Gynecology/Obstetrics News

PHILADELPHIA — Rheumatologists are unlikely to be held liable under a state’s anti-abortion laws for prescribing methotrexate for a rheumatic disease, according to a law professor who spoke at ACR Convergence 2022.

Changes in state-level availability of reproductive health services — namely closures of Planned Parenthood facilities — were associated with severe maternal morbidity, according to a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Histologically and clinically active inflammatory bowel disease increased the risk for preterm birth, especially for women with ulcerative colitis, researchers reported.

Depression was associated with a lower likelihood of having children and of having fewer children for adults in Finland, according to data published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and other serum components that indicate CVD risk increased for women in Japan who underwent menopause in the past 15 years, according to longitudinal data published in Menopause.

The placebo effect may play a role in the results of randomized controlled trials investigating medications for vasomotor symptoms, according to a meta-analysis published in Menopause.

Intravenous kisspeptin was associated with brain processing of erotic stimuli and facial attractiveness and was well tolerated by premenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder, according to study data.

Perceived high stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with self-reported changes in menstruation, according to data published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Compared with non-Hispanic white women, women of other races and ethnicities waited significantly longer for pregnancy-related emergency care, according to study data.

In states where Medicaid policies exclude immigrants, Asian and Hispanic women were less likely to have access to prenatal care in the first trimester, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.