Obstetrics & gynaecology
Abortion training under threat for med students, residents
Browse any medical dictionary, and before hitting appendectomy and anesthesia, you'll find abortion.
Apr 18, 2022
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News tagged with unintended pregnancies
Health
UN report: Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended
The U.N. Population Fund says new research shows that nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide—121 million annually—are unintended, which it calls "a neglected crisis."
Mar 31, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Comments renew debate over adoption as abortion alternative
Year after year, several thousand women in the U.S. carry an unintended pregnancy to term and then offer the baby for adoption. It's a choice commended by many foes of abortion.
Dec 31, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why COVID-19 must be included in safer sex messaging on college campuses
With college students back on campus, and COVID-19 with us for the foreseeable future, it has become increasingly clear that educators need to develop a new definition of safer sex.
Dec 03, 2021
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Health
Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion among American Indian and Alaska native women
Among a group of American Indian and Alaska Native women interviewed, almost half (45%) reported experiencing reproductive coercion in their lifetime. Intimate partner violence and sexual violence contribute to a disproportionately ...
Nov 10, 2021
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Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
The Biden administration reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics, lifting a Trump-era restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Oct 04, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health research is patchy in Africa
Adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to early unintended pregnancy, HIV, child marriage, sexual violence, female genital mutilation, and related mortality and disabilities. This is particularly the case for ...
Aug 23, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Co-locating contraceptive services and opioid treatment programs may help prevent unintended pregnancy
Increases in maternal opioid use have led to an almost doubling in the number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in the U.S. in the past 10 years. This statistic led the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Jul 16, 2021
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Health
Fetal alcohol exposure data underscore need for public health interventions
While alcohol consumption during pregnancy may result in harm to developing embryos and fetuses, a new study led by the Yale School of Public health finds that a significant number of pregnancies that result in live birth ...
Jun 29, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Visits to 'crisis pregnancy centers' common in Ohio
An estimated one in seven Ohio women of adult reproductive age has visited a crisis pregnancy center, a new study has found.
May 27, 2021
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