Women's Health

The CDC recently issued updated guidance regarding the provision of medications for IUD placement, stating that lidocaine “might be useful” for reducing patient pain and that misoprostol is no longer recommended for routine use.

Studies on the risk for maternal, fetal and infant outcomes with exclusive vaping, smoking or nonuse during pregnancy have contradictory and unreliable conclusions with poor study quality, according to a systematic review.

Nearly 10% of women infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy had post-acute sequelae 6 or more months later, according to results of the RECOVER-Pregnancy study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

SAN FRANCISCO — Supportive interventions to improve knowledge of options and barriers for patients and surgeons may reduce racial disparities in minimally invasive hysterectomy, researchers reported.

For midlife women, better cognitive function — specifically ability, attention, processing speed and executive function — was associated with a lower likelihood of lower urinary tract symptoms, researchers reported in Menopause.

Clinics with vs. without Menopause Society Certified Practitioners were more likely to adhere to guidelines and not advertise compounded or bioidentical hormones, hormones for youthful appearance or weight loss or recommend hormone testing.

In the U.S., moral distress was high for all abortion-providing clinicians but was twice as high for clinicians practicing in states with vs. without strict abortion laws, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open.

Chronic stressors, fewer prenatal care visits, premature rupture of membrane and medical risk factors may influence the higher preterm birth rate for Black vs. white women, study findings published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth indicate.

Healio’s Women in Allergy initiative aims to advance the work of women in the field of allergy while also providing essential insights into how allergy and asthma concerns can affect women’s health.

The FDA approved the first orally disintegrating birth control pill for people who have difficulty swallowing their medication, the agency announced in a press release.