5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1762+ words) The FREEDOM study is evaluating 400mg progesterone Callavid in patients diagnosed with luteal phase insufficiency, a condition in which progesterone levels may be too low to support early pregnancy, increasing the risk of infertility and recurrent miscarriage. The device is being…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1710+ words) Cardiovascular disease, or CVD, is the leading cause of premature death and illness in women, yet sex-specific causes remain understudied and women are underrepresented in research. Pregnancy complications, including hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, or HDP, and gestational diabetes mellitus, or…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1743+ words) Scores of women have come forward to tell their stories of how they were affected by placenta accreta spectrum, or PAS, since the launch in February of a campaign to raise awareness among NHS staff and mothers-to-be of the dangers…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (1741+ words) May is Maternal Mental Health Month, and every year it surfaces a familiar set of statistics: 1 in 5 new mothers experiences postpartum depression or anxiety, most go unscreened, and the majority who are screened don't receive adequate follow-up care. The conversation…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (1684+ words) Women who regularly monitored their blood pressure in the weeks after giving birth, and had doctors tailor their medication if needed, had better functioning arteries nine months later than those who received routine care. When the medication was adjusted to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1694+ words) A survey of 1, 800 UK women found widespread emotional distress at diagnosis of the condition, a form of high blood sugar that develops during pregnancy, with effects lasting beyond birth. Gestational diabetes affects around one in 20 pregnancies in the UK, and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1582+ words) For many years, formal clinical involvement in a pregnancy began at the point of confirmation, typically around eight to ten weeks. The concept of the "0th trimester" represents a shift in thinking: that the period before conception is itself a clinically…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1259+ words) Luna's continuous biomarker sensing combined with Kindbody's clinical expertise, aims to give patients a clearer window into their bodies and physicians a new dimension of insight that can elevate the entire care experience. Amit Khatri, founder of Luna, said: "The…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1667+ words) A study of more than 3, 000 women in their first pregnancy found persistently higher stress levels were associated with higher blood pressure after pregnancy, specifically in women who had adverse pregnancy outcomes including preeclampsia, preterm birth, having a baby that was…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1677+ words) Her Anova Lifesciences has published a peer-reviewed clinical validation study of its Her Resolve blood test for endometriosis in the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, the official journal of the AAGL. The multi-centre study enrolled 298 women of reproductive age across…...