Pregnant Women With Epilepsy Not Consulting With Neurologists, Missing Out On Important Care

Roughly half of pregnant women with epilepsy see a neurologist while they’re expecting, an oversight that could put both mom and baby at risk, researchers say.

About 45% of women with epilepsy didn’t see a neurologist at all in the year leading up to delivery, researchers reported this week at a meeting of the American Neurolog...

Sleep Difficult For LGBTQ+ Teens, Study Says

LGBTQ+ teenagers in the United States might be losing sleep due to violence, bullying and rejection, a recent study says.

Gender and sexual minority teens are more likely to have trouble falling asleep at night, researchers reported in June in the Journal of Adolescence.

However, those teens who experienced more warmth and s...

3D Printing Offering Hope For Spinal Cord Injuries

A new process that combines 3D printing, stem cells and lab-grown tissues could prove a groundbreaking innovation for spinal cord injury recovery, a new study says.

The process uses 3D printing to form stem cells into scaffolds containing microscopic channels that guide the growth of new nerve cells along the site of the spinal cord injury...

Can Mammograms Assess Women's Heart Health?

Regular mammograms might offer a “two-for-one” opportunity to protect women’s health, a new study says.

Mammograms can be used to successfully predict heart disease risk in women, on top of their ability to detect early breast cancers, researchers reported Sept. 16 in the journal Heart.

A new AI model using...

Timing Of Menopause Hormone Therapy Key To Protecting Brain From Alzheimer's

Hormone replacement therapy might protect a woman’s brain against Alzheimer’s disease, but only if the timing’s right, researchers say.

Women who start hormone therapy within five years of menopause can lower their Alzheimer’s risk by as much as 32%, researchers reported this week at the annual meeting of the Americ...

Circumcision Down In U.S., Partly Due To Parental Mistrust Of Doctors, Study Says

Circumcision rates have declined significantly in the United States, driven in part by parents’ distrust of medical advice, a new study says.

Circumcision of newborn boys declined from 54% to 49% between 2012 and 2022, according to records from more than 1.5 million U.S. male births.

The trend flies in the face of doctors&rsquo...