Archive for Female Reproduction
Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year. Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and millions more experience ill health or injury, because the needs of pregnant women and skills of midwives are not recognized or prioritized.
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
For a fresh perspective onthe stories that matter for Australian business and politics, sign up for our weekly newsletter. Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is pledging more spending to improving womens economic and health outcomes in his May 11 budget, including a focus on protecting them from domestic violence. To know that one in four Australian women suffer violence at the hands of a partner or a former partner is just heartbreaking, Frydenberg told Sky News Australia.
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
On the abortion front, GOP lawmakers tried to restrict abortion access in Florida but various bills failed in the 2021 Legislature.
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Is humanity in danger of extinction due to rapidly decreasing fertility in men? Some researchers, including Shanna Swan, believe it is
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The current state of Black maternal health in the United States is a grim indication that we as a country have lost our way. The U.S.
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
Choosing to start or grow a family during a pandemic has been a difficult decision for many, and there are few studies focused on how pregnant and nursing women can best protect themselves and their children. With the availability of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, a pressing question arises: should pregnant and nursing individuals get vaccinated
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
A coalition of over 140 reproductive rights and health care advocates is calling on President Biden to mitigate the harm caused by the over-implementation of U.S. foreign aid restrictions, especially the 50-year-old Helms Amendment, which has limited access to and information about abortion overseas
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
Whether you are pregnant or are planning to be it shouldn't alter your plans to vaccinate yourself against the coronavirus, experts on the latest NewsdayLive webinar said Wednesday. That's because there's no hard evidence that getting inoculated can do anything but help you and your unborn child, the panelists said
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
THE second Sunday of May is Mothers Day. On this day we send greetings and flowers to our mothers. It is also a day on which we reflect on the existential importance of mothers to the human species, to the economy and to the family
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
Global advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights had a lot to celebrate during the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration.
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
When Kristin Patchell gave birth this year, she didnt become a mom.
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
A new study shows that when people in Colorado had access to free and low-cost birth control through a statewide program, the percentage of students who left high school before graduating decreased by 14 percent, according to a new CU Boulder-led study published in the journal Science Advances. It also showed increased access to birth control led to lower birth and abortion rates. The study, which used U.S
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
A combination of legal restrictions on voting and abortion, physical violence and intimidation tactics have emerged again during a time of renewed challenges to white male supremacy. In the first four months of 2021, Republican lawmakers introduced over 360 bills to restrict voting rights and 536 bills to restrict abortion rights.
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
Why Global Citizens Should Care While the UK government announced it would be cutting the UK aid budget by 30% late last year, its only now that full details of what will be cut andcrucially, by how much, are emerging. And the axe hasnt fallen evenly, with projects fighting AIDs, supporting womens health, and supplying clean water seeing well over half their funding cut.
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
A doomsday scenario of an end to human sperm production has been back in the news recently, now with the added threat of shrinking penises. Professor Shanna Swan, a US epidemiologist who studies environmental influences on human development, recently published a new book called Countdown. In it, she suggests sperm counts could reach zero by 2045, largely owing to the impact of a range of environmental pollutants used in manufacturing everyday products: phthalates and bisphosphenol A (BPA) from plastics, and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used, for example, in waterproofing.
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
Our news team compiled summaries of some of this semesters biggest stories. Read on to learn about students struggling through a pandemic, gender inclusivity activism, local labor strikes and more
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
Kari White and Shetal Vohra-Gupta Published 2:47 p.m. CT May 8, 2021 Opponents of abortion are trying to pass increasingly extreme measures to prevent Texans from accessing abortion, seemingly emboldened by a more conservative Supreme Court. Just recently, Lubbock joined dozens of other cities in Texas that have passed local ordinances banning abortion and declaring their city to be a sanctuary for the unborn
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Posted on May 10, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
Though Ohio never formally enacted a so-called heartbeat bill banning abortions after six weeks of gestation, legislative and legal actions appear to have fueled beliefs that abortion is illegal in the state, a new study has found. One in 10 Ohio women surveyed for the study thought abortion was prohibited. The percentage with that belief increased from 5% to 16% during the study period, corresponding to sustained activity to limit abortions from fall of 2018 through summer of 2019
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
A new NUS research at Bia-Echo Asia Centre for Reproductive Longevity and Equality will study ways to advance female fertility, lifespan and health-span The Centre, to be established at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at Singapore's National University of Singapore (NUS), was made possible by an $8 million gift from the Bia-Echo Foundation, based in the USA, whose founder is attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan. Research initiatives at the Centre will be led by scientists and clinicians from NUS Medicine and other institutions here as well as the Asia-Pacific, US and Europe, and specializing in womens reproductive health, aging, and digital medicine. The effort will seek to find ways to improve and lengthen female reproductive health and longevity, helping women to preserve and improve their reproductive systems for conception and general health, potentially enabling women to conceive safely in their later years
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
Next month, the Biden administration has a unique opportunity on the global stage to commit itself to protecting and promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights. The United States will appear at the United Nations Human Rights Council in mid-March for the adoption of the report from the United States Third Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
Black women in the United States with a history of severe physical intimate partner violence (SPIPV) are at greater risk for mental disorders than other US Black women, researchers found in a study published in Journal of Womens Health. Data were taken from a part of the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiological Study (CPES), the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) study on mental and physical health of African American adults in the 48 contiguous states. This information was collected between February 2001 and March 2003.
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Feminine Hygiene Products Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global feminine hygiene products market reached a value of US$ 21.6 Billion in 2020.
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM), a condition caused by declining hormones, especially the decline of estrogen, results in progressive but treatable vulvovaginal and urinary symptoms. However, it is often overlooked by providers. GSM represents a collection of symptoms that can cause a decrease in the quality of lives and relationships of menopausal women
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
For centuries, scholars and writers have speculated about the possibility of a link between lunar cycles and menses. And in 2021, it seems that the potential synchronicity between the two continues to fascinate.
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Female Reproduction | Permalink
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