Menstrual cups can help prevent infection, improve vaginal health

by Emily Stone,University of Illinois at ChicagoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMany girls in low- and middle-income countries struggle to buy products to manage their periods, which can cause

Updated on: January 19,2024

Menstrual cups can help prevent infection, improve vaginal health

by Emily Stone,University of Illinois at ChicagoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMany girls in low- and middle-income countries struggle to buy products to manage their periods, which can cause

Updated on:January 19,2024

Endometriosis more common in young women than many doctors realize

by Carrie MacMillan,Yale UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain"You just have bad cramps," was the typical response teenager Sarah Swenson heard when she complained about the excr

Updated on: March 19,2024

Endometriosis more common in young women than many doctors realize

by Carrie MacMillan,Yale UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain"You just have bad cramps," was the typical response teenager Sarah Swenson heard when she complained about the excr

Updated on:March 19,2024

Long-acting reversible contraceptives good for teens

(HealthDay)—Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) are suitable for use by adolescents, according to a Committee Opinion published in the May issue ofObstetrics & Gynecology.Noting tha

Updated on: April 01,2024

Long-acting reversible contraceptives good for teens

(HealthDay)—Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) are suitable for use by adolescents, according to a Committee Opinion published in the May issue ofObstetrics & Gynecology.Noting tha

Updated on:April 01,2024

The womb isn't sterile: Healthy babies are born with bacteria and fungi in their guts

by Kent Willis,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageFor the last hundred years, scientists have believed that humans develop in a womb that remains sterile and completely isolated from the

Updated on: March 09,2024

The womb isn't sterile: Healthy babies are born with bacteria and fungi in their guts

by Kent Willis,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageFor the last hundred years, scientists have believed that humans develop in a womb that remains sterile and completely isolated from the

Updated on:March 09,2024

Medicaid-covered mothers have less say in birthing experience: study

by Boston University School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainGiving birth in the United States is a radically different experience based on race and income, illustrated most brutally by the Bl

Updated on: May 18,2024

Medicaid-covered mothers have less say in birthing experience: study

by Boston University School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainGiving birth in the United States is a radically different experience based on race and income, illustrated most brutally by the Bl

Updated on:May 18,2024

Researchers identify a key regulatory mechanism in the development of normal pluripotent embryonic cells

by Osaka UniversityFigure 1. Organization of a preimplantation mouse embryo (late blastocyst).Pluripotent epiblast cells produce the body of an embryo. The mechanism by which all of the epiblast

Updated on: May 23,2024

Researchers identify a key regulatory mechanism in the development of normal pluripotent embryonic cells

by Osaka UniversityFigure 1. Organization of a preimplantation mouse embryo (late blastocyst).Pluripotent epiblast cells produce the body of an embryo. The mechanism by which all of the epiblast

Updated on:May 23,2024

Supreme court allows legal challenges to Texas abortion law, but doesn't overturn it

(HealthDay)—Abortion providers in Texas can sue state officials in federal court over the state's new abortion law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, but it refused to block the law while such

Updated on: March 16,2024

Supreme court allows legal challenges to Texas abortion law, but doesn't overturn it

(HealthDay)—Abortion providers in Texas can sue state officials in federal court over the state's new abortion law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, but it refused to block the law while such

Updated on:March 16,2024

Experts call for monitoring of respiratory vaccine after trials suggest possible increase in preterm births

by British Medical JournalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainExperts have called for further scrutiny of a new Pfizer vaccine given during pregnancy to prevent respiratory infection in infants, af

Updated on: April 03,2024

Experts call for monitoring of respiratory vaccine after trials suggest possible increase in preterm births

by British Medical JournalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainExperts have called for further scrutiny of a new Pfizer vaccine given during pregnancy to prevent respiratory infection in infants, af

Updated on:April 03,2024

California is a reproductive rights haven. So why are women being forced into surgeries?

by Ariane Lange, The Sacramento BeeCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainKaitlyn Weiss felt a searing pain on the surgical table, surrounded by strangers. She was in labor and she did not want to be in th

Updated on: January 17,2024

California is a reproductive rights haven. So why are women being forced into surgeries?

by Ariane Lange, The Sacramento BeeCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainKaitlyn Weiss felt a searing pain on the surgical table, surrounded by strangers. She was in labor and she did not want to be in th

Updated on:January 17,2024

Placentas from COVID-19-positive pregnant women show injury

by Northwestern UniversityThe fetal side of a placenta from a patient with coronavirus, connected to the umbilical cord. Evidence of the disease process in the placenta is not visible in this pho

Updated on: March 09,2024

Placentas from COVID-19-positive pregnant women show injury

by Northwestern UniversityThe fetal side of a placenta from a patient with coronavirus, connected to the umbilical cord. Evidence of the disease process in the placenta is not visible in this pho

Updated on:March 09,2024