Women’s Health News

In a recent Q&A, Healio spoke with an expert about the CDC’s updated 2024 U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use.

Once-daily oral elinzanetant was well tolerated and improved moderate to severe vasomotor symptom frequency and severity, sleep disturbances and menopause-related quality of life, according to results of two studies published in JAMA.

In the U.S., birth and general fertility rates dropped while the percentage of women receiving no prenatal care rose from 2022 to 2023, according to a recent CDC birth trends report.

The prevalence of infants born small for gestational age in China fell by more than 27% from 2012 to 2020, a change attributed to several improved maternal factors including access to care, researchers reported.

Labor duration was independently associated with risks for adverse maternal outcomes, specifically intraamniotic infection, during second-trimester medication abortion, according to study results published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

In a final recommendation statement, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force said there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against the use of iron supplements during pregnancy.

U.S. congenital syphilis rates rose from 2016 to 2020 and were linked to preterm birth, longer hospital length of stay and higher costs with race/ethnicity, insurance, income, admission year and hospital characteristics tied to likelihood.

At 12 weeks, vaginal hyaluronic acid and vaginal estrogen were associated with similar benefits in the treatment of atrophic vaginitis, known as genitourinary syndrome of menopause, according to results of a pilot trial.

Cell-free DNA analyses were accurate in detecting fetal antigen status as early as 10 weeks’ gestation in women with alloimmunized pregnancies, according to results of a large, diverse U.S. cohort study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Among older women, messaging strategies significantly increased support for and intentions of breast cancer screening cessation, with the strongest effects occurring when messages were delivered over time from multiple sources, data show.