Genetic Risk Score Predicts Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Over a dozen genetic loci linked to preeclampsia, gestational hypertension Jun 01, 2023
Pregnant Patients With Risk Factors for Thyroid Disease Are Not Getting Screened Universal screening may be beneficial, researcher says May 24, 2023
Insurance Loss After Pregnancy Tied to Less Postpartum Prescription Contraception Loss of insurance more frequent in states without Medicaid expansion May 23, 2023
Tackling Barriers to OTC Birth Control Pills FDA approval would be a critical step, but we must address other access issues May 23, 2023
Cabergoline Relieved Painful Breast Symptoms After Second-Trimester Pregnancy Loss Only 28% of those who received the off-label drug experienced symptoms vs 97% of placebo group May 22, 2023
Perinatal HPV Transmission Low and Cleared Quickly Data reassuring for the many women who test positive in pregnancy May 22, 2023
Vibrating Crib Mattress Eases Opioid Withdrawal for Exposed Infants "A great need to reduce medication treatment in this vulnerable population," says researcher May 15, 2023
CDC: Drug-Resistant Ringworm in U.S.; Mail-In HPV Tests Work; Pope Urges Procreation Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff May 12, 2023
Colorado Becomes First State to Ban So-Called Abortion Pill Reversals The legislation is part of broader package of abortion rights policy May 07, 2023
FDA Reviewers Raise Multiple Issues on OTC Birth Control Pill Is labeling enough for users to take the drug correctly and self-deselect? May 05, 2023
$15K Surgery Shakedown? Med School Dean's Twitter Snafu; Lethal Injection 'Expert' This past week in healthcare investigations May 03, 2023
Feds Probe Hospitals Accused of Denying Emergency Abortion Care State laws may have changed, but federal EMTALA requirements have not, says HHS secretary May 02, 2023
How to Spot Anti-Abortion 'Crisis Pregnancy' Centers And why you and your patients need to know what they really are May 02, 2023
Prednisone Did Not Improve Live Birth Rates for Women With Recurrent IVF Failure The steroid may also lead to higher risks of preterm delivery and biochemical pregnancy loss May 02, 2023
More Men Are Expressing Interest in Vasectomy After SCOTUS Abortion Decision Vasectomy consults more than doubled in the 3 months after Dobbs compared with the year before May 01, 2023
ACOG PAC Donated Over $1M to Anti-Abortion Legislators Ob/gyn organization maintains stated support for reproductive healthcare, including abortion Apr 28, 2023
Shameful Outcomes Abortion is today's hot topic in women's health, but we're overlooking an equally important one Apr 28, 2023
Sperm Donor Banned Over Incest Fears; COVID Hampered Teen Sex; Jerry Springer Dies Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Apr 28, 2023
Kids' Epilepsy Tied to Group B Strep Meningitis, not Sepsis, in Infancy Risk more than 15-fold higher following invasive Group B Streptococcus meningitis Apr 21, 2023
Tranexamic Acid May Not Prevent Hemorrhage After C-Section Timing may have influenced trial results, however Apr 12, 2023
Hysteroscopy No Match for Standard Care in Incomplete Spontaneous Abortion Outcomes were mostly comparable for patients wanting to get pregnant again Apr 11, 2023
Brain Injury Seen in Two Neonates Whose Mothers Had COVID Infants were born early in the pandemic, before COVID vaccines were available Apr 07, 2023
FDA Yanks Only Preterm Birth Drug, Effective Immediately Months after advisors recommended Makena's approval be withdrawn, FDA announces final decision Apr 06, 2023
ART Outcomes Mostly Better for Lesbian vs Heterosexual Couples Findings suggest it's not the treatment, but infertility factors that lead to adverse outcomes Apr 04, 2023
U.S. 'Flying Blind' When It Comes to Data on Substance Use in Pregnancy Limited data "makes people think that the problem doesn't exist" Mar 31, 2023
Mothers Face Broken Addiction Treatment System Lack of comprehensive care puts pregnant, postpartum people with substance use disorder at risk Mar 31, 2023
Do Away With 'Lockout' Period in iPLEDGE, FDA Advisors Urge It's an "unduly high burden" on patients, says one advisory committee member Mar 29, 2023
Isotretinoin REMS Still Needed, but Its Burden Could Be Reduced, FDA Staff Says Report suggests ways to lighten documentation rules for prescribing the severe acne treatment Mar 27, 2023
Embryo Development Delayed in Pregnancies Ending in Miscarriage Researchers stress the importance of embryonic health Mar 27, 2023
Pregnant, Black? Here's Your Drug Test Black women 60% more likely to receive urine drug tests than white women Mar 22, 2023
Early Postpartum IUD Placement Yields Low Complete Expulsion Rate Inserting contraceptive at 2 to 4 weeks postpartum noninferior to standard interval, study finds Mar 21, 2023
Maternal Mortality Rose Significantly in 2021, CDC Says Rates increased in all racial/ethnic groups but were highest among Black patients Mar 16, 2023
How Overturning Roe v. Wade Changed Match Day 2023 Abortion restrictions are a physician workforce issue Mar 15, 2023
Cardiac Arrest Growing More Common in the Delivery Room? National study suggests higher rates than previously estimated Mar 13, 2023
Hep B Prior to Pregnancy Tied to Congenital Heart Diseases in Infants Higher risks tied to both infected women and men Mar 13, 2023
Fetus Removed From Brain of 1-Year-Old Girl Intracranial fetus-in-fetu identified in child with motor delay Mar 09, 2023
Only Drug to Prevent Preterm Birth Set to Leave the Market Decision follows FDA advisory committee recommendation for withdrawal Mar 08, 2023
Oral Azithromycin During Labor Fails to Stop Neonatal Sepsis, Death Some secondary benefits seen in West African trial, however Mar 07, 2023
Study Reassures on Asthma Med Use in Pregnancy and Kids' Neuropsych Risks Use of leukotriene-receptor antagonists not tied to risks of ADHD, autism, Tourette syndrome Mar 07, 2023
Postpartum Psychosis: A Life-Threatening Emergency While rare, this condition elevates risks of suicide and child murder Feb 23, 2023
