Research finds hormone that indicates fertility at lower levels in vapers and tobacco smokersWomen should give up vaping if they are hoping to get pregnant, according to a study that suggests it may affect fertility.In the first research to demonstrate a link between fertility prospects and electronic cigarettes across a large population, analysis of blood samples from 8,340 women revealed that people who vape or smoke tobacco had lower levels of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), which indicates how...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), a possible vice presidential candidate, called rape and incest exceptions for abortion a "tragedy."While speaking to Dana Bash on CNN Sunday, Noem was asked if she supported her state's law, which does not provide exceptions for rape, much like Arizona's Civil War-era anti-abortion law."Our law today allows an exception to save the life of the mother, but the people in South Dakota will decide what their laws look like," Noem explained."What do you think it...
More than 80,000 Nigerian women died from pregnancy-related complications in 2020, a statistic activists say reflects a lack of political will to fix a broken medical systemDespite having the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria also loses more women to death in childbirth than most other countries in the world. In 2020, about 82,000 Nigerian women died due to pregnancy-related complications, a slight improvement on the previous year, but an increase on previous decades.The causes of death...
At three months' postpartum, some women had a 'biological age' that had decreased as much as eight years.
Researchers have discovered that pregnancy delivers a special gift to mothers — and it's not only their newborns.Last month, a new study published in Cell Metabolism, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, showed that scientists have confirmed what previous studies have shown: Pregnancy takes a toll on a woman's body in terms of her biological age. In other words, pregnancy accelerates aging. But researchers also found that any acceleration can be greatly reversed postpartum.Researchers tracked...
'Pretty slow week around here. And gently trying to give baby the eviction notice,' she captioned the post, which received more than 30,425 likes likes in 40 m
A spate of women reported unexpectedly getting pregnant after being prescribed medications containing semaglutide, the key ingredient in drugs Wegovy and Ozempic.
There are numerous barriers are still in place for women trying to access abortion services, especially in rural areas
One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn't offer an ultrasound. The baby later died. Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court...
The strike, called "pay fair for patient care", is led by Unison
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