Women's Health

Fetal monitoring from 39 weeks’ gestation may be an alternative to routine earlier labor induction to reduce stillbirth rates among certain women without causing increased neonatal morbidity, according to researchers.

U.S. polycystic ovary syndrome incidence remained stable from 2006 to 2019, but prevalence was almost double prior estimates, according to data published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Compared with men, women with atherosclerotic CVD were less likely to be prescribed any statin, less likely to be prescribed a high-intensity statin and more likely to be deemed statin-intolerant, electronic health records data show.

Following the Dobbs decision, substantial decreases were observed in the number of abortions performed in states with and without abortion bans, according to a national reporting study from the Society of Family Planning.

On Wednesday, judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of a federal court decision that would reverse FDA approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. That original decision is on hold during the appeals process.

From 2017 to 2021, barriers to reproductive health care increased, with the largest increases among women from historically disadvantaged populations, according to study data published in JAMA Network Open.

A CDC report released in March identified a 40% increase in maternal mortality in the U.S. in 2021 compared with 2020 and a mortality rate 2.6 times higher among Black women compared with white women.