World Breastfeeding Week: August 1 to August 7

In a recent study, women with higher levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances during pregnancy reported increased weight and body fat later in life.

In this episode of Pap Talk, Contemporary OB/GYN® sat down with Maneesh Jain, CEO of Mirvie, and Michal Elovitz, MD, chief medical advisor at Mirvie, a new RNA platform that is able to predict pregnancy complications by revealing the biology of each pregnancy. They discussed recently published data regarding the platform's ability to predict preeclampsia and preterm birth.

Review some of the top stories from the Contemporary OB/GYN website over the last week, and catch up on anything you may have missed.

Halley Crissman, MD, MPH, and Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, MSC, discuss ways in which ob/gyns can provide high-quality care for transgender and nonbinary people assigned female sex at birth.

A Stanford Medicine study finds kangaroo care boosts brain development in premature infants, showing even brief skin-to-skin contact leads to better cognitive outcomes at 1 year.

Findings show that that feeding mode is by far the most defining factor for microbial composition," wrote the study authors.