What: Chief Healthcare Executive examines the growing business case for increased funding in women’s health, forecasting new opportunities and challenges.
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NIH-funded study finds that higher vitamin D levels in the first trimester contribute to fetal growth.
A study examines the long-term impact of pregnancy on various organs and markers.
Pregnant federal workers lose jobs and face insurance gaps.
Axios investigates gaps in menopause education and training for healthcare providers.
Mass layoffs hit federal health agencies, eliminating offices focused on vulnerable populations and raising alarms over public health preparedness.
CVS earns ‘menopause-friendly’ accreditation by Midovia after training clinicians and increasing internal education.
NBC News investigates errors at fertility clinics, with over 300 lawsuits filed in the past five years.
New report calls women’s health a $360B ‘ghost market’ full of unmet needs across menopause, sexual health, aging, and more.
A prenatal test that detects fetal abnormalities has also been shown to identify cancer in pregnant women.
Trump nominee Dave Weldon dropped out of CDC nomination after Sen. Murkowski raised concerns over his vaccine skepticism.
British mother calls for better treatment after her daughter’s suicide due to untreated hyperemesis gravidarum.
A study of over 350,000 pregnancies found that 11% of women used cannabis before conception, and 6% used it during pregnancy, likely to manage nausea.
Texas Republicans propose changes to abortion bans after preventable deaths.
Maternal deaths due to cardiovascular issues more than doubled in the US between 1999 and 2022, with Black women and people in Southern states facing increased risk.
A University of Oklahoma study found that waiting more than 42 days for certain breast cancer surgeries increased mortality risk.
New federal rules require informing 40 million U.S. women annually about their breast density after mammograms.
A study found the highest increase in prescription stimulant use among women aged 35-64, despite low rates of abuse.
Mouse trials show that adding rapamycin to surgically removed frozen ovaries increases the number of successful births.
NIH announced winners of a competition focused on endometriosis diagnostics using menstrual blood and specialized imaging.
WNYC highlights 100 years of birth control in America.