What: National Geographic rounds up five advancements made in women’s health in recent years, as science finally starts researching the female body and experience. On the list? How women experience ADHD differently, how menstruation reshapes the brain, the cause of morning sickness (my least favorite misnomer), new tools to reduce maternal mortality, and the fact that frozen shoulder syndrome…is real.
Why it matters: It’s better than nothing!
Source: National Geographic
The New York Times analyzed over 600 speeches (!!!) from Donald Trump on abortion and shows visually just how much his rhetoric has changed.
There were millions of people who voted against abortion bans *and* FOR the man who put those bans in motion.
A recent documentary on menopause made a big splash, but some experts are criticizing it for overstating the risks of cancer and heart disease associated with hormone replacement therapy.
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.
Actress Florence Pugh discussed living with PCOS and endometriosis, and her decision to freeze her eggs at 27 years old.
Kidney disease in women has nearly tripled in the past 30 years, with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure as some of the leading causes.
Reproductive rights groups are not ready to embrace compromises on abortion, IVF, and birth control access, arguing that they could harm access to reproductive care.
70% did not associate using marijuana with any negative side effects, even though it can be associated with preterm labor and low birth weight
Tampons and pads can be a luxury item for the lowest income Americans.
“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.’”
MAGA might dismiss this as a troll, but it’s always a joke until it’s not.
How hormonal changes during menopause, particularly the decline in estrogen levels, can lead to muscle pain and body aches.
Researchers found postpartum depression more than doubled, going from 9% in 2010 to 19% in 2021.
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.
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.
Advances in neonatal care now make it possible to save extremely premature babies, some born as early as 22 weeks.
Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid–the country’s massive health insurance programs for the elderly and lower-income adults and children.
Eliza Barclay has a reported essay on her experience with several muscle injuries in her 40s
At one point during the campaign RFK Jr. backed a national abortion ban, and he regularly spreads debunked conspiracies about childhood vaccines.
A federal judge struck down Wyoming’s abortion ban, ruling it unconstitutional and granting access to abortion in the state.