Doctor: Hello. I’m Juan, and I’ll be delivering your baby.
Father: OB Juan, you’re our only hope!
Mother: Leave his name off the birth certificate
#OBSky #MedSky
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Doctor: Hello. I’m Juan, and I’ll be delivering your baby.
Father: OB Juan, you’re our only hope!
Mother: Leave his name off the birth certificate
#OBSky #MedSky
www.cbsnews.com/news/nebrask... #Blue#LawSky #NurseSky #EMSky #IMSky #SciSky #PedsSky #ObSky #MedSky #NeuroSky
Methodological considerations when studying ethnic disparities in epidural access
"Ensuring equitable access requires understanding where barriers operate and how epidural timing intersects with ethnicity and outcomes."
#AnSky #ObSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
This systematic review updates existing recommendations for postoperative pain management after elective caesarean section performed under neuraxial anaesthesia.
#AnSky #ObsAnSky #ObSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
Bundled and sold like subprime mortgages.
Then a rookie Arkansas lawyer stepped in. Five years later: $2.5M awarded to one woman. www.newyorker.com/books/under-... #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #NurseSky #ObSky #EMSky #SurgSky
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #pharmsky #obsky #publichealth These findings underscore #placentitis as a key driver of fetal complications upon #SARSCoV2 infection & highlight the potential of vaccination & anticoagulant therapy to protect both mother & child.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #Neurodky #obsky #publichealth Prenatal exposure to #SARSCoV2 infection may increase risk for #autismspectrum’disorders among females.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New RCT data: AI-supported mammography finds more clinically relevant breast cancers without extra false positives — and leads to fewer aggressive & advanced cancers later.
The first randomized trial (>100k women) just dropped. This is how tech should change care. 🔬💗 1/2
#BlueSky #RadSky #ObSky
“People will die.” The VA has banned abortion in most cases — even for rape and incest. Read that again. How do you tell a woman who was raped to carry her rapist’s child?
Women veterans seeking VA care now have fewer reproductive rights than incarcerated #BlueSky #MedSky #NurseSky #ObSky #PedsSky
Epidural rates for vaginal deliveries (Aotearoa, NZ):
• overall: 23.1%
• Māori: 18.4%
• Pacific: 9.9% (significantly lower than European women across both parity groups)
• Māori = European women during their first birth; less likely in subsequent births
#AnSky #ObSky
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Call on pediatric and family medical orgs to make a statement about the harms of dyad separation. All infants—breastfeeding or no—NEED their parents to thrive. This is not like, an optional thing.
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🧪🩺🛟 #medsky #pedsky #childhealth #mch #obsky #nursesky #pediatrician
Reminder: Aspirin should not be used in analgesic doses in breastfeeding patients!
This is due to the risk of Reye's syndrome in the child.
If indicated, low-dose aspirin taken for its antiplatelet effects can be used in patients who are breastfeeding.
#AnSky #ObSky
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Here is some really useful information on transfer to breastmilk of medicines used peri-operatively.
Of note are drugs to:
⚠️ use with caution - tramadol, oxycodone, codeine and pethidine
❌ avoid - aspirin in analgesic doses
#AnSky #breastfeeding #MedSky #SurgSky #ObSky
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📊 FACT CHECKED: 43 studies, rigorous sibling analyses, & REAL science: New research published in The Lancet Ob shows Tylenol taken in pregnancy doesn’t raise the risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disabilities — debunking past political #ScienceNotSpin
#BlueSky #MedSy #ObSky #PedsSky #EMSky
💔 15 child flu deaths in 1 week. ~90% of those kids weren’t fully vaccinated. Per CDC, 18M+ illnesses & 230K hospitalizations this season. Flu can be serious — vaccination matters. #BlueSky #NewsSky #MedSjky #NurseSky #EMSKy #IMSky #PedsSky #ObSky
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"this research offers critical perspectives on the absence of vaccination and its implications for maternal-fetal health dynamics during the pre-vaccination epoch of the pandemic."
#MedSky + #ObSky.
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A pregnant police officer in NC needed emergency cardioversion bc her heart was beating at over 190 beats per min. Doctors refused because she was pregnant. She tried to get an abortion to save her life.
.
She didn’t
#BlueSky #NewsSky #abortion #MedSky #ObSky #NurseSky #PedsSky #EMSky #CardsSky
Anna Kuliscioff seated
1/9/1857 — b. Anna Kuliscioff, Russian physician, revolutionary, feminist, internationalist, salonist. OBGYN, early prominent feminist; one of the first wmn to earn a medical degree. Operated med practice in Milan for wmn + the poor (1885-91) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #ObSky #BOTD
arbitrary, reckless, and dangerous, driven by ideology rather than medicine, and will undermine trust and put kids at risk. #EMSky #ObSky #IMSky #NurseSky #NewsSky #PedsSky #IDSky #SciSky
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Proportions of systemic lupus erythematosus pregnancies (N=1,417) and non-systemic lupus erythematosus pregnancies (N=14,133) with (A) preeclampsia, (B) small for gestational age birth, (C) preterm delivery, and (D) Caesarean delivery in Sweden over time, 2003-2022
Swedish national registry data 2003-2022 showed rates of preeclampsia, preterm delivery, small for gestational age birth and Cesarean delivery have decreased among SLE pregnancies, particularly among nulliparous pregnancies
Arthritis & Rheumatology
doi.org/10.1002/art....
#Medsky #OBsky
12/26/1636 — b. Justine Siegemundin, German physician, midwife, author. Wrote the evidence-based “Court Midwife” (1690), a widely read German obstetrical manual written from a female perspective that revolutionized obstetrics + midwifery in the era #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #ObSky
📉 Experts estimate:
• 14 million global deaths by 2030 from USAID cuts
• 16 million uninsured → ~120,000 U.S. deaths
• 24–32k deaths per year from Medicaid cuts alone
• Rising silicosis, lung disease & preventable infections
This is a 2/3
#NurseSky #FmSky #PedsSky #CardioSky #ObSky #GISky
COVID aftershocks keep coming. A massive health system obs study found:
▪️ 2× higher thyroid disease risk if hospitalized
▪️ 35-55% higher risk even if NOT hospitalized
Hypothyroid. 1/2
#BlueSky #MedSky 🧪
#SciSky #EMSky #EMedSky #NurseSky #FmSky #PedsSky #CardioSky #ObSky #GISky #NewsSky
🧪 #IDSky
#SciSky #EMSky #EMedSky #NurseSky #FmSky #PedsSky #ObSky #GISky #NewsSky
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
A 2-week-old baby, ashen and struggling to breathe.
Airlifted to the ICU. Now on a ventilator. A preventable disease.
26,000+ cases. 13 deaths.
CDC says this is the worst whooping 1/2
#BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky
#SciSky #EMSky #EMedSky #NurseSky #FmSky #PedsSky #ObSky #GISky #NewsSky
Vaccines saved 150 million children in 50 years. That’s 2× the UK’s population — alive because science worked. 94 million from measles alone.
No hype. Just data. ❤️
ourworldindata.org/vaccines-chi...
#BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky
#SciSky #EMSky #NurseSky #FmSky #PedsSky #CardioSky #ObSky #NewsSky