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08 Dec

A New Chapter in Hormone Health: Dr. Rachel Fishman Oiknine Brings MDVIP’s Personalized Model to St. Louis

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Hormone, Reproductive rights, United States

Women in the St. Louis region will soon have access to a new model of personalized endocrinology care centered on women's health and long-term wellness. The new MDVIP-affiliated practice, led by Rachel Fishman Oiknine, MD, MSCP, marks a significant expansion of specialty care within the MDVIP network.

08 Dec

Prioritizing Women’s Health

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Maternal and Child Health, Menstruation, Mental health, Reproductive rights

Research into the three M’s of women’s health—menstruation, maternity, and menopause—has uncovered new insights about the start of puberty, shed light on mothers’ mental health, and laid a foundation for much-needed conversations about menopause.

07 Dec

Privacy concerns linger in reproductive health care despite HIPAA lawsuit’s dismissal

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

The four lawsuits at the center of a Republican-led effort to ensure law enforcement can access reproductive health records are now mostly resolved, after attorneys for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed last week to dismiss the last remaining suit challenging the legality of a foundational health privacy rule.

07 Dec

America’s war on pregnant women

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Post-Dobbs, Reproductive rights, United States

“Iknow that I do not look like the stereotype of who is getting an abortion,” Lauren Miller tells me over the phone from Dallas, Texas. “I was already a mother, married, with a family. This was a wanted pregnancy.”

21 Nov

Commentary: Side effects of the Virginia Fundamental Right to Reproductive Freedom

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Bodily Autonomy, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

A proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution, called the “Fundamental Right to Reproductive Freedom,” is looming on the horizon like the threat of a mushroom cloud, and now we have a legislature primed to launch the aircraft and drop the bomb.

21 Nov

US cancer registries, constrained by Trump policies, to recognize only ‘male’ or ‘female’ patients

DoryLatest NewsAnti-Trans, cancer, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trans Rights, Transgender, transgender health care

The top authorities of U.S. cancer statistics will soon have to classify the sex of patients strictly as male, female, or unknown, a change scientists and advocates say will harm the health of transgender people, one of the nation’s most marginalized populations.

20 Nov

Reproductive Health Equity for Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Populations

DoryLatest NewsDisplaced Persons, Healthcare, Migrants, Refugees, Reproductive Health Equity, Reproductive rights

Studies that propose innovative solutions to improve maternal and infant health among international and internally displaced populations.

11 Nov

HHS Advances Women’s Health, Removes Misleading FDA Warnings on Hormone Replacement Therapy

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced historic action to restore gold-standard science to women’s health. After more than two decades of fear and misinformation surrounding hormone replacement therapy (HRT), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is initiating the removal of broad “black box” warnings from HRT products for menopause.

11 Nov

I’m pregnant but my doctor won’t see me before 9 weeks. Why not? Is it OK to wait?

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

Why can't I see a doctor sooner? And is it really OK to wait that long?

10 Nov

Trump and GOP Rollback on Reproductive Rights for Veterans

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States, Veterans

DWC Member Brownley Leads Legislation to Block Trump Admins Rollback of Veterans Repr In direct response to the Trump administration’s proposed rule to roll back abortion access for veterans, Democratic Women’s Caucus Member Julia Brownley (CA-26) announced the introduction of the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act, which would guarantee that veterans and eligible dependents have the protected legal right to receive abortion care, medication, and counseling through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), without interference from political appointees or partisan agendas.

10 Nov

SNAP shortfall puts pregnant women’s health—and their babies—at risk

DoryLatest NewsFood Insecurity, GOP, Healthcare, Maternal & Child Health, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, SNAP, United States

As the government shutdown throttles federal SNAP benefits for an estimated 1.4 million Michiganders, Lee Roosevelt, a clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, said her midwifery patients will be among the hardest hit.

26 Oct

Barred from burning $9.7 million in birth control, the Trump administration may now be running down the clock

DoryLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Contraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The Trump administration is holding $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives in warehouses in Belgium rather than delivering them to women overseas, as aid workers voice concerns that the US government is running down the clock until the commodities expire.

25 Oct

Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Are Looking to Offer Much More Than Ultrasounds and Diapers

DoryLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Fake Clinicws, Healthcare, Pregnancy Centers, United States

More anti-abortion pregnancy centers have been offering medical services such as testing for sexually transmitted infections

24 Oct

Common preservative may harm female fertility across generations, study finds

DoryLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Exposure to food and cosmetics additive caused ovarian damage in mice that persisted for three generations, raising questions about long-term human health effects

24 Oct

Women’s health is not niche: It’s the future of healthcare

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Women's Health

Just a few years ago, so many conversations around women’s health in the U.S. felt like they were still just making the case for why investment mattered. Panels, white papers, TED-style talks pointed to under-funding, data gaps, structural bias. But something has shifted. Across healthcare and investment communities, the tone now is more about when, not if, and increasingly how.