Rwanda: Coping With Miscarriage - Navigating Mental Health Challenges Amidst Loss
[New Times] About a year ago, Jane Uwera, a 23-year-old university student, faced an unplanned pregnancy that led to a miscarriage due to academic pressure, stress, and financial difficulties. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 26, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Rwanda Source Type: news
Obstetric violence and LGBTQIA+phobia: interlaced oppressions and violations - Cardoso PFG, Shimizu MA.
The cisheteropatriarchal capitalist system has developed by class, racial and sexual oppression and exploitation in establishing unequal, hierarchical power relations. One of these kinds of oppression involves the use of violence against bodies considered ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
ESR1-Driven Resistance to CDK4/6 Inhibitors in Breast Cancer Thwarted by SERDs
(MedPage Today) -- Mutations in ESR1 do not appear to confer breast cancer resistance to cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)4/6 inhibitors, an analysis of clinical practice data suggested.
Patients with metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 25, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Zim Needs Solutions for Comprehensive Sexual Reproductive Health Services
[The Herald] Sexual reproductive health is a fundamental human right that every individual should have access to. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 25, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Africa: Africa's High Teenage Pregnancy Rate Demands Strong Response
[HRW] AU Should Adopt Guidelines to Protect Rights of Pregnant, Parenting Girls (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 25, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Africa Children and Youth Health and Medicine Human Rights NGOs and Civil Society Pregnancy and Childbirth Source Type: news
No Best Nutrition Strategy for Most Preemies Waiting to Breastfeed
(MedPage Today) -- For preterm infants awaiting the chance to breastfeed, none of the common methods of nutritional support emerged a clear winner in head-to-head comparisons in the DIAMOND trial.
For infants born between 32 and 35 weeks 6 days... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 24, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
High-Dose Vit A Fails Again for Serious Lung Disease in Premature Infants
(MedPage Today) -- High-dose enteral vitamin A supplementation in the early postnatal period was safe but failed to reduce the likelihood of moderate or severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low birthweight (ELBW) infants, a randomized... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 24, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Shroud waving self-determination: a qualitative analysis of the moral and epistemic dimensions of obstetric violence in the Netherlands - van der Waal R, van Nistelrooij I.
Obstetric violence is an urgent global problem. Recently, several studies have appeared on obstetric violence in the Netherlands, indicating that it is a more widespread phenomenon in Dutch maternity care than commonly thought. At the same time, there has ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
US Supreme Court Split Over Idaho's Strict Abortion Ban in Medical Emergencies US Supreme Court Split Over Idaho's Strict Abortion Ban in Medical Emergencies
U.S. Supreme Court justices, wading back into the battle over abortion access, appeared divided on Wednesday in a case pitting Idaho ' s strict Republican-backed abortion ban...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - April 24, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Madagascar: Hero's Journey - How UNFPA Helps Mothers in Madagascar to Access Emergency Obstetric Care
[UNFPA] Androy -- It was time to leave for the hospital. Samueline Razafindravao had intended to give birth at her home in southern Madagascar, but after encountering difficulties, decided to go to her local health centre. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 24, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Madagascar Source Type: news
Hero ’s journey: How UNFPA helps mothers in Madagascar to access emergency obstetric care
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Source: UNFPA News - April 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Italy Passes Contested Plan to'Support Motherhood' in Abortion Clinics Italy Passes Contested Plan to'Support Motherhood' in Abortion Clinics
Italy ' s Senate gave final approval on Tuesday to a contested government plan to allow groups who " support motherhood " into abortion clinics to try to deter women terminating...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
South L.A., Antelope Valley lead L.A. County in preventable hospitalizations
Key takeawaysIn Los Angeles County, areas with the highest rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations and emergency department visits are the same areas with the highest percentages of adults insured by Medi-Cal.High rates seen in South Los Angeles and the Antelope Valley suggest better outpatient care is needed there.Study authors recommend that policymakers and payers should consider improving access to care and increasing payments for Medi-Cal providers to help narrow health equity disparities.If you ’re a Los Angeles County resident living with chronic health conditions like diabetes, asthma or hypertension, y...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
NLP uncovers racial bias in documenting ob/gyn imaging findings
Natural language processing (NLP), a form of AI, can uncover racial bias in documenting radiology-confirmed ob/gyn findings, a study published April 21 in Clinical Imaging reported.
Researchers led by Shoshana Haberman, MD, PhD, from the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, found that NLP-derived data incorporated into a platform for ultrasound or MRI-confirmed uterine fibroids during pregnancy showed that Black patients were more likely to have an obstetrical diagnosis entered late into their patient charts or have missing documentation of the diagnosis.
“All providers should be committed to quality documentati...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
Africa: Can We Achieve the Global Target for Maternal Mortality?
[allAfrica] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- "Did you know hundreds of thousands of women die in childbirth every year? Dr Anita Zaidi is determined to change that." (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 22, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Source Type: news
