Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

Chemotherapy-induced changes to the gut microbiome may explain why some patients with cancer experience post-chemotherapy cognitive decline.

In a new study published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, researchers discussed how and why dermatologists have a significant role to play in the diagnosing and addressing of body dysmorphic disorder.

A low-cost, battery-powered ultrasonography probe with integrated AI for image interpretation reliably measured gestational age compared with standard ultrasound, providing a possible option for low-resource settings, diagnostic data show.

In the U.S., moral distress was high for all abortion-providing clinicians but was twice as high for clinicians practicing in states with vs. without strict abortion laws, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open.

Women with asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 infection at the time of frozen embryo transfer did not experience significant adverse early pregnancy outcomes, researchers reported in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Chronic stressors, fewer prenatal care visits, premature rupture of membrane and medical risk factors may influence the higher preterm birth rate for Black vs. white women, study findings published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth indicate.

The addition of an investigational immunotherapy to chemotherapy prolonged survival for women with advanced ovarian cancer, according to a topline data announcement.

The proportion of U.S. women who reported having a self-managed abortion rose by 1 percentage point after the Dobbs decision removed a federal right to abortion, suggesting people are increasingly relying on self-sourced methods, data show.

Periods of transition, unplanned pregnancy, no shows or patient cancellations and being unaware of one’s pregnancy were the most common barriers to starting prenatal care, according to a mixed-methods study.

Prenatal cannabis may be linked to multiple adverse maternal health outcomes, study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggest.