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Medical and public-health authorities say some abortions are performed to protect a woman’s life or health; professional groups like ACOG argue that abortion care should be treated as medically indica...
carries a lower—but not zero—risk for many sexually transmitted infections (); the safest single strategy to avoid STIs is abstinence, but practical risk-reduction steps include consistent use of barr...
A wide range of medical situations can make abortion the safest or only medically appropriate option: common examples include ectopic pregnancy, severe pregnancy complications (like preeclampsia), let...
Pubic‑hair grooming carries measurable risks—lacerations, burns and rashes are commonly reported, and several large analyses link grooming to higher odds of certain STIs; one cross‑sectional ED‑based ...
Vaginal tearing or injury after sex most commonly presents with , while longer-term problems can include persistent pain, dryness, itching, and sexual dysfunction; these findings are documented across...
President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have publicly linked prenatal acetaminophen (Tylenol) use to rising autism rates and announced policy moves — claims that federal and medical gr...
Available reporting and guidelines say mammograms are X‑ray exams used to detect breast cancer early and that screening has been linked to large reductions in breast‑cancer deaths; the U.S. Preventive...
There is no single medical definition of “late‑term” abortion; major medical organizations say the phrase has no clear clinical meaning while many reports and legal regimes use thresholds that range f...
Available reporting does not directly study transgender or gender-dysphoric adults starting and then stopping gender-affirming hormones; most recent high-profile coverage and regulatory action in thes...
has produced medical guidance across mainstream broadcast news, consumer magazines and books, a professional society profile, and her own commercial newsletter and magazine; the record shows roles at ...
Journalists and the public must treat in public families with heightened legal, ethical and practical care: many federal and state laws generally allow parental access to a child’s records but carve s...
—variants that rose to high frequency through historical bottlenecks—have shaped screening guidelines by concentrating testing on a limited set of high-yield variants for and targeted cancer-risk test...
Longitudinal evidence about relationship outcomes after is limited but leans toward short- to mid-term improvements in sexual satisfaction, body image, and dating confidence for many patients, while a...
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) remains the most commonly recommended analgesic for pregnant people, and regulators and major obstetric bodies continue to say it is safe when used as directed for short pe...
There is no single “correct” length for a cervical dilation session because the term covers very different clinical contexts — spontaneous labor, pharmacologic or mechanical cervical preparation for p...
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) remains the recommended first-line over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer in pregnancy and is considered safe when used as directed, because untreated fever and pain ...
Routine screening is recommended for high‑risk groups: pregnant people (guideline debate exists over universal vs targeted screening) and women of reproductive age/heavy menstrual bleeding; children a...
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) that includes oral sex, condom/barrier training and ongoing parent–teen communication is linked in multiple reviews and guidance documents to safer sexual behav...
Estrogen is the primary hormonal driver that maintains vaginal epithelial thickness, lubrication, rugae, collagen/elastin integrity and overall elasticity; loss of estrogen (for example in menopause o...
Pregnancy that is "late" can mean two different things with different dangers: late-term/postterm (pregnancy beyond 41–42 weeks) raises the newborn’s risks of macrosomia, meconium-stained fluid, fetal...