2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (747+ words) The American Heart Association (AHA) has released an updated maternal health toolkit regarding cardiovascular postpartum care to provide guidance for implementing evidence-based care across diverse settings." Over the last 2 decades, pregnancy-related mortality in the US has increased, with cardiovascular conditions…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (989+ words) Credit: Getty Images Aging exerts detrimental physiologic, histologic, and functional effects on the endometrial extracellular matrix and on oocyte quality, impairing conception and implantation. With. .. Risks and Benefits to Mother and Fetus With Natural Conception Natural conception in AMA pregnancies…...

4+ mon, 15+ min ago  (344+ words) The researchers found that the 3 leading causes of death in pregnant or postpartum women were violence, unintentional drug overdose, and cardiovascular disease, with specific abortion restrictions. .. Health Day News " The increased number of state-level abortion restrictions in the United States…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (194+ words) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Enhertu" (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) in combination with pertuzumab for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive (immunohistochemistry [IHC] 3+ or in situ hybridization [ISH]+) breast…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (295+ words) The etiology of postterm pregnancy is not well understood, but known risk factors include previous postterm pregnancy, nulliparity, male fetus, obesity, and advanced maternal age. 3 Patients with a history of postterm pregnancy are at the highest risk for a subsequent…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (221+ words) Health Day News " Maternal tobacco smoking during pregnancy is a risk factor for increased childhood blood pressure (BP) and hypertension, according to a research letter published in Circulation. Health Day News " Maternal tobacco smoking during pregnancy is a risk factor…...

4+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (207+ words) Hormone-related metabolic differences in women with multiple sclerosis (MS) are dependent on menstrual phase, with significant MS-by-menstrual phase interactions observed among women with oligomenorrheic or long menstrual cycles. These study results were presented at the Americas Committee for Treatment and…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (462+ words) The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated several of its guidelines for 2026. Among these are updates to NCCN's recommendations for the treatment of invasive breast cancer. 1 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy This update is based on results from the SOUND…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (209+ words) A system-level, multifactorial intervention significantly reduced the risk of maternal infection outcomes, according to study findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine." In the intervention group, the primary outcome occurred in 1752 of 124, 298 women with live births (1. 4%) compared to…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (419+ words) Recent phase 3 data and real-world experiences demonstrate that patient phenotype, comorbidities, and toxicity management all influence optimal sequencing in this biologically complex disease. In the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast09 trial, trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) plus pertuzumab achieved a median progression-free survival (PFS) of…...