How COVID-19 crosses the placenta: Study uses lab-grown placental tissue to model infection

byMonash UniversityPlacenta cells (syncytiotrophoblast, in green) infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19, in red); blue areas are cell nuclei labeling the multinucleated syncytiotrophoblas

Updated on: January 19,2024

How COVID-19 crosses the placenta: Study uses lab-grown placental tissue to model infection

byMonash UniversityPlacenta cells (syncytiotrophoblast, in green) infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19, in red); blue areas are cell nuclei labeling the multinucleated syncytiotrophoblas

Updated on:January 19,2024

Back sleeping in late pregnancy linked to lower birth weight

(HealthDay)—Back sleeping in late pregnancy is independently associated with lower birth weight, according to a study published online Oct. 2 inJAMA Network Open.Ngaire H. Anderson, Ph.D., from

Updated on: April 11,2024

Back sleeping in late pregnancy linked to lower birth weight

(HealthDay)—Back sleeping in late pregnancy is independently associated with lower birth weight, according to a study published online Oct. 2 inJAMA Network Open.Ngaire H. Anderson, Ph.D., from

Updated on:April 11,2024

Cervical cancer and HPV: What's the connection?

by Joel Streed,Mayo ClinicCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainJanuary is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between HPV and cervical cancer

Updated on: January 12,2024

Cervical cancer and HPV: What's the connection?

by Joel Streed,Mayo ClinicCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainJanuary is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between HPV and cervical cancer

Updated on:January 12,2024

An uncomfortable truth: How stigma and a lack of funding has set back research and treatments for vulvovaginal disorders

by Nicoletta Valenzano,Massachusetts General HospitalCaroline Mitchell, MD, MPH, studies the vaginal microbiome. Credit: Mass General Research InstituteThe world of medicine has made remarkable

Updated on: January 15,2024

An uncomfortable truth: How stigma and a lack of funding has set back research and treatments for vulvovaginal disorders

by Nicoletta Valenzano,Massachusetts General HospitalCaroline Mitchell, MD, MPH, studies the vaginal microbiome. Credit: Mass General Research InstituteThe world of medicine has made remarkable

Updated on:January 15,2024

Being Black and pregnant in the Deep South can be a dangerous combination

by Lauren Sausser, KFF Health NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainO'laysha Davis was a few weeks shy of her due date when in mid-August she decided it was time to switch doctors.Davis had planned

Updated on: January 13,2024

Being Black and pregnant in the Deep South can be a dangerous combination

by Lauren Sausser, KFF Health NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainO'laysha Davis was a few weeks shy of her due date when in mid-August she decided it was time to switch doctors.Davis had planned

Updated on:January 13,2024

Vaginismus: The common condition leading to painful sex

by Anita M Elias,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe social and cultural messages we receive around sex give the impression everyone's "doing it" and it's always fun a

Updated on: May 06,2024

Vaginismus: The common condition leading to painful sex

by Anita M Elias,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe social and cultural messages we receive around sex give the impression everyone's "doing it" and it's always fun a

Updated on:May 06,2024

Menstrual discs may be best for heavy monthly blood flow

byBritish Medical JournalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAmid widely differing capacities of available menstrual hygiene products, a menstrual disc—similar in shape to a diaphragm—may be best

Updated on: January 19,2024

Menstrual discs may be best for heavy monthly blood flow

byBritish Medical JournalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAmid widely differing capacities of available menstrual hygiene products, a menstrual disc—similar in shape to a diaphragm—may be best

Updated on:January 19,2024

US maternal death rate increasing at an alarming rate, study finds

byNorthwestern UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe U.S. maternal mortality rate is accelerating at an alarming rate, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine. But it's not due to th

Updated on: March 27,2024

US maternal death rate increasing at an alarming rate, study finds

byNorthwestern UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe U.S. maternal mortality rate is accelerating at an alarming rate, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine. But it's not due to th

Updated on:March 27,2024

How Plan B and other generic drugs work to prevent pregnancy

by Amie Ashcraft,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSince the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 and the end of constitutional protection for abortion, emergency contraception

Updated on: March 13,2024

How Plan B and other generic drugs work to prevent pregnancy

by Amie Ashcraft,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSince the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 and the end of constitutional protection for abortion, emergency contraception

Updated on:March 13,2024

Female genital mutilation is a leading cause of death for girls where it's practiced

Updated on: April 09,2025

Female genital mutilation is a leading cause of death for girls where it's practiced

Updated on:April 09,2025