Women who are past menopause and healthy should not take hormone replacement therapy in hopes of warding off dementia, bone fractures or heart disease, according to a new analysis by the government task force that weighs the risks and benefits of screening and other therapies aimed at preventing illness.
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Blood Clot Risk Linked to Some Non-Pill Contraceptives
Women using hormone-releasing skin patches, implants, vaginal rings were more likely to develop clots, study finds
ASRM/SART Comment on NEJM Article on Increased Risk of Birth Defects Following IVF
Statement Attributable to Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, President-elect of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM): “This study confirms what has been known for quite some time: Patients who need medical assistance to conceive have a somewhat higher risk of having children with birth defects than parents able to conceive on their own. Patients considering medically assisted conception have been, and should continue to be, counseled on those risks prior to undergoing any treatment.”
IVF Related Birth Defects May Originate with Moms not Treatment
Babies conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) have a higher risk of birth defects than those conceived naturally, but the increased risk may stem from the parents rather than the treatment itself, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Early Menopause May Pose Mortality Risk
Menopause before age 47 significantly increased the risk of osteoporosis, fragility fractures, and premature mortality over the next 30 years, Swedish investigators reported.
FDA Warns Health Professionals to Halt Use of Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel
An FDA press release reports, “U.S. Marshals, acting at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, have seized Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel located at Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc. in Newark, N.J., after an FDA analysis found that product samples contained dangerous bacteria. The agency reports that at least 16 patients from one hospital were infected with the bacteria.
FDA Warning: Infection Risks from Contaminated Ultrasound Gel
The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors, hospitals and clinics that contaminated ultrasound gel produced by a New Jersey company infected 16 cardiac patients and could pose serious risks to pregnant women and others who undergo ultrasound imaging and treatment.
Propecia And Proscar May Have More Sexual Side Effects Than Labels Are Telling
Two Merck drugs for treating male baldness and enlarged prostate will now carry extended labels to add more possible sexual side effects, US regulators said.
Study: Egg Donors Remain Fertile After Procedure
Some experts question whether hormonally stimulating the ovaries — which makes them produce extra eggs — and removing those eggs from a healthy, young woman could later increase her chance of infertility, but others contend there are no serious long-term risks.
Modern Medicine Fights the Biological Clock
Fertility treatments can increase the chances of getting pregnant, but there are risks involved for women racing the biological clock