An OTC contraceptive pill is coming soon, but who will pay for it?

by Denise MannThe first over-the-counter birth control pill is slated to hit drug stores in early 2024, but questions about cost and insurance coverage loom.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Updated on: January 17,2024

An OTC contraceptive pill is coming soon, but who will pay for it?

by Denise MannThe first over-the-counter birth control pill is slated to hit drug stores in early 2024, but questions about cost and insurance coverage loom.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Updated on:January 17,2024

Breaking down barriers: What happens when the vaginal microbiome attacks

byUniversity of California - San DiegoIn bacterial vaginosis, bacteria (bottom) attack the surface of epithelial cells in the vagina (top). This phenomenon could help explain why bacterial vagin

Updated on: January 16,2024

Breaking down barriers: What happens when the vaginal microbiome attacks

byUniversity of California - San DiegoIn bacterial vaginosis, bacteria (bottom) attack the surface of epithelial cells in the vagina (top). This phenomenon could help explain why bacterial vagin

Updated on:January 16,2024

Study challenges recommended wait time between pregnancies

by Curtin UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNew Curtin University-led research has called into question existing health advice that mothers wait a minimum of two years after giving birth

Updated on: June 11,2024

Study challenges recommended wait time between pregnancies

by Curtin UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNew Curtin University-led research has called into question existing health advice that mothers wait a minimum of two years after giving birth

Updated on:June 11,2024

New research provides fresh insights into egg usage, donation and disposal after egg freezing

byMonash UniversityDuration of cryostorage (years) by year at the time of thaw (2012 – 2021). Credit:Reproductive BioMedicine Online(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.103728New researc

Updated on: January 12,2024

New research provides fresh insights into egg usage, donation and disposal after egg freezing

byMonash UniversityDuration of cryostorage (years) by year at the time of thaw (2012 – 2021). Credit:Reproductive BioMedicine Online(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.103728New researc

Updated on:January 12,2024

Health care system often fails people with disabilities who give birth in Ontario, finds research

by Alexa Battler,University of TorontoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe day Alyssa told her doctor she was pregnant, the doctor looked at her wheelchair and asked if she had come to terminate

Updated on: June 07,2024

Health care system often fails people with disabilities who give birth in Ontario, finds research

by Alexa Battler,University of TorontoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe day Alyssa told her doctor she was pregnant, the doctor looked at her wheelchair and asked if she had come to terminate

Updated on:June 07,2024

Survey: New moms often overlook critical postpartum care during 'fourth trimester'

by Orlando HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe three trimesters of pregnancy are filled with doctor's appointments, preparations and careful surveillance of the health of both mom and baby. Ho

Updated on: June 29,2024

Survey: New moms often overlook critical postpartum care during 'fourth trimester'

by Orlando HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe three trimesters of pregnancy are filled with doctor's appointments, preparations and careful surveillance of the health of both mom and baby. Ho

Updated on:June 29,2024

ADHD and autism associated with in utero heavy metals and essential minerals

by Norwegian Institute of Public HealthCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLevels of the heavy metals cadmium, lead, and arsenic and the essential mineral manganese, measured in maternal blood durin

Updated on: March 13,2024

ADHD and autism associated with in utero heavy metals and essential minerals

by Norwegian Institute of Public HealthCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLevels of the heavy metals cadmium, lead, and arsenic and the essential mineral manganese, measured in maternal blood durin

Updated on:March 13,2024

Delay in replacing the Pap smear with HPV screening is costing lives

by Alejandra Castanon,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageIt wasestablisheda decade ago that testing for the presence of HPV – the virus that causes cervical cancer – is a bett

Updated on: March 09,2024

Delay in replacing the Pap smear with HPV screening is costing lives

by Alejandra Castanon,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageIt wasestablisheda decade ago that testing for the presence of HPV – the virus that causes cervical cancer – is a bett

Updated on:March 09,2024

Black women are at greater risk of maternal death in the UK—here's what needs to be done

by Ian James Kidd,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageBlack women arefour times more likelyto die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women, according to the lat

Updated on: February 18,2024

Black women are at greater risk of maternal death in the UK—here's what needs to be done

by Ian James Kidd,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageBlack women arefour times more likelyto die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women, according to the lat

Updated on:February 18,2024

Publication of ARRIVE trial linked to increase in 39-week induction

by Elana GotkineAn increase in 39-week induction rates and a decrease in cesarean delivery (CD) rates were seen following publication of A Randomized Trial of Induction vs. Expectant Management (ARRIV

Updated on: January 19,2024

Publication of ARRIVE trial linked to increase in 39-week induction

by Elana GotkineAn increase in 39-week induction rates and a decrease in cesarean delivery (CD) rates were seen following publication of A Randomized Trial of Induction vs. Expectant Management (ARRIV

Updated on:January 19,2024