Women's Health

Reproductive and infertility care providers need to be aware of economic, racial, and ethnic disparities that act as barriers to care, and to work to lessen the impact of these barriers, according to a recent review.

Higher levels of self-perceived stress were negatively associated with Antral Follicle Count (AFC) and serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels in women seeking fertility care.

A single session of self-managed virtual reality (VR) exercise may help reduce endometriosis pain, a study suggests.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Inland Empire Health Plan, a managed care plan serving more than 1.4 million residents on Medi-Cal in California, about a new maternal mental health program aimed at supporting new mothers, both before they give birth and afterward.

Limited affordability and availability make consulting with a gynecologist and receiving surgery for ovarian cancer difficult for many minority women.

A DNA sequencing analysis associated Q192R polymorphism in the paraoxonase 1 gene with female infertility in Saudi women.

The United States possesses the highest infant and maternal mortality rates compared with any other high-income country, even though it spends the most on health care.

A study finds certain employment types may be associated with higher rates of pregnancy loss, including early abortive outcomes, stillbirths, and no live births.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) ends late-stage HIV vaccine trial; mothers in states with abortion bans are almost 3 times more likely to die before, during, and after birth; Sanofi hopes to release a drug for hemophilia A in 2023.

Most influencers on YouTube are promoting the discontinuation of hormonal birth control and promoting inaccurate medical information, according to a recent study.

Expanded health coverage sees an increase in enrollments; Antiabortion activists protest against CVS and Walgreens; $26,500 Alzheimer’s drug limits affordability

Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD, professor of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, explains how breast cancer prevention campaigns for premenopausal women have changed and how RANK ligand inhibition could influence screening accuracy.

Expanded Medicaid coverage reduced hospitalizations by 17% in the first 60 days of the postpartum period, a study found.

A substudy of the Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes trial, which compared 3 highly effective, reversible methods of contraception, concluded that women assigned either a copper intrauterine device or the levonorgestrel implant may have had condomless sex more frequently than women assigned to intramuscular depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate.

In the last 2 years, half of women reported needing mental health services compared with only 35% of men. Women who needed mental health care cited provider availability and cost, especially for those who are uninsured, to be 2 major barriers to receiving care.

Our top coverage from this year’s San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) included updated data on tamoxifen and trastuzumab deruxtecan, treatments long proven effective in the breast cancer space.

This year’s most-read articles on women’s health surrounds racial inequalities, barriers to care, and other topics that affect a woman’s quality of life.

Bipartisan lawmakers aim to pass bill that could incentivize development of new antibiotics; the right to use in vitro fertilization (IVF) may be enshrined in law; CDC director says that vaccine misinformation is a public health threat.

The recently published study may shed light on a potential connection between sleep quality and IVF success.

Infertility and mental health have a complex relationship, with the impact of mental distress in evaluating for infertility and fertility treatments being quite significant.

No difference was shown regarding pregnancy and childbirth outcomes among patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who receive oocytes from women with or without PCOS.

The population-level, mutigenerational study found that both near and distant relatives of women with primary ovarian insufficiency were at a higher risk of the condition compared with matched controls.

Infertility and mental health are intertwined, and individuals and couples trying to conceive should have support, according to a recent review.

Researchers underscore a need for prospective data, noting that women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) tended to have higher rates of preterm delivery and lower birthweight.

The risk of experiencing symptoms of postpartum depression may be higher in women who give birth after unintended pregnancies vs those who get pregnant intentionally, according to a recent study.