Women’s Health News

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.

TORONTO — An online training module that instructed clinicians to assess vaccination status and use strong language to recommend vaccines helped increased influenza vaccine uptake at 12 obstetrics clinics, according to researchers.

Concurrent use of cannabis and nicotine during pregnancy vs. use of either substance alone was tied to increased risks for infant and neonatal death and maternal and neonatal morbidity, researchers reported.

BOSTON — Life’s Essential 8, a campaign led by the American Heart Association, is an assortment of interventions “we can all follow” and “associated with much better outcomes,” Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP, MACC, FAHA, FHFSA, said.

BOSTON — The recently launched PREVENT risk scoring algorithm has the ability to enhance the prevention and management of CVD, according to Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP, MACC, FAHA, FHFSA.

BOSTON — Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, or CKM, is a new term endorsed by the American Heart Association that reflects the interplay of metabolic and renal conditions that drive the risk for CVD.

BOSTON — A “laundry list of new trials” in cardiovascular medicine has led to “a decided portfolio of new ways of thinking, new interventions and a new potential to modify the natural history of CVD,” an expert said.

IUD use increased in South Carolina after implementation of a statewide initiative focused on improving contraceptive access for women of reproductive age, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

An artificial intelligence model that analyzes patients’ narrative accounts after childbirth showed potential in identifying postpartum PTSD, a study showed.

A first-trimester algorithm that includes a blood test, ultrasound data and maternal characteristics predicted two-thirds of preterm preeclampsia and three-quarters of early-onset preeclampsia among nulliparous women, researchers reported.