What We’re Reading: Historic Low of Uninsured; Youth Gender Treatments; Birth Control Recall
August 4th 2023A record low of 7.7% of Americans had no health insurance at the start of 2023; the American Academy of Pediatrics renewed its backing of gender care for children while requesting a research review; 2 lots of an oral contraceptive were recalled for possible reduction in effectiveness.
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Contingency Management in a Perinatal Substance Exposure Clinic
Project CARA, a perinatal substance exposure clinic, has implemented a contingency management program that targets appointment attendance for patients with any use disorder, regardless of substance or urine drug screen results.
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Lawyers were questioned in a federal lawsuit intending to overturn approval of a drug used for medication abortion; during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, US maternal mortality increased for the third year in a row; the Alzheimer’s Association is lobbying Congress to push for Medicare coverage of new Alzheimer drugs under early access.
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Pregnant Women With Epilepsy Experience Worse Perinatal Outcomes
March 15th 2023Findings of a meta-analysis showed that women with epilepsy were at increased odds of miscarriage, stillbirth, and maternal death, and risk of poor perinatal outcomes increased with greater use of antiseizure medication.
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Providers Need to Be Aware of Disparities in Reproductive, Infertility Care
March 1st 2023Reproductive 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.
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Frequency of Condomless Sex Among Women Using Reversible Methods of Contraception
January 6th 2023A 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.
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Limited Appointment Availability and Cost Largest Obstacles to Women’s Mental Health Care
January 5th 2023In 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.
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Genealogical Study of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency Suggests Strong Genetic Component
December 2nd 2022The 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.
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Women With CKD Receiving Fertility Treatment Have Similar Birth Rates to Those Conceiving Naturally
November 28th 2022Researchers 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.
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