Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

The Affordable Care Act introduced policies to increase access to maternal health care that were associated with a rise in innovation and competition in the breast pump market, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Long-term adherence to healthful or unhealthful plant-based diets was not associated with risk for hip fracture among postmenopausal women, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

The number one financial goal for most doctors is, by far, getting to a comfortable retirement on their own timeline and with the lifestyle they want.

Living in counties with high jail incarceration inequities between Black and white individuals was tied to increased severe maternal morbidity risk, especially for Black and Hispanic women, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Simple hysterectomy is not inferior to radical hysterectomy in terms of 3-year incidence of pelvic disease recurrence among women with low-risk cervical cancer, according to study data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with ReBecca McConville, RD, LD, CSSD, CEDS, a sports nutrition and eating disorders specialist, about fueling for performance and practical self-care

Extreme daily and nighttime heat exposure in the third trimester of pregnancy was linked to preterm birth in an Australian study, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

There is inadequate evidence to recommend for or against the use of iron supplements during pregnancy or screening pregnant people for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Since FDA approval of over-the-counter emergency contraception in 2006, there has been a large decrease in emergency contraception-related ED visits and total annual hospital charges, researchers reported.

Black women tend to prefer to be cared for by Black obstetric providers during pregnancy due to past experiences of discrimination and racism, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.