Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

At 2 months postpartum, about one in 11 women with cesarean deliveries at 34 weeks’ gestation or longer developed PTSD symptoms, according to study results published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Live birth rates were lower for women with vs. without deep infiltrating endometriosis and/or endometrioma undergoing first IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection, according to study results published in Fertility and Sterility.

Maternal and paternal metformin use during conception did not increase the risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, two studies in Annals of Internal Medicine showed.

The FDA approved the use of durvalumab in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel followed by single-agent durvalumab for women with mismatch repair-deficient primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

After a healthy live birth, interpregnancy intervals shorter than 18 months or 36 months or longer were associated with an increased risk for subsequent spontaneous abortion, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Past-year Pap smear testing rates were lower in 2022 than in 2019, highlighting the need to increase screening access, especially in rural areas, to prevent cervical cancer, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

The National Lipid Association has issued a clinical consensus statement on the management of dyslipidemia in women of reproductive potential, with a focus on considerations for pharmacologic options, a speaker reported.

Greater adherence to the planetary health diet was associated with a lower risk for an early death from several causes and produced a significantly lower environmental impact, a study showed.

The FDA approved the use of pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy for adults with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma.

Long-term embryo cryopreservation was not associated with live birth rates for women undergoing elective or nonelective frozen embryo transfers, according to an analysis published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.