IG Live March 29: Maternal Mortality Remains 'Unacceptably High'
(MedPage Today) -- Despite being a high-income country, the U.S. has double the maternal death rate of most other developed nations, with racial disparities exacerbating the crisis.
In an observational study published in JAMA in 2023, researchers... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 28, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Hormone medication could increase risk of brain tumours, French study finds
Patients taking certain progestogens as a contraceptive or for gynaecological conditions may be more likely to develop growths, researchers sayMillions of women around the world who use certain hormone drugs for contraception and to manage conditions such as endometriosis may have a raised risk of rare, usually benign, brain tumours, researchers say.Scientists found that prolonged use of certain progestogen medications was linked to a greater risk of meningioma, which are tumours (usually noncancerous) that form in tissues around the brain.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 27, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Women's health Contraception and family planning Menopause Medical research Cancer Science Source Type: news
Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Challenge to Abortion Pill Access
(MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court seemed likely to preserve access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone (Mifeprex), in the court's first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade 2 years ago.
During oral arguments on Tuesday, justices... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 26, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Preemies' Hernia Surgery Can Wait
(MedPage Today) -- Preterm infants with inguinal hernia did better with a late repair strategy after leaving the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and reaching 55 weeks' postmenstrual age compared with planning the surgery upfront, the HIP randomized... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 26, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
US Supreme Court Appears Skeptical Of Challenge to Abortion Pill Access US Supreme Court Appears Skeptical Of Challenge to Abortion Pill Access
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled that it is unlikely to limit access to the abortion pill as the justices appeared skeptical that the anti-abortion groups and...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Maternal Health - Improving Pregnancy and Childbirth Outcomes
[Nile Post] Maternal health is a critical aspect of healthcare, reflecting not just the well-being of mothers but also the health of future generations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 26, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Uganda Source Type: news
More Medication Prescribed for Self-Managed Abortion After Roe Fell
(MedPage Today) -- Provision of medications for self-managed abortions increased in the 6 months after Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a cross-sectional study found.
In the July through December period after the decision was issued... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 25, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Trump Suggests He Would Support a National 15-Week Abortion Ban
(MedPage Today) -- Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure.
The Republican former president has taken credit... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 20, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Hysterectomies may be averted with UAE
A minimally invasive treatment called uterine artery embolization (UAE) may be a promising alternative to hysterectomy in women due to severe bleeding after childbirth, according to experts at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
During a March 19 media briefing held by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), resident Younes Jahangiri, MD, and interventional radiologist James Morrison, MD, presented a retrospective review of 66 patients (median age, 31) who underwent UAE for uncontrolled postpartum hemorrhage at their hospital between 2014 and 2022.Younes Jahangiri, MD, of Michigan State University, described...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Interventional Source Type: news
A data duel over U.S. maternal mortality
Experts agree that the U.S. maternal mortality rate is unacceptably high. And year after year of data show that disadvantaged groups, particularly Black and Native American women, die at even higher rates than women in the United States overall during pregnancy and childbirth.
But controversy broke out last week over just how bad the situation is, when a paper by academic epidemiologists published in the
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
(
AJOG
) provoked unusual pushback from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The paper suggested a widely reported tripling in t...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 19, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Ex-MP Temba Mliswa Confirms He Sired Son With Controversial Susan Mutami
[New Zimbabwe] Former Norton Member of Parliament, Temba Mliswa has come out publicly to announce that he indeed is the father to one of controversial socialite Susan Mutami's offspring. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 19, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Many Hospitals in China Stop Newborn Delivery Services as Birth Rate Drops Many Hospitals in China Stop Newborn Delivery Services as Birth Rate Drops
Many hospitals in China have stopped offering newborn delivery services this year, state-backed news outlet Daily Economic News reported, with industry experts warning of an...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - March 19, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Source Type: news
Gynecologic Oncology May Face a Future of Too Few Cases, Too Many Docs
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- As gynecologic oncology faces an existential "identity crisis," an analysis projected that new cancer patient loads per physician would fall over the next two decades.
If current trainee numbers remained stable... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - March 18, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
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
Is the U.S. Overcounting Maternal Deaths? New Study Stirs Controversy
(MedPage Today) -- A recent study suggesting that the CDC may have overcounted maternal mortality in recent decades is stirring controversy.
Critics, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and other experts, say... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
