Reproductive Health News

Among women in China, depressive symptoms during pregnancy were associated with slower fetal growth rate in the rapid growth stage during weeks 30 and 37 of gestation, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2024 lists of the best maternity care access hospitals and hospitals that were high performing for maternity care, according to a press release from the publication.

Stillbirth was associated with an increased risk for severe maternal morbidity during delivery hospitalization and up to 1 year postpartum, researchers reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Children born to women with infertility who utilized assisted reproduction methods had slightly higher risk for autism spectrum disorder, independent of fertility treatment used, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Hormone therapy with transdermal estradiol may benefit bone and CV health and overall quality of life up to 20 years after hysterectomy, according to study results published in Menopause.

Energy drink consumption before pregnancy was associated with an increased risk for gestational hypertension, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Preterm birth was associated with medical-related work absenteeism, disability claims and indirect costs in the first postpartum year compared with full-term birth, according to study results published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

About 1% of women who filled an opioid prescription after childbirth had evidence of persistent opioid use in the subsequent postpartum year, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Since deciding in high school to become a physician, William E. Gibbons, MD, never had the desire to be anything other than who he is today, a self-proclaimed science nerd.

NEW YORK — An expert encouraged providers to “double our efforts” to prevent congenital syphilis.