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Women who follow a healthier diet with higher amount of non-starchy vegetables and fruits are less likely to develop hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, according to data from the MADRES* cohort, which comprises predominantly Hispanic/Latina low-income participants.

Long-term brisk walking helps improve bone mineral density (BMD) in premenopausal women, a recent study has found. In particular, 30-minute walks per day at least thrice per week seems to be a good frequency to prevent bone loss.

Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) refers to the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after three in vitro fertilization (IVF) attempts with at least four good-quality embryos. RIF leaves couples frustrated and desperate for answers and is challenging for clinicians to handle, compounded by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Two experts, Dr Ameet Patki, Medical Director of Fertility Associates Mumbai and Hon Assoc Prof at KJ Somaiya Medical College & Hospital, India, and Dr Prakash Mayandi, Metro IVF Fertility Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, weigh in with their views on managing RIF during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For women with obesity and unexplained infertility, weight loss can result in improved cardiometabolic health. This benefit, however, does not translate to better pregnancy outcomes.

While the use of a copper intrauterine device (Cu-IUD) broadly raises levels of cervicovaginal secretion (CVS) cytokines 6 months after insertion, it has no apparent impact on the risk of contracting HIV, according to a new study.

Low-dose aspirin falls short of preventing the incidence of small-for-gestational age (SGA) neonates in subsequent pregnancies, suggesting that the drug should not be used to prevent the recurrence of delivering smaller babies, according to a study.

Pregnant women with exposure to neuraminidase-inhibitor medication do not seem to experience adverse neonatal outcomes, reveals a study.