Women’s Health News

The National Lipid Association has issued a clinical consensus statement on the management of dyslipidemia in women of reproductive potential, with a focus on considerations for pharmacologic options, a speaker reported.

The relationship between obesity and disordered eating behaviors represents a complex combination of psychological, physiological and environmental influences.

Greater adherence to the planetary health diet was associated with a lower risk for an early death from several causes and produced a significantly lower environmental impact, a study showed.

Long-term embryo cryopreservation was not associated with live birth rates for women undergoing elective or nonelective frozen embryo transfers, according to an analysis published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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.

Metformin exposure during pregnancy was not associated with adverse childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes up to age 14 years, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Infants born to mothers vaccinated against COVID-19 during the omicron wave had decreased risks for preterm birth and adverse neonatal outcomes, according to results of the INTERCOVID-2022 study.

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.

BOSTON — Women exposed to a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals known as PFAS may be more likely to struggle with breastfeeding, whereas the health effects of infant exposure to PFAS via breastmilk remain unknown, a speaker said.

Menopause symptoms and their severity level appeared to differ among racial and ethnic groups regardless of socioeconomic status, according to study results published in Menopause.