Gynecology/Obstetrics News

Pregnant women who participated in weekly wellness classes were half as likely to be depressed up to 8 years later, compared with women who received standard care, researchers reported in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Living in a New Jersey municipality with less affordable rental housing was associated with higher odds of severe maternal morbidity, according to a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

In 2021, the percentage of home births in the United States increased 1.41%, the highest rate of home births since at least 1990, according to data published in the National Vital Statistics Reports.

Using a new technology, future clinicians may be able to more accurately diagnose and appropriately treat ectopic pregnancies than they would with traditional methods, according to data published in Small.

New data published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that buprenorphine use during pregnancy was associated with a lower risk for adverse neonatal outcomes compared with methadone use.

Acupuncture improved pain, function and quality of life in pregnant women experiencing low back and/or pelvic pain, according to a meta-analysis published in BMJ Open.

Exposure to cannabis prenatally was associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes, according to a Canadian cohort study published in PLOS ONE.

Among women with a previous cesarean section, those who underwent vaginal delivery instead of another cesarean delivery were more likely to need pelvic floor surgery, according to data published in PLOS Medicine.

Researchers identified no increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes in pregnancies conceived within 3 months vs. 6 to 11 months after miscarriage or abortion, according to data published in PLOS Medicine.

Exposure to environmental phthalates was causally associated with uterine fibroid growth, according to data published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.