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Most miscarriages happen very early in the pregnancy, often before a woman even knows she is pregnant … Bleeding can be a symptom of miscarriage, but many women also have it in early pregnancy and don't miscarry … Women who miscarry early in their pregnancy usually do not need any treatment. … Many women who have a miscarriage go on to have healthy babies.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-236-mental-health-pregnancy-evidence-summary.pdf
April 01, 2021 - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 236 Maternal, Fetal, and Child Outcomes of Mental Health Treatments in Women … Effectiveness Review
Number 236
Maternal, Fetal, and Child Outcomes of Mental
Health Treatments in Women … Untreated mental health disorders in perinatal (pregnant and postpartum, including
breastfeeding) women … Pregnancy-associated suicide kills
more women than hemorrhage or preeclampsia. … For women who are currently or planning to become pregnant, a
critical question is whether the benefits
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December 05, 2018 - and
non-pregnant women of child-bearing age.2 Among past-year pregnant women, the study reported
prevalence … and non-pregnant women. … non-pregnant women. … To address this limitation, some studies have compared women receiving
pharmacotherapy with women who … Designing drug trials: considerations for
pregnant women.
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March 01, 2022 - progression and the comparative effectiveness of different strategies for treating labor dystocia in women … Routine amniotomy decreased the total duration of labor in nulliparous women without affecting other … An existing systematic review of 11 studies found that women receiving continuous emotional support were … For women choosing analgesia (epidural vs. combined spinal epidural, or epidural vs. patient-controlled … Up to One Year After Pregnancy
Research Protocol | Sep 20, 2021
Telehealth for Women
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December 01, 2019 - Evidence Reports
Data Points #15: Prognostic factor testing among older women … ER testing is considered standard of care for women with early invasive cancer. … cancer but do not recommend it for women with DCIS. … Testing for BRCA (the "breast cancer gene") helps to identify women with a hereditary risk of breast … For all examined tests, we found lower rates of testing for women with DCIS than for women with early
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September 26, 2023 - or girls or juvenile* or paediatric* or
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August 01, 2012 - We
excluded women with another cancer
diagnosed prior to breast cancer diagno-
sis and women without … percent
for women over 80. … for women over 80 (Table 1). … Among women with DCIS, ER negative
women were more likely to have MRI
than ER positive women (23.1% … Use of MRI was lower for non-
white women, older women, and women
receiving assistance from States with
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May 01, 2020 - (older women having longer labors). … Women in kneeling position
were more likely than women in sitting position
to have reduced trauma to … and women of mixed parity. … is slower for
women having their first baby compared to women
with prior deliveries, but the high … Support to woman by a companion of her choice during
childbirth: A randomized controlled trial.
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September 01, 2019 - Purpose of Review
To review treatment effectiveness and the risk of leiomyosarcoma (LMS) in women with … For women in their 30s, the chance of needing retreatment for fibroids within the next 2 years was 6– … Subsequent intervention ranged from 0 to 44 percent in studies that followed women after initial fibroid … No individual characteristics of women or their fibroids were definitely associated with likelihood of … Using data from 160 studies, we estimated that among 10,000 women having surgery for presumed fibroids
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With POF, some women still have occasional periods. They may even get pregnant. … Most women with POF cannot get pregnant naturally. … Fertility treatments help a few women; others use donor eggs to have children.
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Nominated Topics
For low-risk women … For low-risk women delivering a full-term baby vaginally, what is the comparative effectiveness of the … Low-risk, pregnant women delivering full-term babies. … Conditions (updated in 2008)
Pregnancy, including preterm birth
AHRQ Priority Populations
Women … 2017
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January 31, 2023 - Health Topics
Breast Cancer
Description
Breast cancer affects one in eight women … No one knows why some women get breast cancer, but there are many risk factors. … Women who have family members with breast or ovarian cancer may wish to be tested for the genes. … Research Report September 13, 2012
Data Points #15: Prognostic factor testing among older women … Research Report September 13, 2012
Data Points #13: Use of preoperative MRI among older women
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October 01, 2020 - Home
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Treatment To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women … SHARE:
Treatment To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women … Alendronate, risedronate, zoledronic acid, and denosumab prevent hip fractures among postmenopausal women … Risedronate therapy for prevention of hip fracture after stroke in elderly women. … Low-dose vitamin D prevents muscular atrophy and reduces falls and hip fractures in women after stroke
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December 01, 2017 - estimated to total more than
$5 billion, perhaps as much as $17 billion,
with roughly $4,624 in costs per woman … in understanding
and estimating the degree to which morcellation method
influences survival when a woman … For any woman, her geographic location,
local provider training or insurance coverage may restrict … Lastly,
the lack of direct comparisons limits the information this
can provide to help a woman or her … time-to-event analysis of outcomes,
such as that being conducted in the COMPARE Uterine
Fibroids 10,000 woman
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-women-diagnosis_disposition-comments.pdf
June 12, 2012 - Feinstein, Steven
(International
Contrast Ultrasound
Society)
General ICUS believes that no woman … information for discerning the use of an exercise
versus pharmacologic stress imaging is the ability of a woman … diagnostic approaches may need to be modified in women. … It is limited by its limited specificity, in women, particularly
post-menopausal women. … All women were postmenopausal (i.e., no
reference group of premenopausal women).
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/health-topics/ovarian-cysts
June 28, 2017 - Most women have them sometime during their lives. … Women may not find out that they have them until they have a pelvic exam. … Women with PCOS can have high levels of male hormones, irregular or no periods, and small ovarian cysts
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February 19, 2025 - Anyone can develop osteoporosis, but it is more common in older women. … thin
Having a family history of osteoporosis
Taking certain medicines
Being a white or Asian woman … 2025
Improving the Management of Menopausal Symptoms in Perimenopausal and Early Postmenopausal Women
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March 11, 2013 - Women and tobacco use. … Expecting to quit: a best practices review of smoking
cessation interventions for pregnant and postpartum girls … and women. 2nd ed. … [Smoking cessation in the pregnant woman: descriptive study in
Limousin]. … [Why woman postpartum resume smoking]. Gesundheitswesen. 2006
Mar;68(3):171-5. PMID: 16575697.
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November 01, 2017 - In women with leiomyomas who desire to become pregnant, does surgical removal of leiomyomas increase … In asymptomatic women with leiomyomas, does expectant management produce a better outcome than surgical … Relevant patients: Women with a diagnosis of leiomyomas. … Among women younger than 40 years, approximately 30% of hysterectomies are performed laparoscopically … A uniform approach supported by evidence will help to improve care for women by moving practitioners
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August 22, 2012 - We excluded women
with another cancer diagnosed before the breast cancer diagnosis and
women without … Women with DCIS were younger than women diag-
nosed with early invasive breast cancer. … Among women with DCIS, black women
were less likely to have ER/PR testing than other racial
groups … Women with DCIS had lower rates of ER/PR testing
in 2007 than women with invasive disease (85.4% vs. … vs. 18.3% in women with
BCS).