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EVERYTHING
Millions of Pregnant + Postpartum Women Could Go Hungry in America
What: Extreme Republicans are holding up a government funding bill and insisting a food program for women and children that has been funded for decades not get a budget increase this year, despite increasing food prices.
Why it matters: Millions of pregnant and postpartum women and their children could start losing this vital assistance and go hungry as a result. One eye-popping statistic: “Roughly half of all infants born in the United States receive [these] benefits.”
Source: New York Times
FERTILITY
Researchers Think They May Have Noninvasive Way to Identify Best Embryos
What: Researchers at UC San Diego announced they were able to identify the best performing embryos using “exRNA” cellular material that is left behind in the petri dish.
Why it matters: If effective on a larger scale, it could help reduce the need to rely on visual characteristics or biopsies of embryos to get a successful IVF pregnancy.
Source: UC San Diego
ABORTION ACCESS
Idaho Bill Proposes Calling Fetus A “Preborn Child”, Putting Birth Control at Risk
What: Idaho has become ground zero for extreme abortion legislation along with Texas, and this latest bill is no exception. The legislation would change how state laws refers to a fetus, instead using “preborn child.”
Why it matters: This is a step that could lead to problems with IVF procedures (are embryos “preborn children”?) and potentially birth control.
Source: Idaho News 6
METABOLISM + WEIGHT
Adolescents Using Diet Pills and Other Sham Weight Loss Products
What: A massive analysis that looked at over 90 studies and nearly 605,000 participants found that almost 1 in 10 adolescents have used “ineffective and potentially harmful nonprescribed weight-loss products in their lifetime.” Those products included diuretics, laxatives, and diet pills taken without a prescription. Girls were far more likely to use these products, and diet pills were the most common.
Why it matters: There are potential long-term negative health consequences that can come with using (and especially misusing) these products, especially at such a young age.
Source: JAMA Network Open
ONCOLOGY
Breast Cancer That Returns a Second Time Almost Always Found By Mammogram
What: A look-back study of 1,550 women who had “ductal carcinoma in situ” (DCIS) breast cancer found that of the women who had a recurrence of cancer within 10 years, over 74% were identified via imaging (mostly mammograms), 20% were identified by patients doing a self-exam, and only around 2% were found by doctors during physical exams.
Why it matters: Going to the doctor isn’t enough to identify recurring case of cancer, imaging is needed.
Source: Medscape
WELLNESS + BEAUTY
Columnist: “Botox Destroyed What I Liked About My Face”
What: New York Times columnist Jessica Grose explains why she got botox as she neared 40– and why she regrets it now.
Why it matters: It’s always good to hear perspectives on the pros and cons of procedures – the entire internet is incentivized to feed us positive information on products so people make money through affiliate links.
Source: New York Times
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