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NIH Seeks Input on Troubling Women’s Health Trends

Cancer Screening
Nurse practitioners in women's health can now submit comments for the Women's Health Consensus Conference (WHCC) to be held in October to address rising...

Women Now Drink as Much as Men — And Are Prone to Sickness Sooner

Adolescent Health
Research shows women suffer health consequences of alcohol — liver disease, heart disease and cancer — more quickly than men and even at lower levels of consumption.

Pandemic Highlights Need for Urgent Care Clinics for Women

Family Planning
Urgent care OB-GYN clinics have begun popping up around the country in recent years, and the covid pandemic has increased demand.

Biden Moves to Overturn Trump Birth Control Rules

Contraceptives
The Biden administration Wednesday formally proposed the repeal of Trump-era regulations barring abortion referrals and making other changes intended to evict Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from the federal family planning program, Title X.

New HPV Infections Fall More Than 80 Percent

Adolescent Health
Even women not vaccinated against HPV appear to be benefitting as signs of herd immunity emerge.

Female Sexual Health Course Offered June 4

Dating & Sex
A virtual conference to enhance NPs ability to promote women's sexual health as well as evaluate, diagnose and manage common female sexual disorders.

Debate Over Use of Blood Thinners After C-Sections

Family Planning
There’s sharp debate about whether the wide use of heparin to prevent clots in mothers after a C-section is effective, worth the cost and safe, since it carries the risk of bleeding.

1 in 3 women experience violence: WHO

Abuse and Violence
One in three women are victims of physical or sexual violence around the world, some starting at a very young age.

Women With Heart Disease Do Better With Female Doctors, Review Finds

Cardio-Pulmonary
The review found that women with cardiovascular disease have better outcomes with female physicians compared to male providers

Women Have Lower ‘Normal Blood Pressure’ Than Men, Study Finds

Aging
Should women be treated for hypertension when their systolic BP is higher than 110, below the current 120 standard used for both sexes?
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