News & Updates

Diabetes mellitus and overweight or obesity appear to increase susceptibility to COVID-19 among pregnant women, with insulin-dependent gestational diabetes mellitus being associated with the disease, according to data from INTERCOVID.

Maintenance monotherapy with olaparib appears safe and effective in Asian patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed (PSR) ovarian cancer, regardless of their BRCA status, as shown in the results of the phase III, open-label, single-arm L-MOCA study.

Long-term overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) may be influenced by diabetes status, according to a retrospective study presented at ENDO 2022.

Vaginal antisepsis with chlorhexidine proves noninferior to that with iodine in terms of the incidence of gynaecologic surgery-associated urinary tract infection and vaginal irritation, as reported in a study.

Adherence to a healthy plant-based diet was tied to a reduced risk of breast cancer, according to a French study presented at Nutrition 2022. In contrast, an unhealthy plant-based diet may be tied to increased breast cancer risk.

Experiencing sexual assault, sexual harassment at work, or both appear to increase a woman’s risk of developing hypertension over a long-term period, according to an analysis of the Nurses’ Health Study II.

In terms of patient-reported success, the newer, adjustable, anchored single-incision mini-slings (SIMS) were noninferior to the synthetic, tension-free, standard mid-urethral slings (SMUS) for the surgical management of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women, the SIMS study suggests.