Women's Sexual Health News

• Abortion Limits: Less Evidence-Based Care for Miscarriages The results revealed that "abortion restrictions have far-reaching effects on early pregnancy loss care and on resident education."
  MDedge News, May 31, 2023
• Vagina Dialogue: MDs Push to Promote Female Sexual Wellness These doctors are on a mission to have frank conversations about female sexual pleasure and its links to physical and mental health — a subject they feel has been ignored in medicine for too long.
  Medscape Medical News, May 24, 2023
• ACOG 2023 Female Sexual Pleasure: Is it in the Water? Water-based vaginal lubricants do more than just relieve dryness; they may significantly improve sexual satisfaction for women, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2023
• Fla. Docs Can Soon Deny Patient Care Over Personal Beliefs A new Florida law allows clinicians to opt out of providing services that go against their religious, moral, or ethical beliefs. Civil rights groups say the legislation contradicts the duty to care.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2023
• SGIM 2023 Unveiling Sexual Dysfunction: Clinicians Can Do More Nearly half of all women experience some sort of sexual dysfunction. Clinicians should be comfortable speaking with patients about their sexual health.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2023
• Insurers Still Must Cover Preventive Care for Now As many as 150 million Americans could be affected by the ruling if the appeal attempt by the US Justice Department is unsuccessful.
  WebMD Health News, May 16, 2023
• Alert FDA OKs New Drug for Hot Flashes The first-in-class approval of fezolinetant (Veozah) is for treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2023
• Single Dose of HPV Vaccine Is Highly Effective: Study A new study shows that one dose of a vaccine that can prevent the virus that leads to most cases of cervical cancer may be as effective as the usual two or three doses.
  WebMD Health News, May 03, 2023
• Cycle Timing May Reduce Hormonal Dosage for Contraception Researchers examined how the timing of hormone administration during a cycle might affect the amount of hormones needed for contraception.
  MDedge News, April 26, 2023
• Perinatal HIV Nearly Eradicated in US Fewer women are giving birth to newborns with HIV, but the success does not extend to some communities.
  Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2023
• Adherence to Oral Contraceptive Protocols Prevents Pregnancy To assess the effects that failure to take pills has on the efficacy of combined oral contraceptives, the researchers reviewed data from a pair of parallel phase 3 trials.
  MDedge News, April 13, 2023
• False Promise of Vaginal Laser Therapy in Breast Cancer Survivors A sham-controlled study in breast cancer survivors with genitourinary syndrome of menopause found no benefit of vaginal laser "rejuvenation" therapy on sexual function.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2023
• US Syphilis Cases Reach 70-Year High Now that health officials have finalized all of the 2021 data, the increase is worse than what was announced back in March.
  WebMD Health News, April 12, 2023
• AHA Statement Targets Nuance in CVD Risk Assessment of Women A new AHA statement highlights the importance of considering nonbiological and social factors when assessing CVD risk in women, particularly women of diverse races and ethnicities.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2023
• IUD-Released Levonorgestrel Eases Heavy Menstrual Periods For women with excessive menstrual blood loss, the contraceptive levonorgestrel 52 mg delivered via an intrauterine device (IUD) reduced monthly blood loss.
  MDedge News, April 10, 2023
• Frustrations With Isotretinoin REMS Evident at FDA Meeting The FDA advisory panel meeting was held to address proposed changes to the iPLEDGE REMS to minimize burden on patients, prescribers, and pharmacies while maintaining safe use of isotretinoin.
  MDedge News, March 31, 2023
• HIV Infections Could Spike After Ruling on Affordable Care Act The ruling applies nationwide, and public health experts were quick to criticize the decision.
  WebMD Health News, March 31, 2023
• Spotting STIs: Vaginal Swabs Work Best Many US healthcare providers use urine samples to diagnose sexually transmitted infections in women, but researchers have shown that vaginal swabs provide more accurate results.
  Medscape Medical News, March 28, 2023
• Risk for Expulsion Low After Early Postpartum IUD Placement A randomized study of expulsion rates reports the risk for expulsion at 2-4 weeks and 6-8 weeks may help patients and clinicians make informed choices about the timing of IUD insertion.
  MDedge News, March 23, 2023
• Ectopic Pregnancy Risk and Levonorgestrel-Releasing IUD "If 10,000 women using the hormonal IUD for 1 year were given the 19.5-mg hormonal IUD instead of the 13.5-mg hormonal IUD, around nine ectopic pregnancies would be avoided."
  MDedge News, March 22, 2023