Details of New Ob/Gyn Residency Application System Revealed The application, called ResidencyCAS, prioritizes "holistic review" and costs less than ERAS Jan 03, 2024
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Abortion Pill Access The nation's high court will consider the Fifth Circuit's ruling on mifepristone Dec 28, 2023
Do You Believe in These Medical Superstitions? "I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious" -- Michael Scott, "The Office" Dec 27, 2023
MedPod Today: Long COVID and Stem Cells; An Unusual Pregnancy; New Cannabinoids app reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Dec 22, 2023 podcast
People Drop the Ball When It Comes to Safe Sex on New Year's Eve Study finds large spike in emergency contraception sales the week after Dec 20, 2023 video
Intervention Improves Outcomes For Women With Previous C-Section Risk assessment, decision-making support reduced major perinatal and maternal morbidity Dec 18, 2023
Matthew Perry's Cause of Death; Woman's 'Abuse of a Corpse' Charge; HIV in Girls Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by app staff Dec 18, 2023
Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy; Tirzepatide Cessation and Weight Gain Also in TTHealthWatch: newer vaccine technologies in adults Dec 16, 2023 podcast
A Medical Breakthrough for Postpartum Depression Within a Deeply Flawed System Issues of equity and access persist for mental healthcare Dec 15, 2023
Trump's Cognitive Exam; CDC Issues 'Urgent' Vaccination Alert; Plan B Use Doubled Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by app staff Dec 15, 2023
Baby Delivered From Rare Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy Both the mother and neonate survived, making the case extra rare Dec 13, 2023
Metformin for Diabetes in Pregnancy: Maybe Not, Trial Says New trial complicates findings of previous studies Dec 12, 2023
Giving Oropharyngeal Surfactant at Birth Is No Help to Preemies Increased rates of pneumothorax emerged among newborns treated prophylactically Dec 11, 2023
FDA Clears First At-Home Kit for Artificial Insemination Intravaginal device was deemed "substantially equivalent" to clinically used intrauterine device Dec 07, 2023
See Which States Have the Most High-Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care Top state had 63 high-performing hospitals, according to annual U.S. News list Dec 05, 2023
Serial Amnioinfusions Helped Neonates Survive Without Kidneys While trial proves "survival can be better than zero," long-term management remains a concern Dec 05, 2023
Mailing HPV Self-Sampling Kits to Patients Boosted Cervical Cancer Screening The strategy was effective for patients who were due or overdue for screening Nov 28, 2023
Days Before Surgery, Clerical Error Cuts Off Patient's Insurance Lost in the mix of Medicaid "unwinding" Nov 26, 2023
Early Interventions for Autism; Imaging After Stenting Also in TTHealthWatch: Clamping the umbilical cord in premature infants Nov 25, 2023 podcast
Cancer Patient's Final Act: Destroying Medical Debt Viral campaign will erase some $60 million in medical debt Nov 22, 2023
Nudging Parents Plus Auditing Providers Increased HPV Vaccine Uptake in Tweens Interventions worked best in combination, according to cluster randomized trial Nov 20, 2023
Impaired Neurodevelopment in Preemies Screened for Retinopathy: Nature or Nurture? Study highlights role of insurance type/socioeconomic factors in neurodevelopmental outcomes Nov 18, 2023
Self-Monitoring Lowers Blood Pressure After Pregnancy Complicated by Hypertension Intervention trial shows impact that could pay off long-term Nov 13, 2023
Pregnant Patients With High Autoantibody Levels Need Fetal Heart Monitoring Study should help target frequent testing to those most likely to benefit Nov 10, 2023
MedPod Today: So-Called 'Abortion Reversal'; CMS Cuts; Tinnitus After COVID Vax app reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Nov 10, 2023 podcast
CDC: Infant Syphilis Spike Continues Agency sees 10-fold increase in rates over the past decade Nov 07, 2023
Foster Care Admission Surged When Abortion Access Fell, Study Shows 20 years of data show increases in foster care admissions in TRAP law states Nov 06, 2023
Colorado's Ban on 'Abortion Reversal' Tied Up in Court Battle Mainstream medicine says the so-called treatment isn't backed by science Nov 02, 2023
Situs Inversus Cases Rise After China Lifts Zero-COVID Policy Experts in the U.S. weigh in on early observations at two Chinese centers Nov 01, 2023
Misoprostol Alone in Self-Managed Abortion Is Highly Effective 98% of women had a complete abortion without procedural intervention Oct 27, 2023
Infertility Definition Expanded to Be More Inclusive New definition more inclusive for LGBTQ people and independent parents Oct 26, 2023
Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy Tied to Earlier Death 50 years of data offer insight into cardiovascular, diabetes, and all-cause mortality Oct 25, 2023
More Data Support Adding Immunotherapy to Chemo in Advanced Endometrial Cancer PFS doubled and OS improved, driven by mismatch repair-deficient disease Oct 23, 2023
Untreated, New-Onset Hypertension Tied to Fibroid Development in Midlife However, treated hypertension was associated with a lower risk, prospective study shows Oct 20, 2023
Sperm Banks Lack Diverse Donors for Diverse Recipients Black and Hispanic donors are particularly underrepresented, study shows Oct 20, 2023
ART Embryo Transfers to Gestational Carriers Increased Chances of Pregnancy Transfer to gestational carriers resulted in better outcomes versus those without a carrier Oct 18, 2023
Abortion Info Buried on Many Hospitals' Websites, Study Shows Nearly 80% of U.S. hospital systems omit abortion information entirely Oct 16, 2023
I Lost My Baby Brother to RSV, Others Don't Have To Two new tools can prevent tens of thousands of hospitalizations and deaths Oct 16, 2023
Impending Hemorrhage With C-Section Flagged by Simple Test Uterine tone scores correlate strongly with lethal bleeds Oct 16, 2023
ART Births Linked to Slightly Higher Risk of Congenital Anomalies in Kids Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, in particular, shows risk for major genitourinary abnormalities Oct 10, 2023