Progesterone

Screening pregnancies without traditional risk factors for spontaneous preterm birth risk with a biomarker blood test and targeting preventive treatments for high-risk women reduced neonatal hospitalization, morbidity and mortality.

NEW ORLEANS — Among women with endometriosis, those with progesterone resistance reported worse pain scores during menses and at the time of surgery for endometriosis compared with those without progesterone resistance.

PHILADELPHIA — At 10 years of follow-up, women who had been assigned menopausal hormone therapy in the KEEPS study had cognitive function scores similar to those of women assigned placebo, according to a speaker.

An intravaginal ring with combination estradiol and progesterone was safe and effective in treating vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women, according to phase 1/2 study results published in Menopause.

BALTIMORE — A late-breaking session at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting reviewed the FDA approval and withdrawal of 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection and alternatives to prevent recurrent preterm birth.

Healio spoke with Shawana S. Moore, DNP, MSN, APRN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, about currently available treatment options for endometriosis as well as newer and emerging therapeutics.

Postmenopausal women with hypertension taking estrogen alone or combined with progesterone had a statistically significant increase in systolic blood pressure compare with placebo, according to an analysis of WHI data.

Short-term time-restricted eating resulted in no changes in sex steroid levels but was associated with a decrease in dehydroepiandrosterone for premenopausal and postmenopausal women with obesity, according to study data.

Low levels of serum estrogen and progesterone in middle-aged women were linked to a higher risk for obstructive sleep apnea symptoms, according to a population-based study published in PLOS ONE.

ATLANTA — Women with obesity have fewer ovarian follicles that remained static for longer and regressed more slowly compared with those found in women with normal weight, according to findings presented at ENDO 2022.