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

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

185,000 adults with confirmed cases of COVID-19 were hospitalized in June and July. Of those, 182,000, or 98.3%, had not been vaccinated for the disease.

Alcohol and tobacco use throughout the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with nearly 3 times the risk of late stillbirth (at 28 or more weeks), compared to women who neither drank alcohol nor smoked during pregnancy or quit both before the end of the first trimester.

A jump in new COVID-19 cases dropped margins and volumes.

Featuring Dr. Krychman and Nurse Barb Dehn.

An analysis of registry data from more than 2.4 million births in Denmark suggests those born to mothers with diabetes were 39% more likely to experience high refractive error before turning 25 years old.

Merck has released promising topline results from their study of VAXNEUVANCE™, a 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, in infants.

The smell and taste of food are important to digestion and growth. Does providing preterm infants with the smell and taste of milk at feeding times lead to better weight and measurement results?

A recent study published in JAMA details increasing rates of gestational diabetes among first-time mothers in the US from 2011-2019, with rates increasing across all racial/ethnic subgroups examined in the 12 million person analysis.

“We have refined how to diagnose women with early pregnancy loss, but noted a gap in our understanding of the optimal way to care for these women,” Barnhart told Contemporary OB/GYN®.

The role of the community pharmacist has greatly expanded beyond traditional product-focused services to encompass a number of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, according to a review in BMJ Open.

A retrospective cross-sectional study has found that Medicaid expansion has increased the rates of autologous breast reconstruction in patients undergoing mastectomy.

An expected rise in COVID-19 cases in combination with other preventable diseases could overwhelm the healthcare system.

The legislation would authorize $35 million for a grant program aimed at teaching providers strategies to address wellbeing issues.

Several dietary supplements and nutrients potentially provide benefits in preventing and treating common gynecological diseases like uterine fibroids (UFs), endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), infertility, menstrual disorders and vaginal infections, according to an article in the journal Nutrients.

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

The Biden administration will make the additional doses of two COVID-19 vaccines available to combat the Delta variant.

Fact vs myth when it comes to babies breathing during breastfeeding.

Women with congenital long-QT syndrome (LQTS) have an increased risk of cardiac events, including sudden cardiac death, after the onset of adolescence, perhaps due to the effects of estrogen and progesterone on cardiac potassium channels.

The data suggest that both SCD providers and AYA need better evidence and educational resources for contraception, as well as coordinated SRH counseling, according to researchers.

We spoke with Editorial Board member Ilana Cass, MD, about her opinion of her state's latest abortion restrictions.

“Topical drug delivery also provides higher concentrations of the drug to the target site and has fewer side effects,” wrote the authors.

The addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy for the treatment of early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer helps to reduce disease recurrence and can potentially reduce the mortality from breast cancer by a third worldwide.

The president wants legislators to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.

Here's what to look for this week on Contemporary OB/GYN®.

The Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II protein has potential to predict immunotherapy benefit in two types of breast cancer.