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
At one point during the campaign RFK Jr. backed a national abortion ban, and he regularly spreads debunked conspiracies about childhood vaccines.
Josseli Barnica was excited to be pregnant with her second child but suffered a miscarriage at 17 weeks. Instead of helping the miscarriage progress, doctors let her suffer for 40 hours because her fetus still had a heartbeat.
A study looks at which birthing position (i.e. lying down, standing up) women prefer most in labor, measured in part by which women report the highest levels of satisfaction with their labor.
An analysis of over 18,000 adults found that signs of sleep apnea are correlated with a higher chance of having dementia, especially among women.
MAGA might dismiss this as a troll, but it’s always a joke until it’s not.
Last year, the same agency got fierce criticism for saying menopausal woman should get talk therapy
The New York Times analyzed over 600 speeches (!!!) from Donald Trump on abortion and shows visually just how much his rhetoric has changed.
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Women with type 2 diabetes who got a GLP-1 medication were less likely to develop new fibroids than women who just took metformin, a diabetes medication.
A deep dive on the queen of menopause, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, and her push to get more women treatment for menopause symptoms.
While around 80% of Medicaid patients paid nothing for labor and delivery, 60% of people on commercial insurance paid $1,000 or more out of pocket.
Eliza Barclay has a reported essay on her experience with several muscle injuries in her 40s
There were millions of people who voted against abortion bans *and* FOR the man who put those bans in motion.
A deep dive on drinking and examining why people reacted far more swiftly to the news that smoking causes cancer than they have for alcohol—especially breast cancer.
Sharing the stories of women who have had fibroids removed without pain medication or endometriosis symptoms ignored for years.
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“They said ‘we think it’s very inappropriate for you to say so.’ I said ‘Why? I’m president, I want to protect the women.’”
Breaking down cravings during menstrual cycles, and how some small studies have shown the foods we crave may be driven more by culture than by biology.
A profile of Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, a family medicine doctor and owner of a clinic in Arizona that performs abortions.
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