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Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients

As the pregnant woman's contractions rolled in every two minutes, staff at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dispatched an ambulance to send her elsewhere.

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Florida abortion rate fell after six-week ban took hold

Florida's six-week abortion ban caused the state's abortion rate to drop dramatically, new research shows.

Oncology & Cancer

Genetics play big role in ovarian cancer

In 2024, about 19,680 women in the United States will receive a new diagnosis of ovarian cancer and 12,740 women will die from the disease, said Dr. Shaina Bruce, a gynecologic oncologist at Penn State Cancer Institute. The ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Hormone therapy tied to reductions in insulin resistance

Hormone therapy (HT) is associated with significantly reduced insulin resistance in healthy postmenopausal women, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Menopause Society, held from Sept. 10 to 14 in ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Good maternity care increasingly tough to find in U.S.

In the two years since the March of Dimes' last report on the state of U.S. maternity care, more than 100 hospitals nationwide have shuttered their obstetric units, leaving more new moms with literally "Nowhere to Go" for ...

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Getting an IUD doesn't need to be painful, say doctors

Anyone who watched Olympic bronze medalist Ilona Maher giving her rugby opponents the stiff arm knows she is tough as nails. Yet she recently posted a video on social media exhaling deeply, clutching her stomach and leaning ...

Health

Air pollution linked to higher risk of infertility in men

Long term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is linked to a higher risk of infertility in men, whereas road traffic noise is linked to a higher risk of infertility in women over 35, finds a Danish study ...

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AI stethoscope doubles detection of pregnancy heart failure

Heart failure during pregnancy is a dangerous and often under-detected condition because common symptoms—shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and trouble breathing while lying down—are easily mistaken for typical pregnancy ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Rising temperatures in Africa may increase perinatal deaths

Heat waves in sub-Saharan Africa are predicted to become more common due to climate change. A new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and others, published in Nature Medicine, reveals a worrying correlation between ...

Health

Examining women's health in China

Women in China are now healthier than ever, but as the economy grows and China's culture becomes more westernized, the country faces new challenges due to changing social norms and expectations, say experts in a special collection ...