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Are pregnant women with rheumatic disease at risk of poor COVID-19 outcomes?

20 Jan 2022 by

Pregnant women with rheumatic disease and COVID-19 show favourable outcomes, but data are limited by the small sample size and methodology, reports a study.

20 Jan 2022

Sitafloxacin a promising treatment alternative for UTI

20 Jan 2022 by

Oral sitafloxacin was just as effective and safe as levofloxacin for the treatment of complicated and uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in adults, according to a phase III study from China.

20 Jan 2022

Persistent postpartum opioid use rare

19 Jan 2022

In countries where postdischarge opioid treatment is generally restricted, postpartum and persistent use of such medications appear to be rare among women giving birth, reports a new Denmark study.

19 Jan 2022

Sexual dysfunction, depression affect cognition of menopausal women

15 Jan 2022

Among menopausal women, severe depression and sexual dysfunction appear to have a negative impact on cognitive performance, as suggested in a study.

15 Jan 2022

Miscarriage, stillbirth tied to heightened stroke risk among women

13 Jan 2022

Women who have experienced miscarriage and stillbirth are at higher risk of stroke, as suggested in a recent meta-analysis.

13 Jan 2022

Fulvestrant-palbociclib combo pre-progression improves PFS in ESR1+ mBC

12 Jan 2022 by

Switching to a fulvestrant-palbociclib regimen prior to disease progression after detection of elevated ESR1 mutations in the blood of patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2-negative (HER2-) metastatic breast cancer (mBC) who were receiving aromatase inhibitors (AIs) plus palbociclib extended their progression-free survival (PFS), results of the phase III PADA-1 trial showed.

12 Jan 2022

COVID-19 vax tied to small, transient change in menstrual cycle length

11 Jan 2022 by

COVID-19 vaccination appears to be associated with a small increase in menstrual cycle length of less than 1 day, but these changes are only temporary and there is no change in the duration of menses, a prospective study suggests.

11 Jan 2022

Choline supplementation during pregnancy improves infant attention span

11 Jan 2022 by

Mothers who consume twice the recommended amount of choline during their third trimester of pregnancy give birth to children with significantly better sustained attention at age 7 years, according to a recent trial.

11 Jan 2022

Pyrotinib + capecitabine extends OS in metastatic breast cancer

10 Jan 2022 by

Patients with previously treated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (mBC) experienced a 31 percent reduced risk of death when treated with pyrotinib plus capecitabine than lapatinib plus capecitabine, according to updated results of the phase III PHOEBE trial from China.

10 Jan 2022

Surgery outperforms pessary in sexually active women with pelvic organ prolapse

08 Jan 2022

Among sexually active women suffering from pelvic organ prolapse (POP), surgical interventions appear to yield better sexual function outcomes than pessary therapy, a recent study has found.