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Contraception and infertility: Is there a link?
Medical News Today· 5 days agoBarrier and hormonal contraception methods only temporarily prevent pregnancy. Sterilization methods, such as tubal ligation or vasectomy, are likely to...
Gut Health May Be Skin Deep: Could a Happier Gut Microbiome Help Your Skin?
CNET· 2 hours ago"There are a lot of diseases that have overlap between the gut and the skin," said Dr. Hadar Avihai...
Japan Makes It Very Hard to Be Sterilized. These Women Demand Change.
New York Times· 3 days agoWhen Hisui Tatsuta was in middle school, her mother used to joke that she couldn’t wait to see the...
The fight for abortion rights gets an unlikely messenger in swing state Pennsylvania: Sen. Bob Casey
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 4 days agoAbortion rights, suddenly a potent political force in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s...
Perinatal Depression Tied to Increased Risk of Midlife Cardiovascular Disease
MedPage Today· 6 days agoWomen with perinatal depression (PND) had a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in middle...
Medical Mysteries: A new mother is felled by ferocious back pain
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAimee Lucido had hoped the worst was over. Ten weeks after her daughter, Lyra, was born in July...
Report details why wealthy people really oppose democracy
The Raw Story· 6 days agoWhy are America’s plutocrats funding efforts to weaken our democracy and replace it with plutocracy...
Abortion is becoming more common in primary care clinics as doctors challenge stigma
MPR News· 3 days agoIt’s a typical Tuesday at Seven Hills Family Medicine in Richmond, Va. The team — which consists of Dr. Stephanie Arnold, registered nurse Caci Young and several medical assistants — huddles ...
Last Call for 6.20.24 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics
Florida Politics· 4 days agoA prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. Biden-Harris 2024 is making a play for Hispanic voters with new ads stocked with football — well, fútbol — lingo and imagery. The ...
Meet the doctors trying to integrate abortion into primary care
NPR· 4 days agoThere have long been family doctors who provided abortion and advocated for access, but it hasn't caught on like this before, says Mary Ziegler, a law professor at UC Davis who's written extensively ...