Pregnancy News

• How Ob/Gyn Programs Provide Abortion Training Post Dobbs Ob/gyn programs and residents in states where abortion is banned or restricted have sought out-of-state alternatives. Will the costs and obstacles to fulfilling residency standards limit such training?
  Medscape Medical News, September 06, 2023
• Abortions for Out-of-State Patients Up in Massachusetts The state is seeing an almost 40% increase in abortions among patients from outside of the state following the Supreme Court decision allowing states to ban the procedure.
  Medscape Medical News, September 06, 2023
• Alert PRAC Recommends New Restrictions on Topiramate in Pregnancy The EMA safety committee recommends new measures to limit topiramate use in young women based on recent data suggesting more neurodevelopmental disorders for offspring when it's used during pregnancy.
  Medscape Medical News, September 05, 2023
• Underprescribed Menopause Relief: Women Suffer Needlessly Shortcomings in the treatment of menopause have led to an influx of doctors moving from traditional practice to virtual startups that focus on women’s health issues.
  WebMD Health News, September 05, 2023
• Domestic Violence in Healthcare Is Real and Underreported Tasked with screening for abuse, medical professionals often struggle to recognize their own experiences of domestic violence and rarely ask for support at work due to stigma and policies.
  Medscape Medical News, August 31, 2023
• Infertility Treatments Up Risk for Stroke After Childbirth The rate for stroke-related hospitalizations increases as soon as 30 days after delivery and is 66% higher overall, researchers found.
  Medscape Medical News, August 31, 2023
• FDA to Step Up Oversight of Cosmetics, Assess PFAS A 2022 law expanded the FDA's authority to regulate makeup, and it also set a 3-year deadline for a report on potential risk of PFAS, known as 'forever chemicals,' in cosmetics.
  Medscape Medical News, August 29, 2023
• AD May Be a Risk Factor for GBS Colonization in Pregnancy "The rate of GBS colonization among pregnant females with a history of AD has not been previously reported," the authors of the study wrote.
  Medscape Medical News, August 25, 2023
• Planned Parenthood Asks Court to Reconsider SC's 'Heartbeat' Abortion Ban Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers on Thursday asked South Carolina's top court to reconsider its Wednesday ruling upholding the state's recent ban on abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected.
  Reuters Health Information, August 24, 2023
• SC's Top Court Upholds State's 'heartbeat' Abortion Ban South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday upheld a new state law banning abortion after fetal heart activity is detected, usually around 6 weeks of pregnancy, months after it blocked a similar ban.
  Reuters Health Information, August 23, 2023
• Continuous Glucose Monitors for Pregnant Patients? The use of insulin pumps and glucose monitors may help people with pregestational diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, August 24, 2023
• One in Five Women Report Mistreatment During Maternity Care Previous research showed an increase in maternal deaths in the United States from 17.4 to 32.9 per 100,000 live births between 2018 and 2021, but approximately 80% of these deaths are preventable.
  MDedge News, August 24, 2023
• Self-Managed Medication Abortion Shows Success at 9-16 Weeks Although most abortions happen within the first 9 weeks of pregnancy, it is important to understand the effectiveness of different models of care in a wider gestational range.
  MDedge News, August 23, 2023
• Alert FDA Approves First RSV Vaccine for Pregnancy The vaccine can be given after 32 weeks of pregnancy and is designed to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus from birth to 6 months of age.
  Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
• Gene Therapy Offers New Way to Fight Alcohol Use Disorder How cutting-edge science is leading the charge against a rising public health crisis.
  WebMD Health News, August 22, 2023
• Big Geographic Access Gaps for Oncofertility Services in US A recent study uncovered significant geographic disparities in access to fertility preservation services for young women of reproductive age in the US.
  Medscape Medical News, August 21, 2023
• Adverse Fetal Environment Is a Cardiovascular Risk Factor If a child has been exposed to an adverse fetal environment during the pregnancy, he or she must be provided with appropriate follow-up, according to researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, August 18, 2023
• No Reduction in Cerebral Palsy With Later Prenatal Magnesium Giving IV magnesium for up to 30 weeks reduces cerebral palsy risk in preterm pregnancies, but treatment at 30 to 34 weeks does not affect risk in these children at 2 years of age.
  Medscape Medical News, August 17, 2023
• US Appeals Court Backs Abortion Pill Restrictions Access to the abortion pill mifepristone must be restricted, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday, ordering a ban on telemedicine prescriptions and shipments of the drug by mail, though the decision will not immediately take effect.
  Reuters Health Information, August 16, 2023
• Reproductive Technologies Not Tied to Maternal CVD No increase in risk for cardiovascular disease was seen among women who gave birth after in vitro fertilization or the use of other assisted reproductive technologies.
  Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2023