What: A deep dive from National Geographic on how menstruation ends up reshaping the brain. Every time it happens.
Why it matters: As one neurobiologist points out, women will experience “almost 450 menstrual cycles over 30-40 years,” which is a lot of change. And although women make up the majority of Alzheimers and depression cases, “only about half of one percent of brain-imaging research is related to women.”
Source: National Geographic
Medicare sometimes won’t pay for additional breast scans, like an ultrasound or MRI, for women with dense breast tissue, even though mammograms can miss tumors in those situations.
I think that most women remember, and may even still have that book on their shelves, What to Expect When You’re Expecting. …Well, there’s no equivalent of that for women over 40. I wrote this book saying to myself, how about what to expect when you expect to live past 40?
Hera Biotech company said they got good interim results from clinical trials of their endometriosis diagnostic tool.
The Washington Post’s Leana Wen takes on the menopause study that led to millions of menopausal women getting little to no medical treatment for their symptoms.
The AP has the dystopian details on what pregnant women face in America after Roe: “One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to check her in.”
Olivia Munn talks about her cancer diagnosis, and the decision to fully remove her uterus and ovaries, despite wanting to have more children.
Erin Hirshberg writes a devastating but beautiful essay on having a stillbirth at 36 weeks
A study that aims to identify why Black women are at a higher risk of getting and dying from certain cancers.
Florida’s state health care agency tried to push back on the fact that many women do not know they are pregnant at six weeks gestation, since it is only two weeks after a missed period for a woman on a very regular menstrual cycle.
Three political science professors surveyed over 1,300 Americans about pregnancy dating.
One of the main recommendations is bringing mental health care into “all relevant perinatal settings.”
An analysis from the Society for Family Planning found that every month about 8,000 women living in states with strict abortion restrictions got abortion pills via mail by the end of 2023.
Mary Claire Haver is an OB-GYN with four million (!!!) followers across social media platforms that she gained by talking about everything menopause.
The Cleveland Clinic launched a “Women’s Comprehensive Health and Research Center,” which aims to help women in midlife get the care they need.
A new book covers how cardiovascular care for women was nonexistent for decades, starting with Wiliam Osler, the physician who in 1889 created the residency model still in use today.
TikTok is cracking down on creators who focus on weight loss, restricting content about “restrictive diets, ‘using medication or supplements for weight loss or muscle gain,’ or promoting weight loss products” to users who are 18 and up.
The Washington Post has more horror stories of women getting turned away from the ER because they are pregnant, and extreme state abortion bans have scared providers.
Examining the never-ending allure of menstruation being tied to the cycles of the moon.
An essay from Lucy Pasha-Robinson opens with one of the most gripping depictions of endometriosis pain I’ve ever read.
The Biden administration issued new regulations to protect medical records for reproductive health care across state lines.