This page is dedicated to Jadwiga Goclowski, PhD, RN, for raising my awareness of the importance in taking care of ourselves before we can take care of others, and for her tireless efforts and outstanding contributions in the fields of Quality Assurance and Maternal & Child Health.
The purpose of this page is to provide an organized approach to finding basic information about the most common preventable health problems that plague women. It is my hope that you will find what you need fast and easy. This is by no means exhaustive, but I have picked those sites that I consider to be reliable. If you have any suggestions about what else I can include, please do not hesitate to E-mail me your suggestions. SALUD!
New Biden rule seeks to protect women crossing state lines for abortions 4/2023 The proposed rule specifically prohibits the "use or disclosure" of private health information by regulated entities, which include healthcare providers and health insurance companies among others, for these purposes, including:
"A criminal, civil, or administrative investigation into or proceeding against any person in connection with seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating reproductive health care that is lawful under the circumstances in which it is provided."
It also prohibits "the identification of any person for the purpose of initiating such an investigation or proceeding."
An investigation by House Democrats looked at the effects of abortion restrictions on the training and work of obstetrician-gynecologists.
The findings suggest some OB-GYN residents are receiving less training in abortion care, which could leave them unprepared for emergency situations.
These doctors are also seeing more pregnant patients with dangerous medical complications, the report says.
A gigantic study of the results of physiological tests taken before, during and more than a year after pregnancy reveals the scale of the toll that carrying a baby and childbirth take on the body. Several measurements - including a marker for inflammation and several indicators of blood health - settled but did not return to their pre-conception levels even after 80 weeks, when the study ended.
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