Perinatal mortality trend associated with maternal obesity in United States between 2015 - 2020.

Background: Obesity is associated with an increased risk of stillbirth and neonatal death. Since the publication of A Randomized Trial of Induction Versus Expectant Management (ARRIVE) in 2018, there was an increase in 39 weeks deliveries. The objective of this study was to evaluate the trends in perinatal mortality by BMI category from 2015 to 2020.

The Importance of Safely Prescribing Hormones in the Transgender Community.

The transgender community is rapidly growing, necessitating further education and understanding of their unique healthcare needs. Gender affirmation is a multistep process, which generally begins with transgender individuals socially transitioning by adopting a new name, pronouns, and appearance changes, such as hair and clothing, to express themselves. Additional gender affirmation treatment can be achieved through medical therapy with hormones and surgical intervention.