Pregnancy Outcome

Among pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus, those who demonstrate either high or low levels of serum vitamin D are more likely to experience miscarriage, preterm delivery and other adverse outcomes, according to data.

In a recent Q&A, Healio spoke with an expert about the CDC’s updated 2024 U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use.

Women with mild chronic hypertension induced at 37 weeks’ gestation saw no reduction in adverse maternal outcomes compared with women delivered at 39 weeks, but did experience increases in some neonatal complications, data show.

Among pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, more time in optimal glucose range at 12 weeks gestation was associated with lower risks for preeclampsia and large for gestational age infants, researchers reported.

Multiple risk markers during a first pregnancy were associated with an adverse pregnancy outcome for a second pregnancy, according to analysis results presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

One of the most common manifestations of Raynaud’s syndrome is noticeable in the extremities through numbness, discoloration and pain during the cold weather months, according to the Raynaud’s Association.

In 2019, most U.S. women who gave birth did not have favorable cardiometabolic health before pregnancy, researchers reported in a Go Red for Women spotlight edition of Circulation.

The FDA is requesting that manufacturers of statins remove its strongest warning from current prescribing information, which states that these medications should never be used during pregnancy.

The prognosis of women who received chemotherapy for breast cancer did not appear to differ between those who were and were not pregnant, according to study results presented during the virtual ASCO Annual Meeting.

Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes using a continuous glucose monitor improved their time in range from their first trimester to 34 weeks of pregnancy, according to study data.