Maternal Health

After the overarching loss of postpartum care with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black and Hispanic women had slower recovery of care access compared with white women, according to a retrospective cohort study.

Following updated hepatitis C virus screening recommendations issued in 2020, HCV screening in pregnancy accelerated across the country, according to a retrospective cohort study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Children born to mothers who used triptans for their migraines during pregnancy did not have a greater risk for ADHD symptoms or diagnosis at 5 years of age, according to a Norwegian registry-based study.

ATLANTA — In patients who recently developed gestational diabetes, addressing stress and associated postpartum depressive symptoms early may reduce the risk for developing type 2 diabetes, researchers said.

Health care providers need to learn more about nutrition — especially its impact during pregnancy — according to Kurt R. Wharton, MD, FACOG, chief of the Women’s and Children’s Clinical Care Programs for Beaumont Health in Michigan.

Adverse maternal and cardiovascular outcomes were more likely in pregnant women with cardiomyopathy compared with those who had a different or no heart disease, findings of a systematic review and meta-analysis showed.

Preterm delivery occurs nearly twice as frequently among women with lupus compared with the general population, according to data presented at the EULAR 2022 Congress.

Compared with infants born before the COVID-19 pandemic, those born during the pandemic had decreased fetal brain development, which researchers found was linked to higher levels of distress in women giving birth during the pandemic.

SAN FRANCISCO — Maternal prepregnancy BMI and race/ethnicity modified associations between maternal lifetime stress and asthma in offspring, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Women with Sheehan’s syndrome and growth hormone deficiency have higher total cholesterol and triglycerides and higher inflammatory markers compared with healthy adults, according to a speaker.