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Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause is often overlooked by providers.

“We need to find a good balance between conservative and surgical treatment,” said principal investigator Sylvia Mechsner, MD.

A study in the Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine found that the combination of a cervical procedure and vaginal micronized progesterone helped achieve term deliveries in more than 90% of pregnant women with large uterine fibroids (UFs).

Black women are more likely to undergo uterine fibroid (UF) treatments that are uterine-sparing compared with their White counterparts, according to a prospective cohort study in the Journal of Women’s Health.

The protocol presented here provides an algorithm for the initial evaluation of anemia in pregnancy, with treatment algorithms for the most common causes in pregnancy.

Taking all facts into consideration, contemplate the course of action you would have taken under the circumstances presented here.

What to look for this week on Contemporary OB/GYN®

It was a very busy week for the Contemporary OB/GYN team.

The World Health Organization (WHO) had previously issued guidance recommending that pregnant women should not receive the Moderna Inc. vaccine unless the individual is at high risk of exposure or having a severe case.

Contemporary OB/GYN’s Editor in Chief, Catherine Y. Spong, MD, recently joined Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and Denise J. Jamieson, MD, MPH for a Q&A session to discuss COVID vaccination in pregnant and breastfeeding women.

The protocol presented provides an algorithm for the initial evaluation of anemia in pregnancy, with treatment algorithms for the most common causes in pregnancy.

Introducing Contemporary OB/GYN®'s Editor-in-Chief, Catherine Y. Spong, MD.

The challenge of diagnosis occurs in distinguishing “normal” from “abnormal” in a time of rapid and dynamic change.

Researchers collected samples from 10 girls with vulvovaginitis and 16 healthy girls aged 3 to 9 years.

The authors offer guidance on how to optimize maternal and neonatal health outcomes for women with IBD.

The number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase, in part due to recent holiday gatherings; new more contagious strains; and exhaustion with social distancing.

The relief only will come with time, though the weariness may take much longer to mitigate than any virus.

Total laparoscopic nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy (TL-NSRH) has advantages over open abdominal nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy (OA-NSRH), according to research published in the Journal of Gynecologic Oncology.

What to look for this week on Contemporary OB/GYN®

It was a very busy week for the Contemporary OB/GYN® team.

This article is on based on information presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, which was held Jan. 25 to Jan. 30.

This article is on based on information presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, which was held Jan. 25 to Jan. 30.

For treating inflammatory pain in endometriosis, inflammatory factors that promote angiogenesis and neuroangiogenesis are encouraging targets, according to a systematic review in the journal Biomedicines.

A prospective study from the People’s Republic of China has concluded that menopausal symptoms in women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) were significantly higher than in women with natural menopause.

This article is on based on information presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, which was held Jan. 25 to Jan. 30.

This article is on based on information presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, which was held Jan. 25 to Jan. 30.

“We are very concerned about increases in SMM noted in recent years in the United States,” said principal investigator Dena Goffman, MD.

This article is on based on information presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, which was held Jan. 25 to Jan. 30.

This article is on based on information presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, which was held Jan. 25 to Jan. 30.