Amid syphilis surge, doctors call for more testing during pregnancy
A coalition of obstetricians is recommending routine blood screening at the first prenatal visit and other screenings. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sabrina Malhi Source Type: news
FDA Greenlights Imaging Agent to Detect Residual Cancer After Lumpectomy
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved pegulicianine (LumiSight) as an optical imaging agent for detecting residual cancer after breast-conserving surgery (BCS).
The approval stipulates use of pegulicianine with the Lumicell Direct Visualization... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 18, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
The Sorry State of Postpartum Care in America
It used to be taboo for moms to talk about their postpartum struggles. Today, not so much. In fact, it’s quite the opposite: it seems like everyone lately is talking about the difficulty of the postpartum period. On Google, if you search for “celebrity postpartum stories,” almost every result yields an article about famous moms discussing things like postpartum depression, anxiety, psychosis, and even pelvic prolapse. In March 2023, Brittany Mahomes, wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, shared a warning with her 1.9 million followers, writing, “Just a daily reminder. Once you hav...
Source: TIME: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maytal Eyal and Bridget Freihart Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Sonio taps new scientific advisory board member
Paris-based AI developer for ultrasound Sonio has appointed Yinka Oyelese, MD, as a new scientific advisory board member.
Oyelese is a maternal-fetal medicine physician currently serving as director of obstetric imaging at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, both in Boston. He has previously worked at St. George's Hospital in London, U.K. and completed his OB/GYN residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, and fellowship training in maternal-fetal medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ, Sonio said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Doc Fired After Deaths; Mass Shooting Blamed on Abortion Law; Record Drug Shortages
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Ronald Daniel, MD, was fired following a maternal and infant death 2 weeks apart late last year at Woodhull Medical Center in New York City. (New York Times)
Meanwhile... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 12, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
New CDC Alert; Trump Disses Abortion Judgment; $10 Billion Long COVID 'Moonshot'
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CDC will send a mass alert about counterfeit Botox injections that have already hospitalized at least four people. (NBC News)
Former President Trump said Arizona... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 11, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Liberia: First Lady Echoes Maternal Neonatal Mortality
[New Republic] First Lady Kartumu Boakai has echoed the need to prevent maternal neonatal mortality in women and girls. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 11, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Liberia Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news
Justice Department Issues Final Rule to End the 'Gun Show Loophole'
(MedPage Today) -- The "gun show loophole" that allowed some buyers to purchase guns without going through a background check is now history thanks to a final rule published Thursday by the Justice Department.
"Under this regulation, it will not... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 11, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Tanzania: Mabinti Centre - Place of Hope Offers Dignity After Fistula
[allAfrica] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Anastasia Majasho's journey with obstetric fistula began during her second pregnancy. Prolonged labor led to complications, and despite a previous cesarean scar, a vaginal delivery was attempted. This resulted in a ruptured scar and the tragic loss of her baby. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 11, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Tanzania Women and Gender Source Type: news
Obstetric violence in the United States and other high-income countries: an integrative review - Garcia LM.
Obstetric violence has been documented throughout the world, yet this human rights issue has mostly been investigated in middle- and low-income countries where the intensity and brutality of abuse and mistreatment is more easily recognised as problematic. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Vaginal Delivery Similar With Vaginal, Oral Misoprostol Protocols
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 -- Labor induction with vaginal misoprostol achieves vaginal delivery rates comparable to induction with oral misoprostol, according to a study published in the February issue of Obstetrics& Gynecology.
Emily H.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Why So Many Women Are Waiting Longer to Have Kids
In 1970, the average woman in the U.S. had her first baby at around 21 years old. That’s hard to imagine now: new federal data published in April show that in 2022, the average first-time mother was a little older than 27—a record high for the country, and a sign of a major demographic change.
This shift has been underway for years. Teenagers and women in their early 20s are having fewer kids, while the opposite is happening among older age groups. In 2022, for the seventh year in a row, the birth rate among U.S. women in their early 30s was higher than the rate among those in their late 20s. Perhaps even mo...
Source: TIME: Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy Not Linked With Autism, ADHD
(MedPage Today) -- Taking acetaminophen (Tylenol) during pregnancy was not associated with the development of autism or attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, a large Swedish nationwide cohort study found.
Models without... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 9, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
D-Mannose Fails to Prevent Recurrent UTIs
(MedPage Today) -- D-mannose did not reduce the proportion of women with recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI), the randomized, placebo-controlled MERIT trial showed.
Over the 6-month study period, 51% of women taking 2-g D-mannose powder daily... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 8, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Can Late-Stage Cancer Incidence Serve as an Endpoint for Screening Trials?
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- While using an endpoint of late-stage cancer incidence may be a suitable alternative to cancer-specific mortality for some cancers in screening trials, it doesn't work for others, researchers said here.
A systematic... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 8, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
