Reproductive Health News

Employment status and certain occupations were associated with increased risks for stillbirth and miscarriage among women in South Korea, according to study results published in the Journal of Occupational Health.

Longer duration of ovulation across the life span was associated with a greater risk for epithelial ovarian cancer, according to data published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Pregnancies in the United States tended to be shorter, and deliveries occurred at different times of the day compared with those in England and the Netherlands, data published in PLOS ONE showed.

In this video exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, talks with Zaraq Khan, MBBS, MS, FACOG, about fertility preservation options for transgender patients.

Women who use oral contraceptives are more likely to have an aldosterone-to-renin ratio above the threshold for a positive test for primary aldosteronism than those who do not use oral contraceptives, according to study data.

Self-reported gender of surgeons was not associated with risk for maternal morbidity or postpartum hemorrhage after cesarean section, according to findings published in JAMA Surgery.

The number of reproductive-aged women and girls using modern contraception in low- and lower-middle income countries increased by 87 million since 2012, according to the most recent data from the UN Foundation’s Family Planning 2030.

Nearly three-quarters of people using testosterone therapy for gender affirmation reported pelvic pain, according to findings of an online survey published in LGBT Health.

Among postmenopausal women with vulvovaginal atrophy, ospemifene treatment and hormone therapy improved the vaginal microbiome in different ways, according to findings published in Menopause.

Pregnant women with COVID-19, especially those with symptomatic disease and those who were not vaccinated, had worse pregnancy outcomes during the omicron wave of the pandemic, according to data published in The Lancet.