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EVERYTHING
The Censorship of Women’s Health Is Already Here
What: Context reports on the censorship women’s health companies face from Big Tech, including a survey of 160 women’s health companies and charities. They found 60% reported posts flagged as inappropriate by Meta, over 33% had products removed by Amazon, over 50% had content taken down by TikTok, and nearly 70% had ads rejected by Google.
Key line: “In comparison, posts and advertisements using sexual innuendo and explicit images to promote men’s sexual health products were allowed across the platforms, the report added.”
Source: Context
Women Have Highest Increase in Stimulants, But Lowest Abuse Rates
What: An analysis of prescription stimulant use with over 80,000 patients found the highest increaseamong women ages 35 to 64, going from 1.2 million in the first quarter of 2019 to 1.7 million in the last quarter of 2022. Despite that increase, reported prescription misuse was also lowest for that group.
Key line: “Findings may suggest potential progress in addressing the mental health care gap for middle-aged women and the need for evidence-based clinical guidance and training on benefits and risks of prescription stimulants for adults.”
Source: JAMA Psychiatry
FERTILITY
Rapamycin Helps in Mouse Fertility Trial
What: It’s a mouse study, but researchers found that adding the drug rapamycin to a frozen ovary that had been surgically removed led to a greater number of pups being born – 102 from the rapamycin group compared to 48 in the control group.
Key line: “The use of rapamycin improved fertility restoration in mice. Using rapamycin during OTCTP in humans could potentially resolve the massive follicular loss directly after grafting, and thus eventually lead to better opportunities for women to become pregnant.”
Source: Nature // Scientific Reports
PREGNANCY + POSTPARTUM
Solving the Paradox of Rural Maternal Care
What: Carolina Public Press has a deep dive on actually *solving* the “paradox of rural women’s health care” in North Carolina (and beyond), where rural hospitals say they can’t afford to deliver babies, but women need close locations for safe deliveries. They look at state regulations, including “levels of maternal care”, and simply gathering data on what maternal care is offered at hospitals throughout the state.
Key line: “State Rep. Julie von Haefen, D-Wake, said enhanced data collection on North Carolina’s hospitals could be the first step to solving the issue. ‘(DHHS) needs to have more data,’ von Haefen told CPP. ‘If we don’t know what’s happening, how can we figure out how to solve it? Increased data collection will help us figure out where to target our efforts.’
Source: Carolina Public Press
ABORTION ACCESS
Another Texas Mother Dies for Lack of Abortion Care
What: Another Texas woman is dead, likely due to the state’s abortion ban. Her husband, Hope Ngumezi, says his wife wasn’t given a D&C when she was having a miscarriage. She went into cardiac arrest and died. The state senator who wrote the ban’s response? “”Most hospitals are getting this right, but some are not.” And now another mother is dead.
Key line: “As for Ngumezi, he’s doing the best he can as a single dad of two boys. ‘We’re not supposed to be worried about, man if I have a complication, am I gonna lose my life? Would a doctor give me the proper care?’ Ngumezi said.”
Source: CBS
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