Top 5 obstetric studies from December 2019

New research reveals that nearly half of women experience more pain than expected during medical abortion, highlighting the need for improved pain management counseling.

In this episode of Pap Talk, Contemporary OB/GYN® sat down with Maneesh Jain, CEO of Mirvie, and Michal Elovitz, MD, chief medical advisor at Mirvie, a new RNA platform that is able to predict pregnancy complications by revealing the biology of each pregnancy. They discussed recently published data regarding the platform's ability to predict preeclampsia and preterm birth.

Pregnant women infected with avian influenza face a 90% maternal and 86% infant mortality rate, underscoring the urgent need for pandemic preparedness and protection strategies.

Halley Crissman, MD, MPH, and Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, MSC, discuss ways in which ob/gyns can provide high-quality care for transgender and nonbinary people assigned female sex at birth.

Prenatal exposure to antiseizure medications like valproate and topiramate raises risks of ASD, ADHD, and ID in children; lamotrigine shows no increased risk.

Advances in reproductive technology are making pregnancies over the age of 50 years possible, but they come with unique challenges, requiring tailored prenatal and postpartum care.