What: A randomized clinical trial found that giving women who just had a C-section delivery IV ketamine reduced the likelihood of postpartum depression by 12 percentage points at seven days post-delivery. Differences between the groups were eliminated after two weeks, but ketamine was administered only for 48 hours after delivery.
Why it matters: This could be an effective treatment for perinatal depression.
Source: JAMA Network Open
Shalene Gupta reminds us that unequal pay “is not the only way inequality manifests” among men and women in the workplace.
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.
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 CDC formally warned doctors Tuesday about counterfeit Botox that has sickened 22 people across 11 states.
The New York Times has an obituary for Kris Hallenga, who died from breast cancer this week at age 38.
Hera Biotech company said they got good interim results from clinical trials of their endometriosis diagnostic tool.
A progressive group, Campaign for Accountability, sent letters to state attorneys general in Idaho, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
Writer Lisa McCarty tells her arduous, ten-year journey to having two children. It included four embryo transfers and four miscarriages.
The Cleveland Clinic launched a “Women’s Comprehensive Health and Research Center,” which aims to help women in midlife get the care they need.
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?
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
A study that aims to identify why Black women are at a higher risk of getting and dying from certain cancers.
An essay from Lucy Pasha-Robinson opens with one of the most gripping depictions of endometriosis pain I’ve ever read.
a deep dive on why hospitals are closing OBGYN units throughout the country, and the answer isn’t the fall of Roe making obstetrical care legally dangerous. It’s far simpler than that: money.
Digging into menopause, and specifically how “the medical field is failing menopausal women.”