Reproductive Health News

Parties to the federal case seeking to overturn FDA approval of the abortion drug mifepristone presented oral arguments to a panel of three judges in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday.

Since the Dobbs decision in June 2022 that overturned the federal right to abortion, access to abortion and abortifacient drugs has been a source of debate for physicians and legislators.

FDA advisers voted unanimously to recommend approval of an over-the-counter progestin-only birth control pill, a decision hailed by one advisory panel member as a landmark for the history of women’s health.

Severe maternal morbidity at delivery was associated with an increased readmission risk throughout the year after delivery, according to research published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

AUSTIN, Texas — Despite the significant impact that kidney disease and its treatments can have on women’s health, patients admitted knowing very little about it, according to a presenter at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

Study results demonstrated no associations between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and hospital admission or visit for postmenopausal bleeding and no association with premenopausal menstrual disturbance or bleeding.

Women who developed mood or anxiety disorders associated with pregnancy and childbirth had a specific and unique plasma protein signature regulating various neuronal signaling and proinflammatory pathways, researchers reported.

Results of a Mendelian randomization study support a causal role of several reproductive factors on women’s risks for cardiovascular disease, according to researchers.

Thyroid autoimmunity among women with infertility was not associated with embryo quality or cumulative live birth rate after IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection, researchers reported in Thyroid.

BALTIMORE — Improved antenatal depression symptom trajectory was associated with decreased odds of preterm birth among pregnant people[JR1]  referred for mental health care, according to data presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.