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Women, Migraines, and the Role Hormones Play
A deep dive on the role hormones play in migraines, and how they could explain why women are significantly more likely to get them.
Texas Pregnant Women Die at Much Higher Rates After Abortion Ban
The number of women who died during pregnancy or soon after increased 56% in Texas from 2019 to 2022.
Black Women Die of Breast Cancer At Higher Rates Than White Women
A study from Mass General Brigham found that Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, regardless of what kind of breast cancer they have.
Women Less Likely to Get Treatment, More Likely to Die from Severe Heart Attack
An NIH-funded study found not only are men more likely to be hospitalized for a heart attack, women are less likely to get treatments.
Pathologists Plea: Save the Placenta!
A group of pathologists have issued a plea to save placentas after delivery, in an effort to better understand any adverse outcomes in pregnancy – especially those beyond stillbirth, when placentas are most commonly studied.
Trump and Vance Plan Could Make Pregnancy Pre-Existing Condition
Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, recently said the ticket wants to change regulations in a way that would bring back health insurers denying coverage for pre-existing conditions, including…pregnancy
Deadly Delays Thanks to Florida Abortion Bans
The mundane-yet-dystopian details of Florida’s abortion bans from health practitioners
3D Mammograms More Effective Than Traditional in Large Study
A study from Yale School of Medicine shows 3D mammography found cancer at higher rates than traditional mammography
VP Kamala Harris Will Give Speech About Women Killed By Abortion Bans
VP Kamala Harris will give a speech in Atlanta Friday “focused on the stories of two Georgia mothers whose deaths …show the consequences of the strict abortion bans passed by Republicans after Roe v. Wade was overturned.”
Second Georgia Mom Killed by Abortion Bans
A second woman in Georgia has died for lack of abortion care in her state.
North Carolina GOP Gov. Candidate: Reserve Sex for Procreation
“‘You don’t lay down and act like you’re making a baby til you’re ready to have a baby,’ he declared in a video.”
Rapamycin Evidence Still Very Early
Rapamycin has gotten a lot of press as a potential drug to extend fertility by up to five years
Menopause At Work? There’s a Plan for That.
How the physician leading the Menopause Society went from thinking “that asking for additional provisions for women would fuel more gender discrimination — if women required special treatment, employers would have more reason to not hire or promote them” to building a plan.
Hospital Penalties Rare for Denying Pregnant Patients
Investigating the office tasked with holding accountable hospitals that refuse or fail to treat pregnant women who need care.
How Trump Could Ban Abortion Nationwide—Without Congress
A deep dive on exactly how the 1873 law known as “Comstock” could be used to ban abortion nationwide, without a vote in Congress.
Pregnancy Brain: It’s Real and It’s Finally Mapped
It’s 2024 and we are just getting a comprehensive map of how the brain changes (in significant ways!) during pregnancy.
Amber Thurman Is Dead Thanks to Georgia’s Abortion Ban
Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old mother of 6-year-old, is dead. The Georgia woman died because she could not get routine abortion care in her state.
Lack of Education Behind Exceeding Low Hormone Therapy?
Digging in to the exceedingly low hormone replacement therapy numbers among American women aged 50-59, with less than four percent using the treatment.
VP Kamala Harris Speaks About Amber Thurman
VP Kamala Harris spoke about Amber Thurman, the 28-year-old Georgia mom who died of sepsis when an ER waited too long to remove fetal tissue, on the campaign trail today.
Louisiana Hospital Staff are Sprinting (Literally) to Get Drugs Needed for Miscarriages
Staff in Louisiana hospitals “are doing timed drills, sprinting from patient rooms and through halls to the locked medicine closets where the drugs used for abortions, incomplete miscarriages and postpartum hemorrhaging will have to be kept — as newly categorized controlled substances — starting Oct. 1.”