Women's Health

Menopause symptoms substantially impact work life for more than three-quarters of women, highlighting the need for more awareness and implementation of menopause support measures in the workplace, researchers reported in Menopause.

Use of most contraceptive methods steadily decreased from 2019 to 2022, except for vasectomy, with more advanced practice clinicians and fewer physicians providing new contraceptive prescriptions, researchers reported.

Women with breast cancer living in the most vs. the least disadvantaged neighborhoods had higher risks for breast cancer-specific and overall mortality, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Social media has been a powerful tool in expanding endometriosis awareness to women who might have the condition and to providers who might not be very knowledgeable about it.

Numbers of tubal ligation and vasectomy procedures increased after Dobbs for young adults, with a substantial increase observed among women vs. men, according to a research letter published in JAMA Health Forum.

Coping methods for acyclic pelvic pain associated with endometriosis vary by age group, with adolescents reporting sleep and music as most helpful and exercise as less helpful, researchers reported in Frontiers Reproductive Health.

Electronic consults with allergists helped pregnant women with reported penicillin allergy be evaluated and delabeled before delivery, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

More than two-thirds of pharmacists in California surveyed said they would be willing to prescribe medication abortion, if legally permitted, but more than half reported lacking confidence in their knowledge of abortion drugs.

Only 30% of women with health-related social needs underwent mammography screening for breast cancer in the previous 2 years, according to a newly released CDC Vital Signs report.

Neonates with prenatally resolved fetal growth restriction continue to have increased risks for adverse perinatal outcomes, according to study results published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.