Reproductive Health News

Diets high in foods that cause inflammation, such as meat, sugar and coffee, increased the severity of menstrual pain for adolescents and young adults, according to study findings presented at the NAMS Annual Meeting.

Women with gestational diabetes have increased risks for overall and specific types of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, whether or not they go on to develop type 2 diabetes, according to study data published in The BMJ.

Antidepressant use in pregnancy was not associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Videos on the social media platform TikTok that discuss contraception are misleading, which may influence the reproductive choices of teens using the app, study findings presented here show.

Women with cardiomyopathy were more likely to experience adverse outcomes such as stillbirth compared with women who had noncardiomyopathy cardiac disease or no cardiac disease, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Women with a history of gestational diabetes can lower their risk for developing type 2 diabetes by optimizing modifiable risk factors for the disease, such as weight, diet, physical activity and tobacco and alcohol use.

A new article published in The BMJ provides clinicians with guidance on identifying patients who are victims of reproductive coercion and how best to help them.

Images posted to Instagram with the hashtag #postpartumbody tend to idealize the aftermath of childbirth on a woman’s body, according to a study published in Healthcare.

The recent Supreme Court decisions on abortion access and firearm restrictions both have implications for people capable of pregnancy, according to a perspective published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

TNF inhibitor use in pregnant patients with well-controlled rheumatoid arthritis reduces the risk for children born small-for-gestational-age, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.