6+ hour, 37+ min ago  (365+ words) ACOG announced updates to its clinical guidance on endometriosis, which include new comprehensive recommendations on diagnosis. This guidance comes ahead of both Endometriosis Awareness Month in March and additional guidelines on endometriosis management that ACOG is developing, a press release…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (700+ words) Pregnant women receiving vegetable-focused food delivery from 32 weeks" gestation to birth ate a larger daily serving of nonstarchy vegetables vs. women not receiving this intervention, according to a pilot study. This study, which also found that the total maternal diet…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (447+ words) Prescribing daily aspirin to all patients who are pregnant reduced cases of severe preeclampsia, a leading cause of maternal mortality, researchers at The Pregnancy Meeting reported. In an inception cohort study, Duryea and colleagues analyzed preeclampsia outcomes in patients who…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (421+ words) One in three pregnant women on maintenance dialysis experienced severe maternal morbidity, according to study data published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Additionally, the data showed that these women had higher mortality risks and were less…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (439+ words) A novel AI model accurately identified placenta accreta spectrum, or PAS, in pregnancy before delivery, according to an analysis presented at The Pregnancy Meeting. "The findings in this feasibility study are very promising," Alexandra L. Hammerquist, MD, a maternal-fetal medicine fellow…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (420+ words) The messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine is not tied to neurodevelopmental disorders in youth whose mothers who were vaccinated immediately before or during pregnancy, data show. Last year, the CDC updated its vaccine safety webpage, stating that "the claim "vaccines do…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (485+ words) A prior history of ischemic stroke may signal higher risk for another stroke during pregnancy and in the early postpartum period, researchers reported at the International Stroke Conference. "We found that in a study that involved 220,479 pregnancies, women with a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (597+ words) The FDA approved modifications to the iPLEDGE Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy that permit patients to take a pregnancy test outside of a medical setting during and after isotretinoin treatment for acne, according to a press release. The updated REMS…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (268+ words) Among a group of women with gestational diabetes, those with polycystic ovary syndrome had similar rates of adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes as women without PCOS, researchers reported. "Women with PCOS and gestational diabetes can have healthy pregnancies with good…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (587+ words) Pregnant women who stopped taking their antidepressants during pregnancy were almost twice as likely to have a mental health emergency vs. those who kept taking their medications, new data show. Zafman told Healio her experiences taking care of patients inspired…...