Polycystic ovary syndrome and postpartum depression among Hispanics and non-Hispanics: a population-based study
Source : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666577822000193
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome experience increased health complications during and after pregnancy, including a higher prevalence of postpartum depression. Although previous research has found that Hispanic women with polycystic...
Conclusion: Our findings suggested that determining PCOS symptoms among at-risk women may be important for identifying associations with PPD and potentially other comorbidities.
Core outcomes defined for studies of uterus-sparing interventions in uterine adenomyosis
Source : https://www.focusonreproduction.eu/article/News-in-Reproduction-Uterine-adenomiosys
An international consensus group has for the first time defined a new set of core outcomes for research in adenomyosis. Their application in future studies hopes to encourage good clinical...
Discussion: The COS, they report, is applicable to all uterus-sparing therapeutic interventions, including those guided by imaging techniques, and are grouped under nine categories: pain, uterine bleeding, reproductive outcomes, haematology, urinary system, life impact, delivery of care, adverse events, and reporting items.
Conclusion: Paracervical block cannot be performed for women who never had sexual intercourse or if the cervix is not well exposed. However, since the procedure is safe, simple, short and cost effective, we believe that paracervical block can be helpful for HIFU treatment while reducing the excessive use of intravenous sedatives.
Positron Emission Tomography reveals age-associated hypothalamic microglial activation in women - Scientific Reports
Source : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-17315-8
In rodents, hypothalamic inflammation plays a critical role in aging and age-related diseases. Hypothalamic inflammation has not previously been assessed in vivo in humans. We used Positron Emission Tomography (PET)...
Conclusion: Our finding of age-correlated hypothalamic inflammation in women could have implications for understanding and perhaps altering reproductive aging in women.
Conclusion: This model provides individualized estimates of outpatient opioid use following a range of gynecological surgical procedures for benign and malignant indications with all model inputs available at the time of procedure closing. Implementation of this model into the clinical setting is currently ongoing, with plans for additional...