Practice Management News

September is designated Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month to raise awareness of the reproductive condition.

Placing an IUD within 48 hours of a complete abortion appeared safe and was associated with lower pain scores compared with placement 2 to 4 weeks after abortion, according to a study. This method was also preferred by patients.

Pregnant women living in rural counties of the United States were more likely to deliver before 39 weeks’ gestation compared with those living in non-rural counties, according to a retrospective cohort study.

August is National Breastfeeding Month in the United States.

Women born in the 1990s had a significantly lower HPV infection rate compared with those born a decade earlier — a finding that allowed researchers to connect greater HPV vaccination coverage with direct protection and herd immunity.

More than one-fifth of adults in the United States do not want children, which is a higher prevalence than previously thought, according to researchers.

People who were delivered by cesarean section were more likely to receive a Crohn’s disease diagnosis later in life compared with their vaginally delivered counterparts, according to a population-based cohort study conducted in Sweden.

The prevalence of fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans vulvovaginal candidiasis is on the rise, according to research presented at the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology meeting, but boric acid may help.

A new genetic testing method may save time and money in the detection of abnormal chromosomes compared with traditional prenatal tests, according to correspondence published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

For a growing number of Americans, 12 weeks of paid leave from work after the birth of a child, or to care for an ailing family member, is standard.