Women’s Health News

Coping methods for acyclic pelvic pain associated with endometriosis vary by age group, with adolescents reporting sleep and music as most helpful and exercise as less helpful, researchers reported in Frontiers Reproductive Health.

Among Hispanic women, gestational hypertension was associated with decreased processing speed and executive functioning after age 45 years, according to results of an analysis published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Parents of very low-birth-weight premature infants are more likely to use mental health care in the first year after discharge from the NICU than families who do not have a premature infant, according to a study.

More than two-thirds of pharmacists in California surveyed said they would be willing to prescribe medication abortion, if legally permitted, but more than half reported lacking confidence in their knowledge of abortion drugs.

Mistreatment by health care professionals during childbirth is “common” in the U.S., with one in eight women with a live birth in 2020 reporting mistreatment, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Pelvic floor muscle training was associated with improvements in areas of sexual function such as arousal, orgasm, satisfaction and pain, according to a systematic review published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Patients with immune-mediated diseases have higher rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preeclampsia and pre-term delivery, with lupus and systemic sclerosis conferring the largest risks, according to data published in Rheumatology.

A new analysis of randomized clinical trial data showed that vitamin C supplementation during pregnancy may reduce wheeze in the offspring of mothers who smoke, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

Only 30% of women with health-related social needs underwent mammography screening for breast cancer in the previous 2 years, according to a newly released CDC Vital Signs report.

Neonates with prenatally resolved fetal growth restriction continue to have increased risks for adverse perinatal outcomes, according to study results published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.