These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
from Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health – Medscape https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951129
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UK COVID-19 Update: ‘Race’ Between Virus and Vaccine, Third Wave Warning
Down Syndrome Abortion Bans Gain Traction After Court Ruling
Governors in Arizona and South Dakota recently signed such bills into law, and similar measures are pending in North Carolina and Texas.
from Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health – Medscape https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951553
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Texas Governor Signs Law Banning Abortions as Early as 6 Weeks
The law puts Texas in line with more than a dozen other states that ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, possibly as early as six weeks.
from Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health – Medscape https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951544
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French Court Orders Damages for Victims of PIP Breast Implant Scandal
Thousands of victims of defective breast implants manufactured in France should receive compensation, a Paris appeals court ruled on Thursday.
from Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health – Medscape https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951513
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New Risk Assessment Tool Could Help Prevent Death by Suicide
A new tool to help better identify those at risk of suicide has been developed by Welsh doctors; they have validated it in two studies – one in outpatients and the other in a psychiatric hospital setting
from Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health – Medscape https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951512
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Variants of concern, lottery, and zero COVID deaths: COVID-19 Global Weekly Highlights
These are the global coronavirus stories you need to know about this week.
from Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health – Medscape https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951521
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Johnson & Johnson Cuts EU Vaccine Delivery by Half
The drugmaker is cutting deliveries this week by half, one EU official involved in talks with vaccine makers said, adding that it is not clear how many doses will be delivered next week.
from Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health – Medscape https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951534
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Medicare Patients See Rising Rates of IBD
The prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease increased significantly among Americans aged 67 years and older from 2001 to 2018, based on data from more than 25 million Medicare beneficiaries.
from Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health – Medscape https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951530
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Sardines Linked to Reduced Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Prediabetic participants randomized to consume sardines show reductions in diabetes risk factors versus a healthy diet alone; blood pressure improvements also seen.
from Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health – Medscape https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951528
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Endometriosis: things that make me shake my head
Nancy Petersen; Published on December 19, 2019 Things that make me shake my head and heard every day in Nancy’s Nook, now approaching 96,000 international members, growing between 800-1100 a week having failed all gynecology has to offer, including most of the common recommendations below: -Have a baby, it will cure your endometriosis, have another baby as you weren’t pregnant long enough (nope…
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