Reproductive Health News

Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes or both had higher likelihood of having children with worse CV health 10 to 14 years after delivery, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

About one in 10 women who develop COVID during pregnancy will have post-acute sequelae, or long COVID, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Addressing the internal hormonal changes in women will directly affect the appearance of their skin, according to a speaker at South Beach Symposium.

Use of assisted reproductive technology was associated with increased odds of stroke during index hospitalization for delivery, regardless of maternal age, researchers reported.

Women with more autistic traits during pregnancy had higher risks for adverse birth outcomes, especially for preterm birth, compared with lower levels of autistic traits, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Obstetrics and gynecology residency programs in states with abortion bans had statistically significantly fewer applicants in 2023 than in years before the Dobbs decision in 2022, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Prenatal low-dose aspirin exposure was not associated with negative neurodevelopmental outcomes in children by age 3 years, according to study results published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

In this video exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, talks with Cynthia A. Stuenkel, MD, MSCP, about diagnosing primary ovarian insufficiency, a condition similar to but different from menopause among women younger than 40 years.

From 2014 to 2022, preterm and early-term birth rates rose, and late-term and post-term births declined, with similar rates across maternal age, race and ethnicity groups, gestational age a strong predictor of morbidity and early mortality, CDC researchers reported.

Maternity leave duration has a strong positive association with breastfeeding duration for new mothers with disparities observed among different racial/ethnic groups, according to findings published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.