Women’s Health News

SAN FRANCISCO — The number of deliveries attended by DOs, nursing midwives and non-nursing midwives has increased while use of standard MDs decreased in the past several decades, especially after COVID-19, a speaker reported.

SAN FRANCISCO — Postpartum women who live farther from their delivery hospital are more likely to choose long-acting reversible contraception than those who live closer, according to study data.

SAN FRANCISCO — Most positive content tagged to #PapSmear on TikTok is created by health care professionals, whereas almost all negative videos are created by nonmedical users of the platform.

SAN FRANCISCO — Receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the first vs. last half of the menstrual cycle was associated with vaccine-related cycle length changes, according to a presentation at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

SAN FRANCISCO — An updated evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome includes new recommendations for a timelier diagnosis and evidence that firmly supports PCOS is a risk factor for CVD.

SAN FRANCISCO — Effective strategies to prevent and manage hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are often underutilized, but a new CDC initiative aims to harness solutions that work and package them in one place for busy clinicians.

SAN FRANCISCO — During childbirth hospitalizations, pregnancy-adjusted vs. non-adjusted screening tools had the highest prediction rate and lowest false-positive rates for sepsis, according to results of a case-control study.

SAN FRANCISCO — Infertility was more prevalent among women who regularly used cannabis than among those who reported never using the drug, according to data presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

Postmenopausal women assigned daily oral lasofoxifene had significant and clinically meaningful improvements in vulvovaginal atrophy symptoms with a favorable safety profile, researchers reported in Menopause.

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.