What: The FDA approved a pad from Qvin that doubles as a way to test the blood. The pad includes a removable strip that can be sent to a lab for analysis.
Why it matters: The pad is designed to help measure blood sugar averages over three months, to aid in diabetes management.
Source: FemTech Insider
Supreme Court justices seemed split mainly along ideological lines during oral arguments over a federal requirement that hospitals provide emergency care to stabilize a patient, including abortions when necessary.
An article from Duke’s Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy says it is “the first to evaluate new and existing laws criminalizing abortion…”
Medicare sometimes won’t pay for additional breast scans, like an ultrasound or MRI, for women with dense breast tissue, even though mammograms can miss tumors in those situations.
The AP has the dystopian details on what pregnant women face in America after Roe: “One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to check her in.”
The Cleveland Clinic launched a “Women’s Comprehensive Health and Research Center,” which aims to help women in midlife get the care they need.
The third time was the charm for Arizona state House Democrats, who got three Republicans to join them in repealing the 1864 total abortion ban that was set to go into effect in the coming weeks.
The Washington Post has more horror stories of women getting turned away from the ER because they are pregnant, and extreme state abortion bans have scared providers.
A study that aims to identify why Black women are at a higher risk of getting and dying from certain cancers.
Hera Biotech company said they got good interim results from clinical trials of their endometriosis diagnostic tool.
One of the women, Sunni, told viewers that “she was craving information when she was planning her abortion. ‘This is the video I was looking for.’
The Biden administration issued new regulations to protect medical records for reproductive health care across state lines.
A progressive group, Campaign for Accountability, sent letters to state attorneys general in Idaho, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
An essay from Lucy Pasha-Robinson opens with one of the most gripping depictions of endometriosis pain I’ve ever read.
Writer Lisa McCarty tells her arduous, ten-year journey to having two children. It included four embryo transfers and four miscarriages.
Shalene Gupta reminds us that unequal pay “is not the only way inequality manifests” among men and women in the workplace.
The CDC formally warned doctors Tuesday about counterfeit Botox that has sickened 22 people across 11 states.
Digging into menopause, and specifically how “the medical field is failing menopausal women.”
The FDA approved a new antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections in women, although the drug has been used in Europe for more than 40 years.
I think that most women remember, and may even still have that book on their shelves, What to Expect When You’re Expecting. …Well, there’s no equivalent of that for women over 40. I wrote this book saying to myself, how about what to expect when you expect to live past 40?
A deep dive worth spending your time on describing the reporter’s journey getting diagnosed and surgical treatment for endometriosis.