September 19, 2024
(The Atlantic) – Scientists have now been studying microplastic for 20 years, since a paper in 2004 first used the term, and have started on nanoplastics, the vanishingly small versions that build up in organs. In that time, human exposure … Read More
September 18, 2024
(Plough) – If only her parents had been spared the terrible freedom of having to choose whether to have a child with a disability. “My husband and I decided that it was a loving decision not to bring her into … Read More
September 18, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – A now-ended adoption program created the perception that Chinese girls weren’t valued. One adoptee, once hidden in a grocery bag, found there was more to her own story. In “Ricki’s Promise,” a 2014 documentary by Changfu … Read More
September 17, 2024
(The Times) – In the state’s low-regulation fertility clinics the perfect child may soon be available — for a price. Megan Agnew meets the doctors, mums and surrogates Welcome to California, fertility capital of the world. Thanks to many years … Read More
September 16, 2024
(ProPublica) – At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories. In her final hours, Amber Nicole Thurman suffered from … Read More
September 16, 2024
(ABC News) – Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she learned in a new study that offers the first detailed map of a woman’s brain throughout … Read More
September 13, 2024
(Romper) – Fertility, pregnancy, birth — they’re medical, yes, but they’re also something more. I realized that I had miscategorized this adventure in my head. I had not thought of egg freezing as a fertility treatment. In fact, I had … Read More
September 12, 2024
(CBS News) – Our warming planet is putting those who are pregnant at higher risk — and the impacts go far beyond heat-related illnesses. Research shows that along with the dangers presented to the general population, extreme heat puts pregnant people — … Read More
September 12, 2024
(The Atlantic) – In the two-plus years since Roe was overturned, a handful of studies have cataloged the moral distress of doctors across the country. In one, 96 percent of providers who care for pregnant women in states with restrictive … Read More
September 11, 2024
(Axios) – Half of U.S. counties don’t have a hospital that provides obstetric care and more than a third lack a single obstetric clinician, according to a new report by March of Dimes. Why it matters: Access to care is … Read More
September 10, 2024
(New York Times) – Healthy Black women with low risk factors were far more likely to get C-sections than white women with similar medical histories, a large new study found. Obstetricians are more likely to give Black women unnecessary cesarean … Read More
September 10, 2024
(MedPage Today) – Report details real examples of how abortion bans have led to poor medical care The research group Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), based at the University of California San Francisco, launched its Care Post-Roe study … Read More
September 9, 2024
(New York Times) – Patients received “substantial” payments, their lawyers said, and the clinic agreed to staffing changes. Yale agreed on Monday to pay dozens of patients who had filed lawsuits claiming that they had endured excruciatingly painful egg retrieval … Read More
September 9, 2024
(Axios) – Giving birth became measurably riskier during the pandemic, as factors causing complications — from obesity and diabetes to mental health issues — rose 20% between 2020 and 2023, according to a FAIR Health analysis shared first with Axios. … Read More
September 9, 2024
(NBC News) – Syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection, was nearly eliminated in the U.S. at the beginning of the 21st century but has made a dramatic comeback. In 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 200,000 … Read More
September 9, 2024
(The Record) – The Montana branch of Planned Parenthood confirmed that it suffered a cyberattack after a ransomware group threatened to leak sensitive data taken from the organization. Martha Fuller, CEO and president of Planned Parenthood of Montana, said in … Read More
September 9, 2024
(New York Times) – A generation ago, bioethicists fought over whether assisted reproductive technology would be normalized or made taboo. Now there’s strong public consensus that it should be not only tolerated but also celebrated. But this may be a … Read More
September 6, 2024
(ABC News) – One of the first tests that allows patients to self-collect samples to screen for human papillomavirus (HPV) will soon be available in doctors’ offices. In May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a self-swab test … Read More
September 6, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Beijing formally ends a program that was propelled by birth restrictions and that had been largely on hold since the pandemic China said it was formally ending almost all international adoptions, shutting down a process that … Read More
September 6, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Prescriptions for testosterone cypionate, a generic form commonly sold by the clinics, have increased by eight times since 2010. When added to branded products, the total number of testosterone prescriptions is at a record high, according … Read More
September 4, 2024
(MedPage Today) – Information on contraceptive choices “particularly salient” in the wake of Dobbs Rates of pregnancy after tubal sterilization may be higher than previously expected, according to an analysis of national survey data. After having their “tubes tied,” 2.9% … Read More
September 4, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Preeclampsia, marked by a sudden increase in blood pressure, is on the rise. Yet there’s little research about the life-threatening disorder. The rate of preeclampsia and other disorders in pregnancy related to high blood pressure more … Read More
September 4, 2024
(Barron’s) – A Dutchman who claims to have fathered 550 children via sperm donations said he was suing Netflix over its hit documentary “The Man With 1,000 Kids”, which he described as “sensationalist”. Jonathan Meijer, 43, announced on a late-night … Read More
September 3, 2024
(Axios) – Tens of thousands of Texans have traveled out of state for abortions since the state’s ban took effect — more than from any other state, due to Texas’ large population and the restrictiveness of the law. Why it … Read More
September 2, 2024
(Medical Xpress) – White women are paid up to eight times more for their eggs than Black women in the U.S., according to data uncovered by the author of a new book which exposes the lesser-known ramifications of egg donation. … Read More
