Women's Health

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.

Women with Medicaid experienced significantly longer new patient wait times for obstetrics and gynecology appointments compared with those with commercial insurance, according to a national mystery caller study.

Breast cancer mortality rates at age 40 to 49 years are much higher for Black women than for others.

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned order putting on hold recent lower court rulings that would have restricted access to — or banned entirely — the abortion drug mifepristone.

Considering self-managed abortion with medication was common before accessing care at abortion clinics, particularly among women with access issues or at-home care preferences, according to a survey study published in JAMA Network Open.