Women's Health

Lindsey Valenzuela, PharmD, explains how cost, coverage gaps, and tech literacy hinder women’s access to early arrhythmia detection tools.

Lindsey Valenzuela, PharmD, explains how atypical symptoms, research gaps, and care inequities delay arrhythmia detection in women.

Research reveals that Medicaid accountable care organization (ACO) designs significantly impact maternal health outcomes, highlighting the importance of structural partnerships in care delivery.

Louisiana and Mississippi had the highest rates of maternal and child mortality in the country, respectively.

Research reveals that a high-fruit diet may protect women's lung function from air pollution, according to Pimpika Kaewsri, MSc.

From 2017 to 2023, women were especially underrepresented in trials in arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, acute coronary syndrome, and heart failure.

In this episode, Richard A. Brook, MS, MBA, discusses his study showing that infertility treatment coverage increases assisted reproductive technology (ART) use and improves pregnancy outcomes.

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is 100% preventable as an environmental cause of intellectual disability and represents the most severe form of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

This retrospective analysis explored the impact of infertility health benefit design on the use of infertility medications and procedures and pregnancy outcomes.

The Commonwealth Fund’s updated July 2025 brief on maternal mortality highlights how systemic disparities, Medicaid coverage gaps, and behavioral health challenges continue to drive poor maternal and infant outcomes across the United States.

Access to obstetric care declined across the US, especially in rural areas, with more than 7 states seeing more than 25% of hospitals lose obstetric services from 2010 to 2022.

Jayme Ambrose, DNP, RN, CCM, of Adobe Population Health, explores how addressing social determinants of health transforms maternal care delivery, reduces disparities, and improves outcomes for mothers and infants.

The decision could have ripple effects across the country when it comes to state governments deciding who gets to receive Medicaid funds, says Jennifer Evans, JD.

It's a critical time to spotlight the dire health disparities affecting Black Americans, from premature deaths to maternal care, and the urgent need for systemic reforms.

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said the question before the court is whether First Choice Women's Resource Centers can ignore a subpoena amid a state consumer fraud investigation.

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with hematological diseases have unique needs that require a multidisciplinary strategy to ensure their mental and sexual well-being during and beyond treatment, clinicians and patients agreed.

Supported value-based care improves prenatal care while reducing neonatal intensive care unit stays, preterm birth rates, low birth weight rates, and costs for mothers and infants.

In the US, individuals die during pregnancy and the postpartum period at a greater and increasing rate than in any other high-income country.

These populations are still included in the CDC’s COVID-19 immunization schedules despite the HHS secretary saying the shots are no longer recommended for them.

CK Wang, MD, chief medical officer of COTA, highlights how a lack of screening tools and declining ob-gyn pipeline can compound historical disparities seen in Black women's access to care.

Jessica Horwitz, MPH, FNP-C, emphasizes the importance of accessible preventive care and health education, the interconnectedness of mental and physical well-being, and the need for women, providers, and policymakers to prioritize comprehensive and depoliticized women's health care.

Jessica Horwitz, MPH, FNP-C, highlighted the crucial need for public health professionals and health care providers to address the intersectionality of women's health by acknowledging diverse experiences and ensuring equitable, coordinated care that goes beyond physical health.

Jessica Horwitz, MPH, FNP-C, advocated leveraging Women's Health Week to promote comprehensive and depoliticized women's health care, destigmatizing pelvic floor health, and integrating mental health into primary care.

Offspring born to mothers with prepregnancy obesity, gestational diabetes, or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels than those born to mothers without these risk factors.

Sexual minority individuals face countless barriers to health care and are at a heightened risk of unwanted pregnancy.