What: A Danish study of over 327,000 children found there was no association between BMI and children born using IVF or ovulation induction versus without any fertility treatments.
Why it matters: There had been some previous research that found correlations between assisted reproductive technologies and increased body weight as children aged.
Source: PLOS Medicine
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.”
Examining the never-ending allure of menstruation being tied to the cycles of the moon.
A deep dive worth spending your time on describing the reporter’s journey getting diagnosed and surgical treatment for endometriosis.
The CDC formally warned doctors Tuesday about counterfeit Botox that has sickened 22 people across 11 states.
The Cleveland Clinic launched a “Women’s Comprehensive Health and Research Center,” which aims to help women in midlife get the care they need.
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.’
Digging into menopause, and specifically how “the medical field is failing menopausal women.”
Shalene Gupta reminds us that unequal pay “is not the only way inequality manifests” among men and women in the workplace.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An article from Duke’s Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy says it is “the first to evaluate new and existing laws criminalizing abortion…”
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?
An essay from Lucy Pasha-Robinson opens with one of the most gripping depictions of endometriosis pain I’ve ever read.
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.
The New York Times has an obituary for Kris Hallenga, who died from breast cancer this week at age 38.
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 Biden administration issued new regulations to protect medical records for reproductive health care across state lines.
Writer Lisa McCarty tells her arduous, ten-year journey to having two children. It included four embryo transfers and four miscarriages.