Gynecology/Obstetrics News

At 2 years, women who had received relugolix combination therapy for 52 weeks and then withdrew therapy continued to have less menstrual blood loss and pain caused by uterine fibroids, researchers reported.

Undergoing second-stage cesarian deliveries where mothers are at full cervix dilation, may increase the risk for subsequent spontaneous preterm birth vs. vaginal delivery, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Early contralateral breast cancer development after primary breast cancer for women with certain subgroups of breast cancer was associated with survival in Korean women, researchers reported.

County-level age-adjusted breast cancer mortality rates were higher among women with less access to mammogram screening and also among women with obesity, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

An intrauterine vacuum-induced hemorrhage control device successfully decreased abnormal postpartum uterine bleeding, according to results of the real-world RUBY study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Women who sought health care for bothersome perimenopausal symptoms reported both positive and negative experiences in interactions with providers, according to results of the Women Living Better survey.

Women with abnormal Pap or HPV test results who did not undergo colposcopy within 12 months had higher risk for subsequent cervical cancer compared with women who received colposcopy within that time frame, researchers reported.

CDC data show that 16.2% of pregnant women aged 18 to 44 years reported using marijuana nearly every day.

Infant hospitalization for congenital syphilis increased 10-fold from 2016 to 2022 in Mississippi, from 10 cases per year to 110 cases per year, according to an analysis of hospital discharge data.

PHILADELPHIA — Current ovarian cancer screening methods are ineffective, but women can reduce their risk for ovarian cancer with opportunistic salpingectomy — removing the fallopian tubes at time of other surgeries, according to a presenter.