At six months pregnant, Sonja Lee Finnegan flew from Switzerland to France to buy $20,000 worth of drugs from a person she had never met. The drug she…
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Read more Pregnancy Can Change Your Shoe Size ForeverAt the busy county hospital where I did my medical residency, we cared for patients with every imaginable problem. But one part of treatment was always the same:…
Read more A Modest Proposal to Save Mothers’ LivesEvery fall, when the air turns chilly and the leaves red, pediatric ICUs begin preparing for the onslaught of the virus known as RSV. Not flu, not COVID,…
Read more We Can Finally Do Something About the Third ‘Tripledemic’ VirusThis article was originally published by Knowable Magazine. For expectant parents, pregnancy can be a time filled with joyful anticipation: hearing the beating of a tiny heart, watching…
Read more A Genetic Snapshot Could Predict Preterm BirthLast month, during a meeting of Democrats in rural southwestern Iowa, a man raised his hand. “What are three noncontroversial issues that Democrats should be talking about right…
Read more Abortion Could Matter Even More in 2024The nonexhaustive list of things women are told to avoid while pregnant includes cat litter, alfalfa sprouts, deli meat, runny egg yolks, pet hamsters, sushi, herbal teas, gardening,…
Read more The Pregnancy Risk That Doctors Won’t MentionThe Sierra Club’s Equity Language Guide discourages using the words stand, Americans, blind, and crazy. The first two fail at inclusion, because not everyone can stand and not…
Read more The Moral Case Against EuphemismIf you haven’t been pregnant, you’d be forgiven for thinking the language of pregnancy is all baby bumps, bundles of joy, and comparisons to variously sized fruits. But…
Read more Please Don’t Call My Cervix IncompetentFor refrigerators across America, the passing of Thanksgiving promises a major purge. The good stuff is the first to go: the mashed potatoes, the buttery remains of stuffing,…
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