Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

English proficiency, income and insurance type could factor into why women cared for at rural community health centers screen for cervical less than those who receive health care services at urban community health centers.

Risks for preterm birth overall and by gestational age varied for women across all nativity, ethnicity and racial identities, according to a retrospective national cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Fezolinetant and elinzanetant are both promising nonhormone therapies for managing vasomotor symptoms among postmenopausal women, with favorable safety profiles for up to 12 weeks, according to a systematic review published in Menopause.

Approximately one in 1,000 pregnant women will be diagnosed with cancer, and incidence of pregnancy-associated cancer is on the rise as maternal age increases.

Women with a history of adverse pregnancy outcomes may be able to achieve similar heart health as women with no such history if they adhere to the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8, a speaker reported.

A web-based educational aid significantly improved decision-making for pregnant women considering tubal sterilization after delivery vs. usual care, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes achieved a higher time in range and had fewer complications with use of a hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system compared with continuous glucose monitoring alone, according to a speaker.

Women who underwent radiofrequency ablation for uterine fibroids had similar rates of full-term pregnancy, vaginal delivery and miscarriage as observed with myomectomy, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

When I first entered the medical profession more than 30 years ago, I was taken by the amount of trash that was produced in the emergency department where I volunteered.

Once-daily oral elinzanetant was associated with significantly reduced frequency of moderate to severe menopausal vasomotor symptoms compared with placebo, according to topline results from the OASIS 3 study.