Reproductive Endocrinology Disorders News

• Prediabetes, Diabetes Screening Criteria Miss Half of Patients Current diabetes screening criteria miss half of patients with diabetes and prediabetes; using an expanded version could identify many more high-risk individuals.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• FDA Needs More Time to Review AbbVie, Neurocrine's Uterine Pain Drug AbbVie Inc and Neurocrine Biosciences Inc said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified the companies that it requires more time to review additional information regarding the results of liver function tests provided by AbbVie in connection with the application for elagolix in endometriosis-associated pain.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2018
• ENDO 2018Metformin May Prevent Pregnancy Complications in PCOS In women with polycystic ovary syndrome, metformin treatment during pregnancy cut the risks for late miscarriage and preterm birth, but didn't prevent gestational diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Abortion Care Varies Highly Across the US, New Report Says An updated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found the quality of abortion care in the United States varies greatly depending on where a woman lives.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Updated Guidelines on Hirsutism in Premenopausal Women Endocrine Society has released an updated guideline on hirsutism in premenopausal women, cosponsored by the Androgen Excess and PCOS Society and European Society of Endocrinology.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• ENDO 2018Back to the Future: Reproductive Health Is Focus of 100th ENDO The Endocrine Society's 2018 meeting will feature many sessions addressing aspects of reproductive health including two new guidelines and late-breaking abstracts on adrenal disease and diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• EPABlood Test May Distinguish Anorexia From 'Constitutional Thinness' A simple and inexpensive blood test may differentiate anorexia nervosa from constitutional thinness in cases in which psychological criteria are insufficient.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Metformin in Pregnancy May Increase Childhood Obesity Risk Women with polycystic ovary syndrome who take metformin during pregnancy appear to be more likely to have children who are overweight or obese, a follow-up of two Norwegian trials suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2018
• Eating Carbs Not Linked to Risk for PMS The amount of foods containing sugars or other carbohydrates that a woman eats has nothing to do with the likelihood she will start experiencing premenstrual syndrome (PMS), researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2018
• Gut Bacteria Less Diverse in PCOS; Could Probiotics Be a Therapy? Hyperandrogenism in PCOS shows a strong correlation with reduced diversity of gut microbiota. Although more work is needed, the findings raise the possibility that probiotics could play a role in treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2018
• Long-term Metformin in PCOS Benefits Women of All Weights Long-term metformin given to women with PCOS improved menstrual cycle regularity and hormone profiles in normal and overweight women; however, there were differences in response by testosterone status.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2018
• Genitourinary Problems Worse for Sexually Abused Girls A study finds much higher prevalence than in the general population. The results may help physicians intervene early with abused girl patients to prevent chronic problems.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2017
• Oral Contraception Plus Bicalutamide for PCOS, Severe Hirsutism Combining an estrogen-progesterone oral contraceptive pill (OCP) with the anti-androgen bicalutamide is more effective than an OC alone in treating severe hirsutism in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to a double-blind randomized controlled trial from Italy.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2017
• SABCSGnRH Analogue Use Preserves Fertility During Chemotherapy Meta-analysis confirms that the use of a GnRH analogue during chemotherapy helps preserve ovarian function and fertility in young women undergoing treatment for early breast cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2017
• Ob/Gyns Not Well Informed About Opioid Prescribing Obstetricians and gynecologists need to become better informed about prescribing opioids, survey results showed.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2017
• Mother’s Weight May Affect Metformin's Influence on Fetal Growth
  Reuters Health Information, December 2017
• PCOSTime to Have the Talk! Sex and the Cancer Patient Sexuality is not a topic that gets a lot of attention among cancer patients, especially in the palliative care setting.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2017
• Underweight Women 'At Risk of Early Menopause' Women who have previously been underweight are more likely to have an early menopause compared to those who maintained a healthy weight, new research suggests.
  WebMD Health News, October 2017
• Endometriosis Fertility Index Accurate in Women With Severe Disease The endometriosis fertility index (EFI) strongly correlates with fertility in women with moderate to severe endometriosis, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2017
• Extended Breastfeeding May Help Ward Off Endometriosis Women who nurse their babies are less likely to develop endometriosis, and the longer they breastfeed, the lower their risk, a new study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2017