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Receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle leads to changes in cycle length, as reported in a study.
Administering betamethasone in the late preterm period to pregnant women at risk of delivering prematurely does not appear to reduce the risk of neonatal respiratory distress, according to a study.
In a secondary analysis of the HAPO FUS*, breastfeeding was found to be associated with lower rate of glucose metabolism disorders in the offspring; however, this association was not seen among the mothers.
Smoking discontinuation during pregnancy is associated with both positive and negative outcomes, such as reduced risk of stillbirth but higher risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and weight gain, according to a study.
Prophylactic apixaban appears to effectively reduce the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) for patients undergoing open surgery for gynaecologic malignancies and should be considered the standard of care for VTE prophylaxis in this population, according to a retrospective study.
In the phase II UNITY study, foetuses and neonates whose mums were receiving nipocalimab for early-onset (≤24 weeks gestational age [GA]) severe haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn (EOS-HDFN) had minimal exposure to the drug.
Doubling the routine aspirin dose used for pre-eclampsia prevention appears to help lower the risk of developing pre-eclampsia with severe features among high-risk pregnant women with obesity, according to the results of the open-label ASPREO trial.
Adding metformin to insulin neither lowers the risk of developing preterm pre-eclampsia nor improves the risk markers of cardiovascular disease in pregnant women who have received a diagnosis of diabetes early in pregnancy or have existing type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to a study.
Tobacco use among pregnant women appears to contribute to long-term language and memory impairments in children, according to a study.
Women who underwent assisted reproductive technology (ART) were significantly more likely to experience strokes during delivery hospitalization than those who did not use ART, according to a study presented at ISC 2024.
