What is Mifepristone and why is it being banned in the US?
Mifepristone is considered the “standard of care” for medication abortion and miscarriage treatment, according to Hayley McMahon, a public health researcher and doctoral student at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Without mifepristone patients that want medication abortions, as opposed to in-clinic pro cedures, have other options. But experts warn that without the pill more people will be forced to carry unwanted pregnancies going forward. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - April 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NIEHS grantees help lead study of ocean plastics ’ health effects
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/04/science-highlights/thumbnail.jpg?itok=Vz6l9BOD" /><br /><p>Study finds chemicals added to plastics pollute oceans and may increase risk of miscarriage, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.</p>
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Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - April 4, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
HEALTH NOTES: Virtual Reality headsets to predict miscarriages
HEALTH NOTES: Researchers from Erasmus University Medical Centre in the Netherlands developed the system using ultrasound scans on women eight weeks into pregnancy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: A 4,070 Percent Increase in Miscarriages and Stillbirths Amongs Pregnant Women Who Took the Covid Vaccine? Entirely False
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: There is no data to support the claim of a 4,070% increase in miscarriages and stillbirths as a result of taking the Covid mRNA vaccine. In fact, maternal health experts recommend that pregnant women take the vaccine to prevent life-threatening complications. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 30, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Embryo Development Delayed in Pregnancies Ending in Miscarriage
(MedPage Today) -- Embryonic morphological development is delayed in live pregnancies ending in miscarriage, according to a prospective cohort study from the Netherlands.
Among over 600 singleton pregnancies, those ending in a miscarriage were... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - March 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Embryonic Development Delayed in Pregnancies Ending in Miscarriage
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- In live pregnancies ending in a miscarriage, embryonic morphological development is delayed, according to a study published online March 26 in Human Reproduction.
Carsten S. Pietersma, from the University Medical Center... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New Clues to Early Miscarriage and How to Predict Them
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- Miscarriages are devastating and often seem to happen out of nowhere, but researchers may have found a new high-tech way to predict which pregnancies are likely to end in miscarriage and which ones are not.
The use of 3D... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
500% Rise in Parkinson's Linked to Dry-Cleaning Chemical
Trichloroethylene (TCE) causes cancer, is linked to miscarriages and congenital heart disease, and is associated with a 500 percent increased risk of Parkinson ' s disease (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 16, 2023 Category: Disability Tags: Parkinson ' s Disease (PD) Source Type: news
Her Doctor Said Her Illness Was All in Her Head. This Scientist Was Determined to Find the Truth.
After enduring severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, the geneticist Marlena Fejzo made finding the cause of her condition, hyperemesis gravidarum, her life ’s work. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Callahan Tags: internal-sub-only Pregnancy and Childbirth Genetics and Heredity Research Morning Sickness Women and Girls Miscarriages Fejzo, Marlena Nausea hyperemesis gravidarum Source Type: news
Office Hours with … Mancy Tong
In an interview, new faculty member Mancy Tong talks about her research into the causes of miscarriage and her favorite low-risk hobby, baking. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - March 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Miscarriages are a warning sign you're at risk of heart disease
JENNIE AGG: I have had four miscarriages and - joyfully - one healthy son, though my husband Dan and I never found a reason for our previous losses. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Walgreens Faces Boycott Calls After Saying It Won ’ t Ship Abortion Drug to Some States Where It ’ s Legal
Calls to boycott Walgreens swelled online on Friday after America’s second-largest drugstore said it will not distribute mifepristone, a drug that is the most common method of abortion in the country, in some states where it remains legal.
The announcement, first reported by Politico, comes after 20 Republican attorneys general sent a letter to the company threatening it with legal action if it distributed the drug in their states, including some where abortion isn’t banned.
Walgreens said it had responded to each attorney general to say it wouldn’t distribute the pill in their states, Politico reported....
Source: TIME: Health - March 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized abortion News Team Source Type: news
California Gov. Newsom Says ‘ We ’ re Done ’ With Walgreens After Abortion Pill Policy
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared that the state will stop doing business with Walgreens after the drugstore chain said it will not distribute mifepristone, a drug that is part of the most common method of abortion in the country, in some states where abortion remains legal.
“California won’t be doing business with @walgreens — or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk,” Newsom declared in a Monday afternoon tweet. “We’re done.”
California won't be doing business with @walgreens — or any company that cowers to the extremis...
Source: TIME: Health - March 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized abortion News Team Source Type: news
Ahead of Texas Abortion Pill Ruling, Some Urge Biden Administration to Do More on Issue
Eight months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the Biden administration is bracing for another ruling that could further restrict access to abortion across the country.
Administration officials are preparing to respond to a ruling from a conservative federal judge in the Northern District of Texas that could restrict one type of abortion pill—mifepristone—that has been used for decades in medication abortions. If the judge’s order does restrict access to mifepristone, it could also impact treatments for miscarriages, where the drug is used as well.
Lawyers at the Department of Justice and Hea...
Source: TIME: Health - March 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Brian Bennett Tags: Uncategorized abortion Biden Administration Health Care Joe Biden uspoliticspolicy Source Type: news
Advocates Urge Biden and FDA to Do More Ahead of Texas Abortion Pill Ruling
Eight months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the Biden administration is bracing for another ruling that could further restrict access to abortion across the country.
Administration officials are preparing to respond to a ruling from a conservative federal judge in the Northern District of Texas that could restrict one type of abortion pill—mifepristone—that has been used for decades in medication abortions. If the judge’s order does restrict access to mifepristone, it could also impact treatments for miscarriages, where the drug is used as well.
Lawyers at the Department of Justice and Hea...
Source: TIME: Health - March 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Brian Bennett Tags: Uncategorized abortion Biden Administration Health Care Joe Biden uspoliticspolicy Source Type: news
