Women's Health

BALTIMORE — Just over one-quarter of U.S. women with hypertension who are at risk for unintended pregnancy received contraceptive counseling between 2015 and 2019, according to a poster presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

BALTIMORE — The pandemic, political discord, misinformation and what the U.S. Surgeon General has called an “epidemic of loneliness and isolation,” confront OB/GYN providers as intensely as the rest of the population, according to a speaker.

BALTIMORE — Treatment with once-daily oral fezolinetant was effective for reducing moderate to severe hot flashes associated with menopause in a diverse population, according to findings reported at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

BALTIMORE — Today, the president of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spoke to attendees of the 2023 annual meeting regarding the importance of mental health and overcoming women’s health challenges in the past year.

BALTIMORE — Postpartum depression, a leading cause of maternal death through suicide, should be treated as a public health priority, a speaker at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting told Healio.

Parties to the federal case seeking to overturn FDA approval of the abortion drug mifepristone presented oral arguments to a panel of three judges in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday.

During the transition to menopause many women may experience adverse changes to multiple cardiovascular risk factors, according to a North American Menopause Society Practice Pearl published in Menopause.

The Healio Editors compiled news on menopause in women’s health for National Women’s Health Week.

For National Women’s Health Week, the Healio Editors compiled news on nutrition of interest to women’s health providers.

Since the Dobbs decision in June 2022 that overturned the federal right to abortion, access to abortion and abortifacient drugs has been a source of debate for physicians and legislators.