March 29, 2023
(New York Times) – The world’s wealthiest nations are awash in so much personal data that data theft has become a lucrative business and its protection a common concern. From such a vantage point, it can be difficult to even … Read More
March 28, 2023
(BBC) – Male infertility contributes to approximately half of all cases of infertility and affects 7% of the male population. However, it is much less discussed than female infertility, partly due to the social and cultural taboos surrounding it. For … Read More
March 27, 2023
(New York Times) – As China faces a shrinking population, officials are cracking down on an ancient tradition of betrothal gifts to try to promote marriages, which have been on the decline. Known in Mandarin as caili, the payments have … Read More
March 24, 2023
(ProPublica) – Federal officials have released a bleak assessment of the country’s progress in understanding and preventing stillbirths, calling the rate “unacceptably high” and issuing a series of recommendations to reduce it through research and prevention. The National Institutes of … Read More
March 23, 2023
(MedPage Today) – Perinatal care differs by race and ethnicity, with greater disparities in care for more stigmatizing conditions such as depression and substance use, according to a retrospective study. For example, compared with white women, Black women were less … Read More
March 23, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – Track and field’s international governing body will enact a ban on transgender female athletes competing in women’s events, becoming the most prominent sports federation yet to significantly tighten its eligibility criteria for elite competitors. World Athletics … Read More
March 22, 2023
(Washington Post) – The closure of Bonner’s labor and delivery department follows a national trend that researchers have associated with potentially dangerous out-of-hospital and preterm births. Access to obstetric services has been on the decline for years in rural areas, … Read More
March 22, 2023
(Medical Xpress) – It’s a controversial notion, but couples undergoing fertility treatments may soon be able to select the sex of their baby—with an 80% chance of success, doctors say. Sperm-sorting techniques have been tried and offered before, but the … Read More
March 21, 2023
(STAT News) – Pills, patches, implants, and injections — the various forms of hormonal birth control have different formulations and doses of estrogen, progestin, or both. One might think, then, that they may have an unequal influence on breast cancer … Read More
March 21, 2023
(The Spectator) – The Egg Bank was offering me egg extraction and two years of storage for free, in exchange for donating half of the collected eggs for use in its IVF clinic. It’s presented as an altruistic project – … Read More
