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CoveteurBirth control can be confusing—even for those who have been using it since their teens. But if confusion is the cost of abundant contraceptive options, it’s a price most women will happily pay.
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A new study shows that a drug given to some pregnant women to prevent severe respiratory ailments in preterm newborns reduces health care costs.
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Reuters HealthIt’s long been assumed that women who get pregnant on birth control pills somehow erred. But a new study suggests some women may inherit genes that break down contraceptive hormones more rapidly.
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TODAY ShowEgg-freezing startups have a lot of women talking. Dr. Lisa Becht of Columbia University’s Fertility Center weighs in on what to know
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FOX NewsFebruary 12, 2019Park Slope, Brooklyn, mom Justine Simonson is grateful she had a doula by her side during her pregnancy, in the delivery room and postpartum. Her daughter Katja is now 7 weeks old.
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HealthlineFebruary 11, 2019Nearly two-thirds of U.S. women of reproductive age are currently using contraception. The most common methods used are female sterilization, oral contraception, and IUDs.
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SELF MagazineFebruary 8, 2019If you have endometriosis, you might have a host of concerns ranging from how to quell the notoriously agonizing pain to how this condition may impact your fertility.
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Ron Wapner, MD, is the lead investigator on a study published in The Lancet.
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Cosmos MagazineJanuary 29, 2019While investigating possible causes of unexplained pregnancy loss, US researchers have discovered that insulin is toxic to first trimester placental cells.
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InsiderJanuary 29, 2019A new study found that high levels of the hormone insulin are toxic to human placenta cells, and the discovery may lead scientists to a better understanding of miscarriages and infertility.
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HealthlineJanuary 29, 2019Preeclampsia is a condition that can affect pregnant women, causing high blood pressure that increases the risk of major cardiac events, seizures or even death.
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MediumJanuary 28, 2019In November 2018, a Rubicon was crossed in biomedical science. Researcher He Jiankui announced he had created the first “CRISPR babies” — infants whose genomes were edited before they were born.
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Refinery29January 28, 2019Kate Durkin froze her eggs for the same reasons so many women freeze their eggs: she found herself single and about to turn 35.
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New York PostJanuary 23, 2019When Mariela finally got pregnant in August 2017 after trying for three years, she knew exactly what she was going to name her little boy. “Aramis, from ‘The Three Musketeers.’ ”
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