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Compared to normal women and women with endometriosis without chronic pain, women with chronic pelvic pain demonstrate increased pain sensitivity at nonpelvic sites.
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A new study shows that using cervical length as an arbiter of whom to admit for suspected preterm labor is a safe and cost-effective method to decrease health care costs.
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In this national cohort study, 13% of women undergoing gynecologic surgery where antibiotics were recommended received no antibiotics or the incorrect antibiotics.
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This special feature will summarize FDA position statements pertaining to mesh use in obstetrics and gynecology....
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A review of 10 years of national data indicates that clinicians have been performing unnecessary Pap tests for cervical cancer screening in certain groups of women: those who have undergone hysterectomies and those older than age 65 with no cervical cancer history.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has just released funding to support 11 projects that aim to improve uptake and regular use of male and female condoms by developing new designs that significantly preserve or enhance pleasure and simplify use.
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Labeling for the European levonorgestrel (LNG) emergency contraceptive pill NorLevo has been revised due to data indicating lower drug efficacy in women weighing 165 pounds and above. This move has led U.S. regulators to assess data on similar products.
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Strides are being made in development of multipurpose prevention technologies, defined as a single product or strategy configured for at least two sexual and reproductive health prevention indications: unintended pregnancy, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections.