What: A study in Obstetrics & Gynecology finds that Black women are “about 10 percent less likely to receive [an epidural] during labor” when compared with white women. When researchers looked at measures of social inequity, the lowest-ranked locations provided epidurals less frequently to both white and Black women. But Black women were still less likely to get one.
Why it matters: Yet another piece of evidence detailing how racism pervades the practice of medicine.
At one point during the campaign RFK Jr. backed a national abortion ban, and he regularly spreads debunked conspiracies about childhood vaccines.
How hormonal changes during menopause, particularly the decline in estrogen levels, can lead to muscle pain and body aches.
Sharing the stories of women who have had fibroids removed without pain medication or endometriosis symptoms ignored for years.
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.
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.
Georgia state officials shut down an entire committee dedicated to reviewing maternal mortality in the state, after ProPublica reported in September on the deaths of two women as a result of the state’s abortion ban.
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.
One organization got requests for 5,000 pills in less than 12 hours. They typically ship 9,000 pills in an entire month.
The variant accelerates reproductive aging, leading to a greater number of abnormal eggs.
Combing through the data to explain why most late term abortions happen (hint: it’s fetal anomalies and not convenience.)
Eliza Barclay has a reported essay on her experience with several muscle injuries in her 40s
The increased risk was particularly linked to gynecological cancers.
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.
What: The New York Times combs through VP Kamala Harris’ record on abortion from her days as a prosecutor, finding an “unwavering conviction” that women
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.
Tampons and pads can be a luxury item for the lowest income Americans.
A profile of Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, a family medicine doctor and owner of a clinic in Arizona that performs abortions.
Experts explaining that the global drop in fertility rates is partly a product of women having children later in life.
Researchers found postpartum depression more than doubled, going from 9% in 2010 to 19% in 2021.
MAGA might dismiss this as a troll, but it’s always a joke until it’s not.