Opioid Theft At Yale Fertility Clinic
Imagine undergoing a painful fertility procedure and receiving saline instead of pain medication. That’s what happened at the Yale University fertility clinic when a former nurse stole pain m
Category: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Baby’s Critical Stages Of Development In The Womb
At Tufts Medical Center, the Mother Infant Research Institute provides research regarding the lifelong consequences of the intimate and unique biological relationship between mother and baby during p
Mental Health Services for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
The Maternal Outpatient Mental health Services (MOMS) Clinic, which launched shortly after the implementation of California’s Maternal Mental Health Screening Law in 2019, is helping to connect preg
Treatment Of Uterine Fibroids
Uterine fibroids are growths in the uterus. They are non-cancerous and affect a good portion of women. They usually don’t cause symptoms or other health problems. Usually, they don’t require
The Risk Of Trauma During Pregnancy
According to the Mayo Clinic, trauma is the leading cause of non-obstetric death in expectant mothers. Usually, trauma occurs in the third trimester. Major trauma has been associated with 7 percent of
Is Women’s Reproductive Life Span Increasing?
The Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article on April 6, 2021, about trends in the reproductive life span of women and the age at menopause. The permanent cessation of menst
Is that my baby? How fertility doctors mix up babies
There have been numerous cases of transferring the wrong embryo into a woman’s uterus and numerous lawsuits and devastation. Many clinics seem very competent at first and compassionate.
Are baby girls born by cesarean at greater risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes?
Harvard scientists have published a study in the JAMA Network Open and it finds that baby girls who are born by cesarean could be at higher risk of obesity and developing type 2 diabetes.
Different types of surgery for a hysterectomy
Hysterectomies can be done with different types of surgical incisions. Previously most hysterectomies were abdominal hysterectomies, in which the uterus is removed through a horizontal or vertical inc
The origin of fetal surgery
Dr. Michael R. Harrison performed the first open fetal surgery in the world at UCSF in 1981. Operating on a fetus was an amazing accomplishment at that time and it was done to correct a dangerously
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