Gynecology/Obstetrics News

Obstetrics and gynecology residents, fellows and early-career faculty report experiencing significant challenges when it comes to childbearing and parental leave, according to survey results published in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology.

After a healthy live birth, interpregnancy intervals shorter than 18 months or 36 months or longer were associated with an increased risk for subsequent spontaneous abortion, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Mode of delivery did not affect self-perceived sexual life satisfaction overall or at any time postpartum, according to cohort study results published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that access to mifepristone for medication abortion remains legal including rules adopted since 2016 loosening original dispensing requirements and gestation limits.

Women diagnosed with preeclampsia were 2.6 times more likely to develop early-onset dementia during 9 years of follow-up compared with women who did not have a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, according to registry data.

A 5-year interval between cervical cancer screenings using HPV testing does not increase risk for cervical precancer detection compared with cytology every 3 years and may be a more effective screening method long term, researchers report.

An algorithm from the Fetal Medicine Foundation used a blood test, ultrasound data and maternal characteristics in the first trimester of pregnancy to predict preterm and early-onset preeclampsia, a recent study showed.

DESTIN, Fla. — Ongoing, frank discussions about reproductive health with patients of childbearing age is critical to safe pregnancy outcomes, according to a presenter at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

Within obstetrics and gynecology, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination and bullying were frequently reported among clinicians and trainees, according to a systematic review published in JAMA Network Open.

DENVER — Syphilis is often asymptomatic. Increased testing of at-risk patients — especially if a new rash or welt is spotted on their body — could help catch more cases, an expert said here.