Disrupting Prenatal Care — A Revolution Is Underway
Dr Diana Bianchi explains how noninvasive prenatal testing using cell-free DNA is changing the paradigm for prenatal care and fetal screening. Medscape …read more
Pregnant Women Pass on Opioid Addiction to Infants
Almost 30% of women have filled an opioid pain reliever prescription during pregnancy, significantly increasing the risk for infant withdrawal syndrome. Medscape Medical News …read more
Neonatal abstinence syndrome risk varies with modifiable factors
Infants born to women taking prescription opioids were more likely to have neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) if their mothers smoked tobacco or took selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs),… …read more
No association between lung cancer risk in women and reproductive history or hormone use
The Women’s Health Initiative Studies, a large prospective study of lung cancer, found no strong associations between lung cancer risk and a wide range of reproductive history variables and only… …read more
Study finds one of the most accurate ways of determining chances of IVF success
Accurately predicting the probability of a live birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment is important for both those undergoing the treatment and their clinicians. …read more
Prenatal drug exposure alters brain’s organization
Infants exposed to drugs prenatally had alterations in their brains’ functional organization, a new study shows. A total of 88 such infants were born to mothers who had used either cocaine or other… …read more
Cosmetic procedures in pregnancy
Cosmetic procedures in general should be postponed until after pregnancy. Factors to consider in a pregnant patient include the hormonal and physiologic changes of the patient during pregnancy, as… …read more
Which Women Are the Best Candidates for HRT?
Dr JoAnn Manson describes how to stratify risk in menopausal women seeking hormone therapy for symptom relief. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
OK Set to Join KS in Banning Flashpoint Abortion Procedure
The Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday passed a ban on the main procedure used for second trimester abortions (dilation and evacuation), a day after neighboring Kansas became the first state to ban the practice that its critics call “dismemberment abortions.” Reuters Health Information …read more
New evidence for treating depression in women with vitamin D supplements
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown link between vitamin D and depression in overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). …read more