Pregnancy Complication

U.S. News & World Report released its 2025 lists of the best maternity care access hospitals and hospitals with high maternity care performance, according to a press release from the publication.

BOSTON — Pregnant women with very severe interstitial lung disease had fewer term deliveries and more preterm births and miscarriages vs. women with a lower disease severity level, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Women oncologists reported a multitude of barriers to family building, including dysfunctional maternity leave and poor education on infertility risk, according to results of a qualitative study published in Cancer.

Women who were pregnant during cardiology fellowship reported basic radiation safety standards were “variably enforced” during pregnancy, along with a rate of pregnancy complications higher than the general population, survey data show.

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.

Among pregnant women, endometriosis was associated with increased placenta previa incidence that correlated with disease severity, researchers reported in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences.

Exposure to endocrine-disrupting phthalates may reduce women’s fecundability, or odds of becoming pregnancy during a menstrual cycle, according to findings published in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Data show pregnancy after heart transplant brings significant risks for all-cause and CV maternal morbidity as well as higher risks for cesarean delivery and hospital readmission within 1 year, highlighting the need for patient counseling.

CDC data show that 16.2% of pregnant women aged 18 to 44 years reported using marijuana nearly every day.

A review of websites selling direct-to-consumer anti-Müllerian hormone tests found that most of them made false claims, potentially misleading consumers into believing the tests can predict chances of conception and age of menopause.