The Internet Has Made Health Anxiety Worse Than Ever
“Don’t google your cancer,” the oncology nurse said to me as she drew my blood ahead of my first round of chemotherapy. It was 2006 and I was 17 years old. I was very confused by the emphasis she put on this advice. Still, I took the print-out of “safe” web addresses she gave me home and pinned it on the noticeboard in the kitchen, where it stayed, ignored, as I slowly progressed through six months of cancer treatment.
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I was confused because the opportunities for me to use the internet to research my recent diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,...
Source: TIME: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Caroline Crampton Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Female Congregant's Death At Madzibaba Ishmael's Shrine Was Due to Pregnancy Complications - - Postmortem Report
[New Zimbabwe] A report of a postmortem conducted at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has revealed that a female congregant at controversial Madzibaba Ishmael's shrine died as a result of a miscarriage, which needed specialist medical attention which she was denied due to religious beliefs. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 22, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
What Blocking Emergency Abortion Care in Idaho Means for Doctors Like Me
On April 24, the Supreme Court will hear arguments weighing whether Idaho politicians have the power to block doctors from giving emergency medical care to patients experiencing pregnancy complications—a case that will open the door for other states to prohibit emergency reproductive care and worsen medical infrastructure for people across the board. Once again, politicians have set up a case that could have devastating impacts on the ability of doctors to provide–and for pregnant women to receive–essential reproductive health care.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Caitlin Gustafson Tags: Uncategorized freelance 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
Practices urged to offer paid leave to staff experiencing pregnancy loss
Practices are being encouraged to adopt measures – including offering paid time off – to support staff who suffer a miscarriage in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. Under a new NHS policy for staff on pregnancy loss, hailed as ‘groundbreaking’, NHS organisations and employers are asked to offer women who experience a miscarriage up... Read moreThe post Practices urged to offer paid leave to staff experiencing pregnancy loss appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - March 20, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
NHS workers who suffer a miscarriage to be given up to 10 days paid leave to help them 'process the trauma'
Experts said NHS England's decision sends a 'powerful signal' that people impacted by baby loss 'deserve understanding, compassion and the right to grieve'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS staff to get paid leave after miscarriages
Those who miscarry in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy can take 10 days' paid leave, NHS England says. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Most Americans support abortion for pregnancy-related emergencies
The majority of American voters, including Republicans, support protecting access to abortion for women who are experiencing pregnancy-related emergencies, such as miscarriages, a KFF poll finds. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Godoy Source Type: news
I lost my baby Elodie at 23 weeks and six days pregnant and it was treated like she never officially existed
For women who, like me, have suffered a stillbirth or miscarriage before 24 weeks, the realisation that there will never be a record of our baby's life makes a traumatic experience more painful. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I had three miscarriages, then became a surrogate to seven babies
In 2008, my first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. I was able to successfully have my daughter after my next pregnancy in 2011, which will always be my most special and favorite pregnancy. Not only was I able to deliver her on my own—totally Kourtney Kardashian style—but it was also the day I…#kourtneykardashian #agestationalcarrier #gc #cleveland #obgyn #michigan #twins #carryingdreamsinc #emilywesterfield #gestationalsurrogate (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Female Reproductive Factors Could Predict COPD Female Reproductive Factors Could Predict COPD
Increased COPD risk was associated with earlier or later menarche, miscarriage history, earlier menopause.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine Source Type: news
Women ’ s health at work is a UNISON priority says conference
Women’s health at work was a key focus of UNISON’s national women’s conference, held in Brighton last week.
Delegates passed motions with a specific focus on reproductive health, including one that called on the union to investigate and report on the needs of women workers in relation to endometriosis, menopause and menstruation.
Another motion called on the union to campaign for paid leave for pregnancy loss. During the debate, several speakers shared their experiences at work after suffering miscarriages. One delegate described her line manager as saying to her: “Why are you crying? It wasn’t a real baby, j...
Source: UNISON Health care news - February 20, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article News 2024 women's conference Menopause Source Type: news
Female Reproductive Factors Linked to COPD Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Female reproductive factors were associated with risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including age at menarche, number of children, miscarriage, stillbirth, and age at natural menopause, according to an analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - February 14, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
More Pregnant People Are Relying on Early Prenatal Testing As States Toughen Abortion Laws
WASHINGTON — In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser’s maternal-fetal medicine patients are requesting early ultrasounds, hoping to detect serious problems in time to choose whether to continue the pregnancy or have an abortion.
In North Carolina, more obstetrics patients of Dr. Clayton Alfonso and his colleagues are relying on early genetic screenings that don’t provide a firm diagnosis.
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The reason? New state abortion restrictions mean the clock is ticking.
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many health care providers say an increasing number of patient...
Source: TIME: Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LAURA UNGAR and AMANDA SEITZ Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
What to Know About the Listeria Outbreak in Cheese and Other Dairy Products
Rizo-López Foods, a California-based cheese and dairy company, is recalling more than 60 products sold nationwide following a listeria outbreak that has killed two people and caused more than 20 hospitalizations.
The CDC previously investigated a listeria outbreak of the same strain in 2017 and 2021, but was unable to trace it back to a specific brand. Last month, they reopened the case after new illnesses were reported in December and the same strain was found in a cheese sample from Rizo-López Foods.
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What foods have been recalled?
The recall...
Source: TIME: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simmone Shah Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Source Type: news
