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Multiple levels of influence, from personal perceptions and beliefs to provider-related factors, affect mammography uptake among Malay-Muslim women, according to a recent Singapore study.

In women who had undergone single-point laparoscopic surgery (SPLS) for gynaecological disease, high visceral fat area (VFA) appears to aggravate the risk of incisional hernia (IH), reports a recent study.

The use of low-dose aspirin among women who have had a preterm birth appears to lower the risk of recurrence, as shown in a study.

The long-acting contraceptive option, 52-mg levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (52-mg LNG-IUS), appears to be highly effective, with high user satisfaction and a favourable safety profile, through 8 years of use, according to data from the Mirena Extension Trial.

Mothers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) during the first trimester of pregnancy are more likely to give birth to infants with congenital heart defects (CHD), a recent study has found.

Vaginal dinoprostone appears to be a better labour-inducing agent than vaginal misoprostol, leading to lower rates of foetal complications, a recent study has found.