Women's Health

Women who developed mood or anxiety disorders associated with pregnancy and childbirth had a specific and unique plasma protein signature regulating various neuronal signaling and proinflammatory pathways, researchers reported.

Use of the hormone estetrol 15 mg once daily had estrogenic effects in the vagina while decreasing atrophy signs and may be a promising treatment option for menopausal symptoms other than vasomotor symptoms, according to researchers.

Results of a Mendelian randomization study support a causal role of several reproductive factors on women’s risks for cardiovascular disease, according to researchers.

Women who reported having health insurance were significantly more likely to initiate hepatitis C treatment vs. women without health insurance, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

BALTIMORE — Improved antenatal depression symptom trajectory was associated with decreased odds of preterm birth among pregnant people[JR1]  referred for mental health care, according to data presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

Factors linked to clinically important physical health and function improvements for women during midlife include baseline health, lack of stressors, more physical activity, lower BMI and less medication use, researchers reported.

A mailed DVD with information about personal cancer risks, particularly when followed by a phone call from a patient navigator, increased adherence to recommended screenings among rural women at modest costs, according to study data.

Both abortion- and contraception-related internet searches increased from the weeks before and the weeks after the Supreme Court Dobbs decision in June 2022, according to a retrospective cross-sectional study published in JAMA Health Forum.

SAN DIEGO — Internal medicine physicians “really share the responsibility” for patients seeking contraception, according to Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, NCMP.

Among women with a history depression, risk for postpartum depression was greater for those whose prior depression was associated with use of hormonal contraception, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.