TMS 2026: OB/GYN visits had nearly 4-fold higher odds of menopause coding than family medicine visits, with disparities by race and insurance, a study found.
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Why Postpartum Depression Is Still Off the Radar in Pregnancy Care
Author(s)Sydney Jennings, Joy Baker, MD
Fact checked by: Grace Halsey
LeThenia Joy Baker, MD, explains why PPD is often overlooked compared to physical pregnancy conditions like gestational diabetes.
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At the 2025 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Clinical & Scientific Meeting, LeThenia Joy Baker, MD, of Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange, GA, talked with Patient Care about her presentation on the barriers to postpartum depression (PPD) diagnosis. While clinicians routinely screen for conditions like gestational diabetes, mental health issues often go unaddressed. Baker points out that mental health changes during and after pregnancy simply aren’t on every provider’s radar, especially when there are pressing physical health concerns to manage.
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JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, discusses new research she presented at The Menopause Society 2026 Annual Meeting on elinzanetant for menopausal vasomotor symptoms.
TMS 2026: Women exercising at least 5 days a week reported lower perimenopause symptom scores across psychological, somatic, and urogenital domains.
TMS 2026: Menopause hormone therapy was associated with greater weight loss on semaglutide, but not sustained additional benefits with tirzepatide, in a new study.
Hormone Therapy Linked to More Frequent Migraines, but Not Greater Severity, in Postmenopausal Women
TMS 2026: A meta-analysis of 5 studies found hormone therapy linked to more frequent migraine attacks and migraine days, but not greater severity or analgesic use.
TMS 2026: In ARIC, menopause before age 40 was linked to higher CVD and CHD risk, with insulin resistance mediating about 19% of the association.
TMS 2026: Post hoc OASIS 1 and 2 data show more women on elinzanetant reported improvement across all 8 PROMIS sleep disturbance items vs placebo at week 12.
In a pilot study of 20 midlife women with vasomotor symptoms, an AI-enabled VR program delivering CBT showed early feasibility and acceptability.
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