Mary Jane Minkin, MD

Clinics with vs. without Menopause Society Certified Practitioners were more likely to adhere to guidelines and not advertise compounded or bioidentical hormones, hormones for youthful appearance or weight loss or recommend hormone testing.

Once-daily oral elinzanetant was associated with significantly reduced frequency of moderate to severe menopausal vasomotor symptoms compared with placebo, according to topline results from the OASIS 3 study.

The North American Menopause Society released its 2023 Nonhormone Therapy Position Statement recommending up-to-date scientific evidence for nonhormonal options for managing menopausal symptoms.

Current or recent use of progestogen-only contraceptives was associated with a “slight” increase in breast cancer risk, according to findings from a nested case-control study and meta-analysis published in PLOS Medicine.

Moderate state legislation on abortion was associated with lower rates of maternal, fetal and infant mortality, but did not lower all-cause mortality, compared with restrictive laws, data published in Obstetrics & Gynecology showed.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Midlife women with a history of infertility or involuntary childlessness had more depressive symptoms, particularly before menopause, and anxiety after menopause, compared with women without infertility.

Women with a higher allostatic load — an indicator of chronic stress — experienced lower fecundability, according to data published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.

Findings from a study published in Menopause suggested that the length of menstrual cycles during reproductive years may predict the severity of menopause symptoms.

The use of biologics to treat atopic disease before and during pregnancy does not seem to negatively affect maternal or fetal outcomes, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Postmenopausal women had a greater burden of white matter hyperintensity — or WMH — compared with men and premenopausal women, as well as a faster increase in WMH, according to a cross-sectional analysis of the Rhineland Study.