Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study offers reassurance on COVID shots, women's periods
One of the first studies to track whether COVID-19 vaccination might affect women's periods found a small and temporary change.
Jan 9, 2022
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Older women still suffer from hot flushes and night sweats years after the menopause, finds study
Women still have hot flushes and night sweats years after the menopause finds a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Oct 19, 2011
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Researchers zero in on cognitive difficulties associated with menopause
The memory problems that many women experience in their 40s and 50s as they approach and go through menopause are both real and appear to be most acute during the early period of post menopause. That is the conclusion of ...
Jan 3, 2013
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Health
Vitamin A, beta carotene pregnancy supplements do not appear to reduce maternal, infant death risk
Although some evidence suggests that prevention of vitamin A deficiency among women in developing countries may improve maternal and infant survival, pregnant women in rural Bangladesh who received vitamin A or beta carotene ...
May 17, 2011
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Diabetes
Well-known drug has less risk for preterm delivery in PCOS
Metformin can halve the risk of late miscarriage and preterm births for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). PCOS occurs in 10 to 15 percent of all women. The symptoms are irregular menstrual periods, increased levels ...
Apr 2, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Q&A: Everything you ever wanted to know about menopause and perimenopause
It's inevitable. About half of the world's population awaits an unavoidable biological fate: menopause. As those of us who will experience the transition (including me) near our 50th birthday, our ovaries will essentially ...
Aug 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Many migraine sufferers can predict their migraine attack
As many as one-third of sufferers of migraine with aura experience forewarning symptoms even the day before an attack that might create an opportunity for intervention and prevention. Later during the actual migraine episode ...
Jun 1, 2011
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Medications
Ibuprofen might make your periods lighter, but it's not a long-term solution
A tweet saying ibuprofen reduces menstrual flow by 50% went viral last month.
Feb 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds that stress of the COVID pandemic caused irregular menstrual cycles
Women and people who menstruate experienced irregularities in their menstrual cycle because of increased stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found.
Sep 29, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
New studies provide reassuring data on menstrual changes after COVID-19 vaccination
Many women have reported changes to their periods after a COVID-19 vaccination and the US National Institutes of Health has allocated $1.67m for research into a possible connection.
Jan 26, 2022
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