News and Features

Investigators in the News:

• The New York Times, January 6, 2026: Dispelling 9 Myths About Women's Health
• The Daily Californian, November 11, 2025: Wiener launches "Save Science, Save Lives' campaign in response to federal funding cuts.
• The New York Times, November 4, 2025: Is Waking Up to Pee Normal?
• The Washington Post, May 31, 2025: This nonhormonal hot-flash remedy gives options to women, experts say
• Health Day, July 12, 2024: Nearly 1 in 10 Pregnant Women Who Get COVID Develop Long COVID.
• Healio, October 2, 2023: Survey: 42% of midlife women have use cannabis, 6% for menopause symptoms.

• Learn more about the recently published Lessening Incontinence through Low-impact Activity (LILA) study, led by UCSF's Dr. Alison Huang with our partners at Stanford University.

  Efficacy of a Therapeutic Pelvic Yoga Program Versus a Physical Conditioning Program on Urinary Incontinence in Women : A Randomized Trial

Recent Publications:

Term pregnancy, vaginal delivery possible after uterine fibroid radiofrequency ablation

 

Dr. Alison Huang's recent publication in JAMA Internal Medicine was featured in US News.

Could a Nitroglycerin Patch Ease Hot Flashes?​​​​

The WHCRC receives a new grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to launch a multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the effects of oral letrozole therapy on uterine fibroid symptoms. See our Fibroid Studies page for more information about this new PLUM trial.