Bob Kronemyer

Three months after copper intrauterine device (IUD) insertion, nearly 1/3 of women were diagnosed with vulvovaginal candidiasis, compared to nearly 25% of women who received a hormonal IUD, according to a prospective study published in the journal Cellular and Molecular Biology.

Women with higher body mass indexes (BMI) and weights are significantly more likely to experience failure with levonorgestrel as emergency contraception than women with lower BMIs and weights.

Community perspectives on pharmacist-prescribed hormonal contraception in rural California reveal that awareness among potential users is low, despite people being supportive and interested in the service.

Practicing clinicians were highly impressed with an interactive, virtual intrauterine device (IUD) training model that increased their comfort with IUD placement and removal, according to a study published in the journal Family Medicine.

A systematic review on measuring unmet need in sexual and reproductive health has concluded that the emphasis is on contraception for women in low-income countries, while unmet need for sexual health in general, especially among men, and unmet reproductive health need in high-income settings lack much evidence.

The medication also performed comparably to vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) standard-of-care fluconazole for treating acute VVC infection.

A study published in Frontiers in Immunology indicates that for the prognosis of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) and vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), the host-immune responses, particularly Th1/2 immunity, may play a vital role.

The compound may also provide a synergistic effect in combination with fluconazole.

Maternal deaths in the United States rose by a staggering 33% after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, which is a significantly higher percentage than the 22% overall excess death estimate linked to the pandemic, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

Residing in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood was linked to moderately decreased fecundability, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Both higher fetal and infant weight growth patterns are linked to early markers of impaired arterial health, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

A study published in JAMA Network Open found that maternal prepregnancy obesity in the United States is associated with an elevated risk of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and/or mortality.

Living farther from an abortion facility results in delayed or inaccessible abortion care, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Prenatal exposure to the antiseizure medications topiramate and valproate may cause a significantly increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, according to a cohort study in JAMA Neurology.

The authors of a study in JAMA Pediatrics sought to answer the question: What is the burden of neonatal preterm birth at the global, regional and national levels?

A cocktail of different probiotic species may be more effective than probiotic monotherapies, according to a recent literature review.

Gynecologists and physicians, in concert with mothers, are key not only to a woman’s early awareness of both breast cancer and mammography but to awareness of breast cancer risk factors as well.

A research letter in JAMA Health Forum found significant improvements in consistent postpartum coverage in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, driven by increases in consistent Medicaid and lower rates of Medicaid loss for postpartum mothers.

A study in JAMA found that pregnant women with chronic or gestational hypertension who self-monitored their blood pressure via telemonitoring failed to achieve improved blood pressure control compared to usual care of blood pressure measured by health care professionals at regular antenatal clinics.

Vaginal yeast infections were successfully treated with berberine, a biologically active herbal alkaloid, according to a study published in Frontiers in Pharmacology.

A study published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology observed significant vaginal microbiome alterations in patients with bacterial vaginosis (BV) plus vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) mixed vaginitis before and after drug treatment.

A review of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosing endometriosis and related diseases in the Korean Journal of Radiology has found that the medical imaging technique can help in the early and accurate diagnosis of ovarian endometriotic cysts and deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), while avoiding the need for invasive procedures and radiation exposure, due to MRI’s high contrast and objectivity.

Most studies conclude that dietary interventions positively impact endometriosis, according to a systematic review in the journal Reproductive Sciences.

Women with symptomatic uterine fibroids achieved a greater improvement in quality of life with myomectomy than with uterine artery embolization (UAE), according to a randomized study published in the journal Health Technology Assessment.

Prenatal use of the psychoactive drug benzodiazepines is not a major risk factor for altered neurodevelopment in early childhood, despite crossing the human blood-placenta barrier, according to a review in Neurotoxicology and Teratology.

Postpartum mothers at elevated cardiovascular risk significantly increased their physical activity throughout 12 weeks by engaging in a digital health intervention that used remote monitoring, gamification and social incentives, according to the results of a randomized clinical study published in JAMA Cardiology.

The disproportionate negative impact of sociopolitical stressors on Black women and Latinas in the United States exacerbates prenatal anxiety in these 2 groups, according to a review and recommendations published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry.

A research letter published in JAMA Network Open has found no difference in clinical outcomes for in vitro fertilization (IVF) via intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) between COVID-19 vaccinated and unvaccinated women of reproductive age.

A prospective study published in the International Scientific Research Journal has found that colposcopy was able to detect exoservicitis in about one-third of women with uterine fibroids.

Significant racial and ethnic disparities exist in the management of postdural puncture headache with an epidural blood patch among obstetric patients, according to a New York State study published in JAMA Network Open.