Well-woman visit upgrade, post-miscarriage ultrasound findings, cardio-obstetrics framework

Thank you for visiting the Contemporary OB/GYN website. Take a look at some of our top stories from the past week (Monday, October 5, to Friday, October 9, 2026) and click on each link to read and watch anything you may have missed.

Soma Mandal, MD, to launch 'Mind, Body, & the Pause' perimenopause podcast on Contemporary OB/GYN

Soma Mandal, MD, Medical Director, Women's Health, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, is launching "Mind, Body, & the Pause: the Perimenopause and Beyond Series," a podcast featuring specialists from across Hackensack Meridian Health who will address hormonal shifts, physical and mental changes during the transition, and clinical guidance for both patients and clinicians.

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Ultrasound findings after medication management of early pregnancy loss

A narrative review by Jessica M. Atrio, MD, MSc, Mary B. Fjerstad, RN, NP, MHS, and Sarah W. Prager, MD, MAs, found that heterogeneous intrauterine material and endometrial thickening are common after medication management of early pregnancy loss, that no validated endometrial thickness threshold predicts the need for intervention, and that symptoms, rather than ultrasound appearance in isolation, should guide posttreatment care.

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The annual well-woman visit needs an upgrade

The annual well-woman visit remains an essential component of preventive medicine, but its short appointments and rigid divide between "well" and "sick" visits leave little room for the complexity of women's health, according to Barbara Levy, MD, FACOG, FACS, chief medical officer of Visana Health, who calls for more clinician time, whole-person continuity of care, and personalized labs and screenings.

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Perimenopause and mental health: Beyond hormonal vs psychological

Anxiety, brain fog, and mood changes in midlife patients warrant validation and a structured evaluation that considers perimenopause as a possible contributor, according to Jean Cunningham, PharmD, BCPS, who cautioned against framing symptoms as either hormonal or psychological given the meaningful overlap between the 2.

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Garima Sharma, MD, on cardio-obstetrics framework, cardiovascular risk

Pregnancy represents a critical window for identifying and managing cardiovascular risk, from preconception through the postpartum period, according to Garima Sharma, MD, Martha Schar Chair of Women's Cardiovascular Health and Director of Preventive Cardiology and Women's Cardiovascular Health at Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, a lead author of a new 3-part Lancet series who described a scalable, multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics team model.

Click here to watch the full discussion with Garima Sharma, MD.