune cells in the womb, opening the door to new treatments for infertility, miscarriage and other reproductive conditions that affect millions of women ...
Sep 8, 2026
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Menopause-linked brain changes may differ from those in puberty and pregnancy
Changes in the female brain during menopause contrast sharply with those seen during pregnancy and puberty, according to brain imaging research published in Nature Communications. The study, which included more than 200 participants, ...
Sep 8, 2026
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Observational study links prenatal paracetamol exposure to altered reproductive development in daughters
Researchers in Denmark have found that girls whose mothers took paracetamol during pregnancy had smaller ovaries, fewer ovarian follicles (the structures that contain immature eggs), smaller uteruses and lower levels of reproductive ...
Sep 8, 2026
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Menopause is missing from most electronic health records, study finds
Menopause is frequently missing from women's electronic health records, according to a University of Colorado Anschutz study of nearly 396,000 women participating in the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research ...
Sep 8, 2026
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