Women’s Health News

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Judy Simon, MS, RDN, CD, CHES, FAND, about how women seeking to conceive, whether naturally or with assisted reproduction, can optimize nutrition to boost fertility.

Many midlife women experience hypoactive sexual desire disorder, which can impact both relationships and mental health, but two FDA approved treatments are available, according to a speaker at the Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society.

In the past 2 decades, vitamin A, vitamin C and iron intake decreased among women of reproductive age in the U.S., which may substantially impact maternal and fetal health, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Women with serum folate levels that were too low or too high during midpregnancy were more likely to have an infant born with congenital heart disease, with maternal vitamin B12 and homocysteine levels modulating risk, researchers reported.

Ryan Program directors noted limitations on provided abortion services at training hospitals with differences in services, restrictions and colleague support based on state-restrictive status, according to a survey published in O&G Open.

Screening pregnancies without traditional risk factors for spontaneous preterm birth risk with a biomarker blood test and targeting preventive treatments for high-risk women reduced neonatal hospitalization, morbidity and mortality.

Women with early pregnancy loss who received misoprostol alone without pretreatment with mifepristone were more likely to receive subsequent procedural management and have visits to the ED, researchers reported.

Prior testosterone exposure did not impact oocyte cryopreservation outcomes among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults, according to a research letter published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Many postmenopausal women self-reported moderate or higher vasomotor symptoms in the primary care setting but remained untreated due to lack of electronic health record documentation, researchers reported.