Laws passed to protect IVF doctors following frozen embryo death ruling
Alabama has passed legislation shielding doctors from potential legal liabilities raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. The state signed into…
Tag: Gynaecology
Lancet authors defend warnings over ‘menopause medicalisation’
Any claim that menopause was being over-medicalised and overtreated with MHT was always going to provoke discussion. Last week, Professor Martha Hickey was in the…
Midwives and nurses now able to prescribe medical abortion drugs
Queensland has become the first state to allow midwives and nurses to prescribe the pregnancy termination medication MS-2 Step. The state’s parliament passed laws on…
Doctors reject ‘patronising’ claims menopause is overtreated with MHT
Claims that menopause has been over medicalised and potentially overtreated with MHT have been rejected as “patronising” and harmful to women by leading Australian women’s…
Why simple hysterectomy is better for low-risk cervical cancer
Women with low-risk cervical cancer can undergo simple instead of radical hysterectomy, according to Canadian-led doctors who say the procedures yield similar oncological outcomes. The…
More than 25% of women opt for HPV self-swabbing
One in four women undergoing HPV screening are now opting for self-collected swabs, according to figures from the federal Department of Health and Aged Care.…
Explainer: The newly approved drug for endometriosis called Ryeqo
For women diagnosed with endometriosis, it is often a long sentence of chronic pain and cramping that impacts their daily life. It is a condition…
Judges in the US rule that frozen embryos are ‘extrauterine children’
A Supreme Court in the US has ruled that frozen embryos created through IVF should be considered “extrauterine children” and therefore potentially subject to wrongful…
RANZCOG forced to rename GP ‘diplomas’ after watchdog’s surprise crackdown
RANZCOG will rename its diploma and advanced diploma qualifications after a surprise crackdown from the federal education watchdog. The diplomas are mostly for GPs and…
‘One in a million’: Woman with two uteruses pregnant in both wombs
The chances of a woman having two uteruses are rare, but the odds of becoming pregnant at the same time in each uterus are even…
