What: A healthcare consultant dedicatedly tracked her time during the first year of her baby’s life. The result? Some incredible information on just how much time and effort it takes to raise a baby. (Plus other helpful observations – like how often her baby got sick after starting daycare.)
Why it matters: We live in a country that seems to think having a newborn is something you can do in addition to fulltime work.
Source: Motherly
The New York Times has an obituary for Kris Hallenga, who died from breast cancer this week at age 38.
Shalene Gupta reminds us that unequal pay “is not the only way inequality manifests” among men and women in the workplace.
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.
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 progressive group, Campaign for Accountability, sent letters to state attorneys general in Idaho, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
A deep dive worth spending your time on describing the reporter’s journey getting diagnosed and surgical treatment for endometriosis.
The Biden administration issued new regulations to protect medical records for reproductive health care across state lines.
Digging into menopause, and specifically how “the medical field is failing menopausal women.”
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.’
Hera Biotech company said they got good interim results from clinical trials of their endometriosis diagnostic tool.
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.
Writer Lisa McCarty tells her arduous, ten-year journey to having two children. It included four embryo transfers and four miscarriages.
An essay from Lucy Pasha-Robinson opens with one of the most gripping depictions of endometriosis pain I’ve ever read.
Examining the never-ending allure of menstruation being tied to the cycles of the moon.
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.
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 Cleveland Clinic launched a “Women’s Comprehensive Health and Research Center,” which aims to help women in midlife get the care they need.
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.