Women's Health

Less than optimal heart health at midlife was associated with a decline in the mental processing speed of Black women, but not white women, researchers reported.

The Biden-Harris administration, through the office for Civil Rights at the HHS, announced a final rule that strengthens privacy protections for lawful reproductive health care under HIPAA.

Risks for preterm birth overall and by gestational age varied for women across all nativity, ethnicity and racial identities, according to a retrospective national cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Treating both pelvic pain and psychosocial factors is key to improving long-term physical and mental health outcomes for women with endometriosis, according to a longitudinal analysis published in Psychology & Health.

Women who experienced the death of a partner or older child during or around the time of pregnancy were more likely to have offspring who developed HF by midlife, Danish and Swedish register data show.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A novel therapeutic approach targeting the neonatal fragment crystallizable receptor may have implications across a number of rheumatology disease states, according to a speaker.

Among women with infertility who used clomiphene citrate and/or gonadotropins, 65.4% did not access IVF even though the technology was available without cost, according to results of a cohort study conducted in France.

Preterm birth was not associated with the development of autism spectrum disorder in childhood, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Hypoglycemia was not associated with later neurodevelopmental outcomes for children born late preterm, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Obstetrics and gynecology residency programs in states with abortion bans had statistically significantly fewer applicants in 2023 than in years before the Dobbs decision in 2022, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.