Women’s Health News

Fezolinetant performed better than other nonhormonal medications at reducing vasomotor symptoms due to menopause, according to a recent meta-analysis of randomized studies.

Higher serum estradiol levels in early pregnancy were associated with increased risk for preeclampsia, particularly after frozen embryo transfer cycles, researchers reported in Frontiers in Endocrinology.

Among pregnant women, endometriosis was associated with increased placenta previa incidence that correlated with disease severity, researchers reported in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences.

Women with poor ovarian response to stimulation had higher likelihood of using frozen oocytes after planned cryopreservation vs. women normal response, particularly among women aged 30 to 39 years, according to cohort study results.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Elizabeth Ward, MS, RDN, and Hillary Wright, MEd, RDN, LDN, about women’s nutrition and exercise needs as they age.

The FDA said this week that it is working with a French pharmaceutical company to temporarily import into the United States an antibiotic that can treat syphilis as a way to address the country’s penicillin shortage.

Once-daily relugolix combination therapy reduced heavy menstrual bleeding associated with uterine fibroids for most Black women, according to results of the LIBERTY long-term extension study.

After cesarean delivery, utilizing a personalized protocol for opioid prescriptions reduced the number of opioids prescribed at discharge without affecting hospital readmissions or the need for rescue prescriptions, researchers reported.

A recent study found that maternal cannabis use was linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes related to placental function.

Women with clinically diagnosed perinatal depression have an increased risk for suicidal behavior, especially within the first year after diagnosis, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.