Reproductive Health

Prior to medical school, I was involved in research looking at childhood obesity. 

Pregnant women with COVID-19, especially those with symptomatic disease and those who were not vaccinated, had worse pregnancy outcomes during the omicron wave of the pandemic, according to data published in The Lancet.

The rate of hysterectomy was lower in 2020 compared with 2019, with the greatest decrease corresponding with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic from March to May, according to findings published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Using Danish registry data of more than 1.3 million residents, researchers observed no association between simple to moderate congenital heart disease and infertility, according to a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Using a wide range of data on contraception and preconception care, researchers in the United Kingdom developed a community-based model that holistically addresses women’s reproductive health care and needs throughout their lives.

Being infected with SARS-CoV-2 at any time during pregnancy was associated with greater risks for maternal death, severe maternal morbidity and neonatal morbidity, according to the findings of an international meta-analysis.

Spanish-speaking women in the late reproductive stage reported eight menopause symptoms at the same frequency as those already transitioning through menopause, according to a cross-sectional analysis published in Menopause.

For women trying to conceive after one or two pregnancy losses, sleep duration and timing and shift work were not associated with fecundability or odds of live birth, data published in Fertility and Sterility show.

Researchers developed a prediction tool that may help to limit the number of surplus embryos created with IVF while maintaining the likelihood of live birth.

Restrictions on reproductive care access were associated with higher state-level rates of suicide among reproductive-aged women, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.