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The country is in a climate crisis. California is experiencing its second-largest fire, on the heels of its most severe wildfire season in modern history. The other side of the …
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During every humanitarian disaster — whether it’s a war, a pandemic, or an extreme weather event — pregnant mothers and their babies are hit particularly hard. More frequent and more …
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After languishing in the background for far too long, the shockingly high rate of complications and deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth in the U.S. is beginning to get serious …
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A large new study scanned the genes of hundreds of thousands of women near the age of menopause and turned up hundreds of genetic signals that the researchers said might …
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The tiny clump of mouse cells didn’t look like an ovary. For one thing, it was much smaller, microscopic. And instead of being attached to a uterus it was floating …
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Why do more women die in and after childbirth in the U.S. than in any other industrialized nation? In this week’s episode of the “First Opinion Podcast,” physician Alissa Erogbogbo …
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The coronavirus pandemic brought the importance of public health to the forefront of national attention. While the Covid-19-related shutdowns at first significantly slowed the number of births in the U.S., …
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As more people turn to in vitro fertilization for help with conceiving, a host of companies is capitalizing on the opportunity by offering screening services that allow hopeful parents to …
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Reviewing 50 years of progress on medical issues relevant to women can be a daunting and sometimes exacting task. But as we learned while writing about milestones in women’s health, …
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