Despite conflicting guidelines for cervical cancer screening during the past several years, fewer women received unnecessary Pap tests in 2010 than in 2000, according to a pair of analyses published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report by scientists from… Read More ›
A peak in prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among women at around age 50 years may reflect a reactivation of an old HPV infection rather than a newly acquired one, according to a study published today in the Journal… Read More ›
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said that it cannot recommend annual screening for ovarian cancer in asymptomatic women because such testing does not reduce the number of deaths from the disease. The recommendation, which appears today in the… Read More ›
Two new studies show that women may find relief from excessive bleeding and other symptoms of uterine fibroids with a drug that doesn’t cause the menopause-like symptoms of leuprolide acetate, which currently is used to treat fibroids. Leuprolide acetate, a… Read More ›
Researchers in Finland and Sweden have cracked part of the genetic code that gives rise to uterine fibroids—benign tumors that often cause pain or infertility, or lead to hysterectomy. The team of investigators from the University of Helsinki and the… Read More ›
After public pressure and a reprimand from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), K-V Pharmaceutical Company of St Louis, Mo, today announced a 55% list price cut for its drug to reduce the risk of preterm birth. K-V faced… Read More ›
