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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.

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.