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Patients Experienced Contraceptive Access Barriers During Early Pandemic
Half of people capable of becoming pregnant reported difficulty accessing contraception in June and July 2020. Most attributed their delays to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study of 1,525 New York state residents revealed. -
Study: Screening Patients for History/Risk Is Safe, Effective for Medication Abortion
New research with data from 3,779 patients who obtained medication abortions revealed that providers could safely eliminate screening with ultrasonography and/or pelvic examination. Simply using their clinic’s history screening questions about pregnancy duration and ectopic pregnancy risk was enough to ensure safety and efficacy of medication abortions. -
Study of Online Searches for Abortion Revealed High Rate of Self-Managed Abortion
People who face barriers to abortion care are more likely to attempt self-managed abortion, including taking actions that may be harmful physically, according to the results of a recent study. The findings are particularly relevant as an increasing number of American women have little or no access to safe and legal abortions in their communities or states. -
Reducing Barriers to Self-Managed Abortion Care
Self-managed abortion care could be far cheaper and easier to obtain than it is now in the United States, with legal barriers such as state laws banning mail-order abortion pills and the federal rule that still prevents pharmacies from selling mifepristone and misoprostol. -
Self-Managed Abortions Becoming More Important as Post-Roe Era Looms
More states are passing highly restrictive anti-abortion legislation that will lead more people to seek abortions out of state or that are self-managed. Advance provision of medication abortion pills is one way to empower women to make their own decisions in the privacy of their homes.
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The Association Between Cancer Mortality and Physical Activity for Middle-Aged and Older Patients
In a prospective cohort study of 8,002 middle-age and older Black and white adults in the United States, replacing sedentary behavior with physical activity was associated with a lower cancer mortality risk.
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The Effects of Diet, Nutrition, and Weight on Fibromyalgia
A review of evidence for the use of dietary interventions in the treatment of fibromyalgia shows symptom reduction associated with a variety of healthy diets. Weight loss may be key to understanding this connection, but more research is needed.
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It Is Uncertain if Men and Women Present with Different Symptoms at the Onset of Ischemic Stroke
There have been anecdotal reports and small case series that have suggested women may present with symptoms that are different from men at the onset of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attacks. These investigators conducted a systematic review to determine if there was a difference in presenting symptoms between men and women.
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Women Have a Higher Risk for Rupture of Intracranial Aneurysms than Men, Not Explained by Aneurysm Characteristics
It has been noted by clinicians that women have a higher risk of rupture of intracranial aneurysms than men, but in epidemiological studies this was not found to be an independent risk factor. These investigators undertook a review of several large, prospective studies and performed a meta-analysis to assess the characteristics that might be different between men and women to explain these observations.
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Men Are More Likely to Have High-Risk and Dangerous Carotid Artery Plaques than Women
Investigators in the Netherlands investigated the differences between atherosclerotic plaque burden and plaque morphology between men and women who had recent ischemic stroke symptoms and less than 70% ipsilateral carotid artery stenosis.