Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

ORLANDO — Nutrition and sleep were identified as the most influential barriers to breastfeeding for Black women, according to a poster presented at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.

Five tested at-home ovulation predictor kits had high accuracy and performed similarly despite wide price differences between kits, according to study findings published in Fertility and Sterility.

DENVER — Bilateral oophorectomy was common during gender-affirming hysterectomy and associated with younger age, prior testosterone use and male identity, according to study results presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that clinicians screen for intimate partner violence in postpartum or pregnant people and women of reproductive age.

The relationship between health care providers and referral sources can present complex legal challenges.

DENVER — Women undergoing endometrial biopsy using vaginoscopic hysteroscopy reported less pain and were discharged sooner when the procedure was performed with intrauterine lidocaine compared with placebo, researchers reported.

DENVER — Reproductive-age women with polycystic ovary syndrome that presents as a “string of pearls” follicular formation may be more likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared with women with other PCOS phenotypes, according to a speaker.

Women who breastfeed after undergoing treatment for breast cancer are not at elevated risk for recurrence or new breast cancers, two studies presented at ESMO Congress showed.

Among pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus, those who demonstrate either high or low levels of serum vitamin D are more likely to experience miscarriage, preterm delivery and other adverse outcomes, according to data.

Offspring from mothers with an eating disorder history or prepregnancy BMI outside of normal weight range appeared to be at higher risk for neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, according to a study published in JAMA Open Network.