EPA Imposes New Limit on Medical Sterilization Chemical, Citing Cancer Risk
(MedPage Today) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule on Thursday that aims to markedly reduce cancer risks for those living near commercial sterilization facilities by lowering toxic emission standards for ethylene oxide... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 15, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
HHS Aims to Lower Drug Costs, Fund Public Health Preparedness in Budget Proposal
(MedPage Today) -- Lowering drug prices, expanding access to reproductive healthcare, and improving public health preparedness are a few of the core priorities HHS aims to tackle in its fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget.
"This President's budget introduced... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 12, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Asked to Clear Up Abortion Bans, GOP Leaders Blame Confusion on Docs, Misinfo
(MedPage Today) -- In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans -- even as doctors and patients insist the laws' exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 12, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
The Ethos of Emergency Medicine Hangs in the Balance
(MedPage Today) -- The ethos of emergency medicine -- any patient, any time, any problem -- could be radically changed, considering pending legal challenges that may result in the Supreme Court invalidating or limiting the Emergency Medical... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 8, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Alabama Passes Law Protecting IVF Providers From Legal Liability
(MedPage Today) -- Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama's governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 7, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Esketamine After C-Section Eased Postpartum Depression Symptoms
(MedPage Today) -- Intravenous esketamine given during and after C-section diminished postpartum depression (PPD) symptoms early after birth, a randomized controlled trial in China showed.
Women who received IV esketamine had a significantly lower... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 6, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
A Global Meeting of the Minds at Davos: What's on the Horizon for Health?
(MedPage Today) -- For the past 50 years, an otherwise sleepy little ski resort (Davos-Klosters) in the Swiss Alps has taken on epic proportions and status during the month of January when the World Economic Forum hosts its annual gathering there... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 28, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Monthly U.S. Abortions About the Same as Before Roe Was Overturned, Report Finds
(MedPage Today) -- The number of abortions performed each month is about the same as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion more than a year and a half ago, a new report finds.
The latest edition... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 28, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
FDA Approves Antibiotic Combination for Complicated UTIs
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the combination of cefepime and enmetazobactam (Exblifep) for the treatment of adult patients with complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis.
The agency's decision was based on data from... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 24, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Hypertension, Diabetes in Pregnancy Affects Offspring's Heart Health in Adolescence
(MedPage Today) -- NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Moms who had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) were more likely to have kids with worse cardiovascular health (CVH) in adolescence, a secondary analysis... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 17, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Home Induction is Effective and Safe for Moms and Babies
(MedPage Today) -- NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- More than two-thirds of nulliparous women achieved vaginal delivery after outpatient induction of labor (IOL), the HOME INDUCTION randomized noninferiority trial found.
Out of nearly 300 Irish women... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 15, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Cervical Length Screening Did Not Reduce Rates of Preterm Births
(MedPage Today) -- NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Among pregnant women at low risk for preterm delivery, universal transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) cervical length screening did not reduce rates of preterm birth, a multicenter non-blinded randomized trial... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 15, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Genome Sequencing Identified Variants in Fetal Structural Anomalies
(MedPage Today) -- NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Genome sequencing of the fetus and both parents in pregnancies with structural anomalies pinpointed a causative genetic variant in nearly a fifth of cases in a prospective cohort study.
Patients with... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 14, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
More Patients Rely on Early Prenatal Testing as States Toughen Abortion Laws
(MedPage Today) -- Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many healthcare providers say an increasing number of patients are deciding the fate of their pregnancies on whatever information they can gather before state abortion bans kick in.
But early... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 13, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Prenatal Care Shouldn't Begin in the ED
(MedPage Today) -- "A patient just came into room five with vaginal bleeding. You should probably see her right away. She looks sick!"
I rushed to the bedside of a 33-year-old female with severe pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding. She looked ill... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 8, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
