Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

Gestational weight gain that exceeded National Academy of Medicine guidelines occurred among 75% of pregnant women who were TRICARE beneficiaries and gave birth in 2018 or 2019, according to findings published in Obesity.

Because the science underpinning medicine evolves so quickly, it is not uncommon for some doctors to manage patients based on old evidence that is no longer a best practice; this is called clinical inertia.

SAN FRANCISCO — AI has evolved rapidly in the past few years, and with this comes generative AI, which creates content based on short prompts and plentiful data that might be useful in health care while also posing some trade-offs.

Postpartum readmission risk was higher for women with stillbirth vs. live birth deliveries, with mental health/substance use disorders and thromboembolism accounting for more, and hypertension fewer, readmissions following stillbirth.

Hormone replacement therapy was associated with improved disease symptoms, measured by the physician global assessment score, in a cohort of postmenopausal women with inflammatory bowel disease, according to data.

There was a nearly 13% increase infant deaths in Texas after the state implemented a ban on abortion in early pregnancy in 2021, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Acupuncture significantly reduced hot flashes and improved quality of life in women receiving endocrine therapy for breast cancer in three parallel randomized trials, according to results published in Cancer.

Obtaining medication abortion after no-test telehealth screening and mail-order medication dispensing was tied to similar abortion completion rates as in-person care with ultrasonography, according to study results published in JAMA.

Depressive symptoms during pregnancy may indicate elevated cardiovascular risk for women, especially hypertension, ischemic heart disease and heart failure, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal.

Women with chronic pelvic pain have more ED visits, imaging tests and hysterectomies and higher rates of overlapping chronic pain conditions vs. women without chronic pelvic pain, according to findings published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.