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New findings support current guidelines to avoid pregnancy for 12 to 24 months after bariatric surgery, adding emphasis on achieving gestational weight gain.

Shared decision-making (SDM) and patient decision aids (PtDAs) can lower health care costs, lower utilization, and increase prevention-related care; however, these outcomes are not always guaranteed, according to the results of a recent study presented during the 2021 Pharmacy Quality Alliance Annual Meeting.

Host Scott Kober discusses the impact of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) on women’s fertility with experts Jenell Coleman Fennell, MD, MPH, and Molly Quinn, MD.

Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) and progestogens are effective treatment in two-thirds of women with symptomatic endometriosis, according to a review in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.

A new study, which was published in JAMA, investigated the immunogenicity in 103 pregnant and lactating individuals aged 18 to 45 years who received either the Pfizer of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.

The new analysis, which was presented virtually at the 2021 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, concludes that the TDS maintained similar safety and tolerability in the 2 groups of women.

Fibroid uterus cases with anemia in premenopausal women are more likely to have vitamin D deficiency as compared to cases without anemia, according to a study from India in the journal Cureus.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of dietary interventions to treat endometriosis in the journal Reproductive Sciences has found a potential benefit of the Mediterranean diet and antioxidant supplementation on endometriosis-associated pain.

Nearly a third of women in poor or fair health have been without health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even more worrisome, only half of uninsured women have been to an ob/gyn provider over the past 3 years.

A Quest Diagnostics 2020 retrospective, longitudinal Health Trends Study® adds to previous research that shows co-testing is more effective than single testing alone.

Laura E. Riley, MD gives advice to residents, and practitioners just beginning their careers, on maintaining a healthy lifestyle while balancing the demands of the workplace. She is joined by Contemporary OB/GYN®’s Associate Editor, Lindsey Carr.

Contrary to popular belief, emergency oral contraception is not that effective.

Eligible children and teens should receive COVID-19 vaccination to protect them from COVID-19 infection, as well as to reduce the spread of the virus in the community and to vulnerable people, according to the statement.

A prospective study has concluded that women of childbearing age with uterine fibroids (UF) who desire to preserve fertility benefit from the combined oral supplementation of vitamin D, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and vitamin B6.

The most significant finding is to watch for symptoms of VVC in women with T2D.

What to look for this week on Contemporary OB/GYN®

What was to blame for this fetal demise?

It was a very busy week for the Contemporary OB/GYN® team.

A new study led by Sejal Ajmera Desai, MD, MBBS, a consultant ob/gyn at the Indian Academy of Vaginal Aesthetics in Mumbai, India, found that women who received transcutaneous temperature-controlled radiofrequency treatment (TTCRF) saw substantial improvement in stress urinary incontinence (SUI), sexual dysfunction (SD), and female genital appearance. The most significant takeaway from this study for providers, according to study supervisor George Kroumpouzos, MD, PhD, FAAD, is that TTCRF is safe and effective.

Contemporary OB/GYN® Editorial Board Member Paula J. Adams Hillard, MD, reports on the Annual Clinical & Research Meeting (ACRM) of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG), which was held virtually on March 18 to 21. The meeting drew gynecologists who specialize in pediatric and adolescent gynecology (PAG) and pediatricians who practice adolescent medicine, nursing and advanced practice nursing professionals, and various other clinicians who take care of girls and adolescents with gynecologic problems.

Primary dysmenorrhea is a prevalent, underdiagnosed, but treatable condition.

“On a national level, it was decided that in spite of the lack of information, breastfeeding women should be vaccinated,” said principal investigator Ilan Youngster, MD, MMSc. “Thus, we decided to conduct a study to examine whether anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies are secreted into breastmilk and whether any infant adverse events are described.”

Breastfeeding duration among New York City Latinx mothers by their birth region significantly varies, according to a recent analysis. “Both my personal and work histories came together as motivating factors for this project,” said lead author Lauren Gerchow, MS, RN, a PhD student in nursing at the New York University (NYU) Rory Meyers College of Nursing in New York City.

Cesarean delivery is the most commonly performed surgery in the United States, with over 1 million infants delivered this way each year. Maternal morbidity and mortality rates in this country are higher in women undergoing cesarean delivery. To improve these outcomes, experts make a case for the application of several ERAS principles to obstetric-specific issues.

Contemporary OB/GYN®’s senior editor Angie DeRosa sat down with Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, and Sateria Venable of The Fibroid Foundation, to discuss the role of patient-physician collaboration in uterine fibroid treatment and management options.

What every OB/GYN needs to know to manage this complication.

Three recent pieces of legislation highlight a threat to the physician-patient relationship.

On April 9, Contemporary OB/GYN® editorial board members met with the content team and several others from our corporate offices for the annual editorial board meeting.

This month’s edition of Contemporary OB/GYN® features three peer-reviewed articles that offer in-depth guidance and analyses of key topics in ob/gyn.

This informative physician fact sheet compiles steps ob/gyns can take to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity.