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October 09, 2024
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Ryan Program directors report significant barriers to abortion training after Dobbs

Ryan Program directors report significant barriers to abortion training after <i>Dobbs</i>

Ryan Program directors noted limitations on provided abortion services at training hospitals with differences in services, restrictions and colleague support based on state-restrictive status, according to a survey published in O&G Open.

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October 03, 2024
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Top in women's health: Dobbs impacts OB/GYN residents; mammograms may predict CVD risk

Top in women's health: <i>D</i><i>obbs</i> impacts OB/GYN residents; mammograms may predict CVD risk

After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision led abortion clinics in Wisconsin to close, OB/GYN residents living in the state participated in an out-of-state training partnership to obtain abortion training.

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September 27, 2024
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Iron deficiency ‘very common’ among healthy, low-risk pregnant women

Iron deficiency &lsquo;very common&rsquo; among healthy, low-risk pregnant women

Approximately four of five healthy pregnant women in Ireland were iron deficient during their third trimester despite none of the women presenting as anemic during the first trimester, according to a large longitudinal analysis.

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September 25, 2024
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Impact of Dobbs ‘immediate and profound’ on OB/GYN residents in Wisconsin

Impact of <i>Dobbs </i>&lsquo;immediate and profound&rsquo; on OB/GYN residents in Wisconsin

When the Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022, abortion clinics in Wisconsin closed the same day, upending how OB/GYN residents in the state would receive abortion training.

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September 18, 2024
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We must make our voices heard and vote in the 2024 election

We must make our voices heard and vote in the 2024 election

The 2024 election is one of the most consequential elections in recent history, and as physicians, we have a responsibility to vote.

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September 18, 2024
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Spanish-speaking patients place high value on language-concordant prenatal clinicians

Spanish-speaking patients place high value on language-concordant prenatal clinicians

Women with Spanish language preferences strongly preferred prenatal care clinicians with the highest level of Spanish language proficiency along with positive clinician-patient interpersonal dynamics, researchers reported.

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August 08, 2024
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Almost 10% of women infected during pregnancy develop long COVID

Almost 10% of women infected during pregnancy develop long COVID

Nearly 10% of women infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy had post-acute sequelae 6 or more months later, according to results of the RECOVER-Pregnancy study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

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July 30, 2024
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Self-managed abortion attempts increased after loss of federal abortion protections

Self-managed abortion attempts increased after loss of federal abortion protections

The proportion of U.S. women who reported having a self-managed abortion rose by 1 percentage point after the Dobbs decision removed a federal right to abortion, suggesting people are increasingly relying on self-sourced methods, data show.

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July 25, 2024
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Top in women's health: New HIPAA rule; pollution tied to cerebral palsy in offspring

Top in women's health: New HIPAA rule; pollution tied to cerebral palsy in offspring

Law enforcement is prevented from obtaining reproductive care medical records of patients in states where abortion is restricted, according to a new HIPAA privacy rule.

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