Women's Health

On March 18, President Joe Biden signed an executive order and announced new actions to improve women’s health research and innovation in the U.S., according to a White House press release.

Since the Dobbs decision in June 2022, mifepristone has been heavily discussed within legal landscapes regarding its safety, efficacy and availability for women seeking medication abortion.

Teen pregnancy may be an indicator for future premature mortality risk in early adulthood up to age 25 years, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Urinary glyphosate concentrations were significantly increased for pregnant women living near agriculture fields during the pesticide spray season of May to August, according to study results published in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Greater neighborhood disadvantage was related to lower ovarian reserve, with initially higher anti-Müllerian hormone levels leading to greater ovarian follicle loss over time, researchers reported in Menopause.

Bacterial vaginosis is a common infection many U.S. women experience, but there continue to be knowledge gaps requiring research to help understand its development, risk factors and treatment.

In a survey of women with endometriosis, more than half reported being advised to become pregnant to manage the disease, often by health care providers, despite little supporting evidence, researchers reported.

DENVER — A new study provides reassurances that PrEP can reliably prevent HIV in cisgender women, even if they do not use it daily.

The Affordable Care Act introduced policies to increase access to maternal health care that were associated with a rise in innovation and competition in the breast pump market, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Jennifer Namazy, MD, FAAAAI, credits many of her achievements to the mentors she had in her early career. Now as a professor of clinical medicine at Scripps Clinic Medical Group, she gets to be a mentor to a new generation of allergists.