Managing Preexisting Diabetes During Pregnancy
Researchers sought to provide an update on effective management of preexisting diabetes during pregnancy by outlining comprehensive care in the preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum stages.
Women’s Health
Prophylactic Antibiotics For Infection Risk Following Operative Vaginal Delivery
Researchers sought to investigate whether antibiotic prophylaxis for women undergoing operative vaginal delivery helped prevent infection.
Relugolix Combination Therapy Effective in Phase 3 Uterine Fibroids Trial
A phase 3 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of relugolix (Myovant Sciences), an investigational oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonist, in combination with estradiol 1.0mg and norethindrone 0.5mg in women with uterine fibroids, met its primary endpoint.
Q&A: Long-Term Stroke Risk in Women With Prior Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Researchers investigated the long-term risk for stroke in women with prior history of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy.
Anemia in Pregnancy Associated With Adverse Maternal, Infant Outcomes
Anemia in pregnancy is associated with obstetric and maternal complications, as well as a higher risk for preterm birth for the infant.
FDA: Breast Implants Linked to Cancer Can Still Be Sold in US
Agency considering new patient warnings and checklists for the implants.
Breastfeeding Rates Lower Among Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Participants indicated that the main reason they discontinued breastfeeding was the restart of their medication.
Recommendations for the Evaluation, Management of Recurrent UTI in Women Released
A new clinical guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections in women was released by the AUA together with the Canadian Urological Association, and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction.
Minimal Benefit of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Miscarriage Surgery
Antibiotic prophylaxis did not significantly lower the risk of pelvic infection in low- and middle-income countries when administered before miscarriage surgery.
CDC: Recent Decline Seen in High-Grade Cervical Lesions
Vast majority of cervical precancer cases attributable to HPV types targeted by 9-valent HPV vaccine
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