Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

The CDC recently issued updated guidance regarding the provision of medications for IUD placement, stating that lidocaine “might be useful” for reducing patient pain and that misoprostol is no longer recommended for routine use.

More than half of people with iron deficiency continued to have low iron levels 3 years after diagnosis, according to retrospective study results.

Among a select group of women with uterine factor infertility, uterus transplant was feasible and associated with a high live birth rate after successful graft survival, data from a case series show.

Women with vs. without intellectual and developmental disabilities have greater risks for stillbirth and other adverse obstetric, mental health and medical outcomes, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The Healio news staff received an APEX award in the category of Writing/Topics for work on the potential role of psychedelics and alternative therapies for mental health issues and other medical conditions.

The risk for fractures among postmenopausal women may vary between ethnic origin groups, according to findings from the Women’s Health Initiative published in The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

The lack of surgical instruments tailored for women’s hands is just one example of the gender inequity female surgeons face in the workforce.

Severe menopause symptoms, such as hot flashes and depressive mood, were associated with mild cognitive impairment for postmenopausal women, researchers reported in Menopause.

Studies on the risk for maternal, fetal and infant outcomes with exclusive vaping, smoking or nonuse during pregnancy have contradictory and unreliable conclusions with poor study quality, according to a systematic review.

Women who were pregnant during cardiology fellowship reported basic radiation safety standards were “variably enforced” during pregnancy, along with a rate of pregnancy complications higher than the general population, survey data show.