What: A randomized clinical trial found that giving women who just had a C-section delivery IV ketamine reduced the likelihood of postpartum depression by 12 percentage points at seven days post-delivery. Differences between the groups were eliminated after two weeks, but ketamine was administered only for 48 hours after delivery.
Why it matters: This could be an effective treatment for perinatal depression.
Source: JAMA Network Open
A study that aims to identify why Black women are at a higher risk of getting and dying from certain cancers.
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.
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.
Digging into menopause, and specifically how “the medical field is failing menopausal women.”
Senate Democrats called out Republicans for proposing a federal pregnancy database.
Mary Claire Haver is an OB-GYN with four million (!!!) followers across social media platforms that she gained by talking about everything menopause.
An article from Duke’s Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy says it is “the first to evaluate new and existing laws criminalizing abortion…”
Shalene Gupta reminds us that unequal pay “is not the only way inequality manifests” among men and women in the workplace.
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.”
American support for abortion reached its highest level ever, with 63% of people saying abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
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.
Examining the never-ending allure of menstruation being tied to the cycles of the moon.
The third time was the charm for Arizona state House Democrats, who got three Republicans to join them in repealing the 1864 total abortion ban that was set to go into effect in the coming weeks.
Nearly 60 percent said they “can just live with” discomfort caused by health issues if they’re not debilitating (!!!)
The story of cognitive neuroscientist Liz Chirastil, who made herself a guinea pig in her own experiment by getting 26 MRIs throughout her pregnancy and for two years after.
The FDA approved a new antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections in women, although the drug has been used in Europe for more than 40 years.
One of the women, Sunni, told viewers that “she was craving information when she was planning her abortion. ‘This is the video I was looking for.’
Veterans and active military members are only eligible for fertility care if they can prove their infertility was caused by their service
A progressive group, Campaign for Accountability, sent letters to state attorneys general in Idaho, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
The CDC formally warned doctors Tuesday about counterfeit Botox that has sickened 22 people across 11 states.