Feature Channels: OBGYN

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Female rats exposed to a scream sound may have diminished ovarian reserve and reduced fertility, according to a small animal study published in the Endocrine Society’s journal, Endocrinology.

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Researchers have discovered a promising therapy for those who suffer from toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by the microscopic protozoa Toxoplasma gondii.

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The presence of Cervical Cancer Stem Cells (CCSCs) in cases of Cervical Cancer (CC) represent a small subpopulation of tumor cells with a high potential for resistance to conventional treatments.

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Neighborhood characteristics, including poverty and crowding within homes, were associated with higher rates of SARS-CoV-2 in pregnancy during the prevaccination era of the pandemic, according to a new study led by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The findings, which were published today in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, may partially explain the high rates of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, among Black and Hispanic patients.

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Featured studies include clinical advances with a new combination therapy targeting angiogenesis in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer and a promising immunotherapy combination for kidney cancer, plus laboratory studies that focus on targeting ferroptosis in specific lung cancers, developing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies for blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasms, and characterizing racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer early detection.

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Nurse education is the key to successfully screening women for postpartum depression, which affects some 15% of mothers, according to a new quality improvement (QI) study from Cedars-Sinai.

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University of Maryland Medicine has officially eliminated race as a factor in birthing decisions, replacing a calculator which led doctors to recommend a surgical Cesarean section to Black or Hispanic women who had a previous C-section, compared to women of other races or ethnicities.

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Are you looking for expert commentary on the leaked opinion draft that appears to overturn Roe v. Wade? Newswise has you covered! Below are some of the latest headlines that have been added to the U.S. Supreme Court channel on Newswise.

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根据睡眠基金会的数据，大多数人一生中有三分之一的时间都在睡觉或休息。在睡眠期间，身体会恢复精力和自我修复。良好的睡眠通常由您的睡姿决定。妙佑医疗国际的睡眠专家Lois Krahn医学博士和Virend Somers医学博士/博士分享了关于最佳和最差睡姿及相关原理的知识。

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A maioria das pessoas passa um terço das suas vidas dormindo ou descansando, segundo a Sleep Foundation. Os especialistas em sono da Mayo Clinic Dra. Lois Krahn e Dr. Virend Somers (Ph.D.), compartilham dicas sobre as melhores e piores posições para dormir e porque isso é importante.

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La mayoría de las personas pasa un tercio de su vida durmiendo o descansando, según informa la Sleep Foundation (Fundación del Sueño). En Mayo Clinic, los expertos en sueño Dra. Lois Krahn y Dr. Virend Somers, comparten con nosotros estas sugerencias respecto a la mejor y la peor posición para dormir y por qué hay que tomarlas en cuenta.

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More than 300 oral and poster presentations from the nation’s experts in gynecological and obstetrical health will be shared at the Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG ACSM). The conference takes place in San Diego from May 6-8.

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For years, women recovering from cesarean section (C-section) deliveries have been given devices that let them, with a button, control the flow of opioid painkillers into their IV line. But as researchers and policymakers push to curb the use of opioids, clinicians are developing new strategies for treating pain after C-sections.

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This tipsheet highlights the latest medical discoveries and faculty news at Cedars-Sinai. Links to full news releases are included with each item.

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Based upon a clinical trial of pregnant women at more than 70 sites, including Ochsner Health, doctors are recommending that even mild forms of high blood pressure be treated with medication.

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The newly opened Ob/Gyn Specialty Care Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center brings to birthing individuals, babies, and their families the first and only comprehensive maternal-infant program in the District of Columbia that provides a full scope of services from healthcare to legal, behavioral health, and social services, in one location. The mission of the Ob/Gyn Specialty Care Center is to bring sustainable, healthy change to families in the District, where the maternal-infant mortality rate is poor.

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Republican-leaning counties saw a sharp rise in birth rates compared to Democratic-leaning counties after Donald J. Trump’s surprise win in the 2016 presidential election, reveals a forthcoming study from the University of California San Diego. Democratic counties, on the other hand, experienced a baby slump.

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Robert O. Atlas, M.D., FACOG, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and colleague Rachel D. Adams, M.D., a Board Certified OB-GYN with Metropolitan OB-GYN, appear as guests of Mercy Medical Center’s ongoing talk show series, “Medoscopy."

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Establishing accurate gestational age with ultrasound early is essential to delivering high-quality care. Yet, the high cost for equipment and the need for trained sonographers limits its use in low-resource settings. A new study introduces a novel opportunity to democratize obstetric ultrasound.

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Prenatal stress can cause damage in the aorta in offspring, which may contribute to the development of atherosclerosis and accelerate aging, according to a new study in mice. The article is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.

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Women who were pregnant during the recent Omicron surge were diagnosed with COVID-19 at a much higher rate than during previous phases of the pandemic, but were less likely to develop severe illness, a study by UT Southwestern and Parkland Health scientists found. The research, reported in JAMA, is the first published evidence documenting how the boom in COVID-19 cases late last year and early this year impacted the health of pregnant women.