Reproductive Health News

Accurate information on fertility likelihood after cancer treatment remains an unmet need among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Oral piroxicam administered along with levonorgestrel improved emergency contraception efficacy without increasing the risk for adverse outcomes, according to trial data published in The Lancet.

Female adolescent and young adult cancer survivors reported higher rates of perceived infertility risk and frequently overestimated or underestimated their risk, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

PHILADELPHIA — Midlife women with obesity should be counseled about anti-obesity medications and bariatric surgery in addition to diet, exercise and behavioral therapy for long-term weight-loss success, according to a speaker.

ORLANDO — Most medical students think abortion education should be included in medical curriculum, and many worry about their ability to care for future patients since Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to an expert.

An intrauterine vacuum-induced hemorrhage control device successfully decreased abnormal postpartum uterine bleeding, according to results of the real-world RUBY study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Infant hospitalization for congenital syphilis increased 10-fold from 2016 to 2022 in Mississippi, from 10 cases per year to 110 cases per year, according to an analysis of hospital discharge data.

PHILADELPHIA — Midlife women with persistently poor sleep are at elevated risk for CV events, particularly when they experience insomnia and sleep no longer than 5 hours per night, according to study data.

Analysis of online conversations among health care professionals on social media during August revealed significant support for the first oral treatment for postpartum depression.

Having COVID-19 was associated with a small change in menstrual cycle length like that observed with COVID-19 vaccination, with changes resolving within the next cycle, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.