Pregnancy and Birth

ESOC 2025: New research reveals that combined oral contraceptive use significantly increases the risk of cryptogenic stroke in young women, urging careful assessment by clinicians.

ACOG 2025: Joy Baker, MD, urged primary care clinicians to screen early, refer confidently, and help change the statistics on maternal mental health.

ACOG 2025: Joy Baker, MD, discusses the importance of listening closely to how patients describe postpartum distress—and to read between the lines.

ACOG 2025: Dr Baker shares how language can help create a trusting space for patients to speak openly about postpartum depression.

A simple RNA-based blood test can identify the risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy months before symptoms appear, researchers reported.

Gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy may be markers for rather than mediators of risk for future CVD, according to new research.

ACC 2025: Black women and women in Southern states faced significantly higher rates of maternal mortality, according to a new study.

The 2 analyses of data on fertility and infant mortality were conducted in the first 14 states to impose complete or 6-week bans after the Dobbs decision in June 2022.

AAAAI 2025. Early postnatal antibiotic exposure in full-term infants was associated with a 30% increased risk of childhood asthma, according to a new study.

Comments on the draft recommendation can be submitted through December 23, 2024.

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Updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, the first orally disintegrating tablet approved for pregnancy prevention, and 5 more.

New data shows that favorable CV health in the first trimester is associated with a 35% to 62% lower risk of HDP regardless of level of genetic risk.

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Obstructive sleep apnea during pregnancy increases risk for gestational hypertension and preeclampsia; CPAP therapy may lower risk significantly.

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Findings from a recent study highlight the need for targeted interventions to improve access to prenatal care for vulnerable populations.

Maternal mortality nearly doubled between 2018 and 2022 in the US. The Commonwealth Fund ranks states on how well they care for women.

Femlyv (norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol) may expand access to contraception as an option for individuals with swallowing difficulties.

Women with class 3 obesity before becoming pregnant have up to a 4.5-fold greater risk of composite maternal morbidity that includes preeclampsia, preterm delivery, DM.

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Women referred from obstetrics to primary care postpartum via a pilot program were more likely to attend a PCP visit than nonreferred women.

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More advanced practice clinicians and fewer physicians are providing contraception services, researchers reported.

An overview of safe treatment options for migraine attacks that may occur during pregnancy for primary care clinicians, here.

First nonprescription daily oral contraceptive pill, OTC opioid antagonist nasal spray for opioid overdose, and 5 more FDA-approved drugs primary care clinicians should know about.

Members of the ACIP voted on Friday to recommend Pfizer’s maternal bivalent RSVpreF vaccine to protect newborns from severe RSV illness.

Results from a new study suggest that postnatal SSRI treatment may be beneficial in the long term for both women with postpartum depression and their children.