Women's Health

Pregnancy after receiving bariatric surgery was associated with decreased risks for preeclampsia, gestational diabetes or impaired fasting glucose and large for gestational age neonates, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Women who were diagnosed with thyroid cancer as adolescents or young adults have no difference in pregnancy rates compared with those who have never had thyroid cancer, according to a study published in Thyroid.

A cohort study published in JAMA Oncology found substantial state variations in racial and ethnic disparities in triple-negative breast cancer incidence, with Black women in four states having the highest rates.

In July 2022, a Georgia law limiting abortion to early pregnancy was put into effect and will eliminate abortion access for most women and disproportionately harm Black, younger and lower socioeconomic individuals, data suggest.

Women using hormone therapy for menopause symptoms did not have a greater risk for lung cancer than their untreated peers, and may have had lower risk with higher HT dosage and duration, according to study data published in Menopause.

Women who underwent a single treatment session with vaginal laser surgery reported improvements to overactive bladder syndrome with few reported adverse outcomes, researchers reported in Menopause.

Women who had surgery up to 8 weeks after breast cancer diagnosis did not have worse overall survival than those with earlier times to surgery, according to a case series with more than 373,000 women published in JAMA Surgery.

For postmenopausal women, simple ovarian cysts were likely to remain unchanged or disappear during follow-up, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Menopause.

Daily or near daily aspirin use reduced the risk for nonmucinous ovarian cancer across most strata of genetic risk based on a polygenic score, according to a case-control study published in JAMA Network Open.

The nonhormonal selective neurokinin-3 receptor antagonist fezolinetant was effective and well tolerated in treating moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause, according to study data.