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Among women with stress urinary incontinence, the retropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) retains its efficacy up to 24 years after initial placement, with adverse effects being uncommon and having a low impact on quality of life, according to a study.

Individuals with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) appear to have an increased risk of developing dementia, particularly vascular dementia, according to a study presented at AAIC 2022.

In the EPIC-Norfolk* study, a sex-specific association was found between daily potassium intake, systolic blood pressure (SBP), and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The findings particularly suggest that in women with high sodium intake, higher potassium intake was tied to lower SBP.

Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) that contain gestodene confer a fivefold increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in young women as compared with those that contain levonorgestrel and the lowest doses of ethinylestradiol, as shown in a study.

Adding a high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) test to cytology may enhance detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in primary cervical cancer screening, with the Cobas 4800 and Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) tests showing comparable clinical performance in high-risk HPV detection in Chinese women, according to a large study by the University of Hong Kong.