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Abortion Restrictions Confuse Care for Miscarriages

It’s an emotional and legal dilemma that potentially faces not just obstetricians and midwives, but also nurse practitioners, family physicians, emergency physicians, pharmacists, and anyone else who might become involved with pregnancy care.

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

 For Alcohol Awareness Month, we’ve compiled several of the resources that we’ve published to help you and your patients,…
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Are At-Home Test Kits Reliable?

Among the more remarkable legacies of the covid-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry, and consumers…
Black Maternal Health Week (BMWH)

Black Maternal Health Week

This week (April 11-17) is Black Maternal Health Week 2023 (BMHW) and this year’s theme is “Our Bodies Belong to…
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Guide to Migraines and Menopause

For patients approaching menopause, the National Migraine Centre has a factsheet available for download to help them understand why they…

NPWH news & updates

Gay Johnson, CEO Message from the CEO For almost 23 years, I have had the joy of working for the…
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Poll Explores Sex and Menopause

More than half of the women between age 50 and 64 reported being sexually active but nearly a third of them said menopause symptoms interfered,

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Preeclampsia Risk Test Gets FDA Nod

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first blood-based biomarkers assay for risk assessment and clinical management of…
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Sex Trafficking Isn’t What You Think

Frontline workers inconsistently define and apply the label “trafficking victim” – especially when it comes to sex trafficking. That makes it harder to get trafficked people the help they request.

timing of multiple vaccines

Timing and Cost of New Vaccines Vary by Virus and Health Insurance Status

Those who get one of the new RSV vaccines now should take a brief pause of at least two weeks before getting any other vaccination because there isn’t much data on whether they interact with other shots when received concurrently. Both covid and flu shots are worth getting, but it might be a good idea to wait a little bit.

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Urinary Incontinence Often Goes Undiagnosed

Urinary incontinence (UI) is so uncomfortable for some women to talk about that only 40 percent seek treatment, some waiting years before discussing it with a primary care provide.r

Paxlovid

Which Patients Should Take Paxlovid?

Even as specialists in infectious diseases praise the treatment’s effectiveness, many practitioners say they have questions about prescribing the drug and want better data

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