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“Our results can further inform the debate on the future uses of NIPT and future policy of its implementation,” said co-principal investigator Hazar Haidar, PhD, a lecturer in bioethics at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montréal, Canada.

Fractional microblative CO2 laser therapy was found both effective and safe in treating vulvovaginal atrophy short term, according to a study in the journal Menopause.

“Women show an accelerated loss of muscle mass around menopause, possibly related to the decline in estrogen,” wrote the authors.

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The study provides preliminary evidence of improvements in sexual function in breast cancer survivors who receive laser therapy.

A retrospective chart review has concluded that less than one-third of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) attended an initial follow-up visit after long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) insertion.

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Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause is often overlooked by providers.

A study in the Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine found that the combination of a cervical procedure and vaginal micronized progesterone helped achieve term deliveries in more than 90% of pregnant women with large uterine fibroids (UFs).

Black women are more likely to undergo uterine fibroid (UF) treatments that are uterine-sparing compared with their White counterparts, according to a prospective cohort study in the Journal of Women’s Health.

The protocol presented here provides an algorithm for the initial evaluation of anemia in pregnancy, with treatment algorithms for the most common causes in pregnancy.

Taking all facts into consideration, contemplate the course of action you would have taken under the circumstances presented here.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) had previously issued guidance recommending that pregnant women should not receive the Moderna Inc. vaccine unless the individual is at high risk of exposure or having a severe case.

Contemporary OB/GYN’s Editor in Chief, Catherine Y. Spong, MD, recently joined Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and Denise J. Jamieson, MD, MPH for a Q&A session to discuss COVID vaccination in pregnant and breastfeeding women.

The protocol presented provides an algorithm for the initial evaluation of anemia in pregnancy, with treatment algorithms for the most common causes in pregnancy.

Introducing Contemporary OB/GYN®'s Editor-in-Chief, Catherine Y. Spong, MD.

The challenge of diagnosis occurs in distinguishing “normal” from “abnormal” in a time of rapid and dynamic change.

Researchers collected samples from 10 girls with vulvovaginitis and 16 healthy girls aged 3 to 9 years.

The authors offer guidance on how to optimize maternal and neonatal health outcomes for women with IBD.

The number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase, in part due to recent holiday gatherings; new more contagious strains; and exhaustion with social distancing.

The relief only will come with time, though the weariness may take much longer to mitigate than any virus.

Total laparoscopic nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy (TL-NSRH) has advantages over open abdominal nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy (OA-NSRH), according to research published in the Journal of Gynecologic Oncology.

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This article is on based on information presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, which was held Jan. 25 to Jan. 30.