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When We Talk About Perinatal Weight Issues, We Need to Focus on the Whole Person, Johanna Finkle, MD, Reminds Clinicians
May 19, 2025
ACOG 2025: Pregnant patients may not want to discuss weight gain initially, so focus on overall perinatal health, and use that information to guide more conversation.
Why Postpartum Depression Is Still Off the Radar in Pregnancy Care
May 19, 2025
LeThenia Joy Baker, MD, explains why PPD is often overlooked compared to physical pregnancy conditions like gestational diabetes.
Postpartum Inpatient HPV Vaccination Significantly Boosts Uptake at Urban Hospital, Study Finds
May 18, 2025
An intervention that included educational materials for clinicians on a multidisciplinary prenatal and postpartum care team helped drive acceptance.
Prenatal Substance Use Counseling: Missed Opportunities for Intervention
May 18, 2025
Pregnant patients' perceptions do not match clinician certainty on abstinence counseling during pregnancy, and clinicians may not be asking patients about their partner's substance use.
Study Reveals Major Gaps in Thyroid Screening During Pregnancy
May 18, 2025
Researchers report an alarming number of missed opportunities to screen pregnant individuals for thyroid disease, including among women with a history of the condition.
Joy Baker, MD: Understanding Patient Language in PPD Screening
May 17, 2025
ACOG 2025: Dr Baker shares how language can help create a trusting space for patients to speak openly about postpartum depression.
Postpartum Depression and the Missed Hand-Off to Primary Care
May 17, 2025
ACOG 2025: Joy Baker, MD, called for stronger cross-specialty collaboration to address maternal mental health after birth.
ACOG 2025: Steven Fleischman, MD, Inaugurated as 76th President, Urges New Fellows to Lead with Purpose
May 17, 2025
Steven Fleischman, MD, was inaugurated as ACOG’s 76th president, urging new fellows to lead with purpose and recognize their value in women’s health care.
Primary Care Falls Short in Managing Adolescent Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Researchers Warn
May 17, 2025
Fewer than half of young girls who experienced heavy menstrual bleeding were given hormonal treatment and far fewer were referred to gynecology, authors reported.
GLP1-RAs Superior to Metformin for CVD Risk Reduction in Women with PCOS, Large Study Finds
May 17, 2025
The findings support the potential cardiovascular advantages of the GLP-1RA class in women with PCOS, a population already at increased cardiometabolic risk.