Maternal Health

Women receiving buprenorphine-naloxone therapy for the treatment of opioid use disorder during pregnancy had similar outcomes vs. buprenorphine therapy alone in terms of maternal and neonatal health, data show.

The rate of cocaine use during pregnancy increased in a Northern California health system compared with population-level increases in the United States from 2011 to 2019, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

Children exposed to benzodiazepines and/or nonbenzodiazepines, also known as z-hypnotics, prenatally may not have increased risk for ADHD, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Pregnant people who self-reported cannabis use perceived benefits of cannabis legalization, but also reported worries about the implications for the involvement of Child Protective Services, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Among Healio Women’s Health & OB/GYN content, abortion-related articles were some of the most read content this year.

Maternal stress during pregnancy was associated with shorter telomeres among the offspring of white mothers, but not those born to Black mothers, according to prospective data published in Psychological Medicine.

In Tanzania, pregnant women with HIV who had access to antiretroviral therapy for life had less than a 2% risk for vertical transmission, according to data published in The Lancet HIV.

Black women had higher rates of CV hospitalization, maternal morbidity and maternal mortality than white women within 1 year of delivery, according to a research letter published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Of 649 hospitals assessed, U.S. News & World Report ranked 297 hospitals offering maternity care as high performers for 2022-2023.

Women with higher levels of visceral adipose tissue are more likely to develop preeclampsia than those with less fat, according to findings from a Mendelian randomization published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.