Women’s Health News

NEW ORLEANS — Popular fertility supplements contain common vitamins and minerals, with great variation in ingredients and listed dosages, according to a new study presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.

NEW ORLEANS — Rates of vasectomy and tubal sterilization rose in the months after the Dobbs decision removed a federal right to abortion, according to data presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.

NEW ORLEANS — In a new survey, most respondents cited concern that there are not enough reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialists to meet the current demand for assisted reproductive technology in the U.S.

NEW ORLEANS — In this video exclusive, Sarah Horvath, MD, MSHP, talks about the state of obstetrics and gynecology training 1 year after the Dobbs decision revoked a federal right to abortion.

NEW ORLEANS — In a new survey, most reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellows reported that the Dobbs decision did not affect patient counseling, use of genetic testing, embryo handling or medical legal documentation.

NEW ORLEANS — Women with lower levels of anti-Müllerian hormone may take longer to become pregnant naturally, without use of assisted reproductive technologies, than their same-age peers with higher levels, according to a speaker.

NEW ORLEANS — Researchers observed increased ovarian aging among women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, compared with women without the genetic alterations, but decreased ovarian reserve only among those with BRCA1, according to a speaker.

NEW ORLEANS — In this video exclusive, Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, president and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine, talks about implications for medical education of the recent Supreme Court decision limiting affirmative action.

NEW ORLEANS — Same-sex female couples initiated IVF about 8 months earlier in the year after, compared with the 3 years before, New York state required insurers to provide earlier access to nonheterosexual patients, a speaker said.

Older women who had 5% or more unintentional weight loss had lower life expectancy compared with women with stable weight, according to data from the Women’s Health Initiative published in The Journals of Gerontology.