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TikTok to Start Restricting Weight Loss Content

April 23, 2024

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.

How to Avoid Bad Botox

April 23, 2024

It’s not just about avoiding counterfeits, providers need training to know where the forehead artery is, for example, or how to treat potential complications.

Why Cardiovascular Treatment Lagged for Women

April 18, 2024

A new book covers how cardiovascular care for women was nonexistent for decades, starting with Wiliam Osler, the physician who in 1889 created the residency model still in use today.

Teen Moms Have a 200+% Chance of Dying Young

March 15, 2024

A study of over 2 million teenagers in Canada found that those who carried a pregnancy to term were more than twice as likely to die before their 31st birthday, even after controlling for pre-existing health conditions and other demographics.

Maternal Mortality May Be *Much* Lower Than We Thought

March 14, 2024

The United States’ maternal mortality rate is the worst in the world among wealthy countries. But a new analysis of CDC statistics makes the case that the rate is around 10 deaths per 100,000 births—not the nearly 33 deaths per 100,000 births reported around this time last year.

Is There Really a Fertility ‘Cliff’ at 35?

March 14, 2024

 Thirty-five can be seen as the age that fertility goes way downhill, but the BBC interviews experts who explain that like much of medicine, it’s a spectrum and the best data shows probabilities—not hard cut-offs.

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