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'Complete' twist of fallopian tube sent girl to hospital with sudden belly pain
Fallopian tube "torsion" normally affects women of reproductive age and is extremely rare in children.
Muscle-healing gel could be a 'new frontier' for treating pelvic floor damage, very early study suggests
In a study, injecting rats with a new gel helped prevent or reverse pelvic floor damage associated with birth.
Maternal death rates doubled in the past 20 years in the US
Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. progressively worsened from 1999 to 2019, a new study finds, and Black populations face the greatest risk.
1st over-the-counter birth control pill approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill after recently being advised to do so by a panel of experts.
Controversial 'vaginal seeding' shows promise in small trial, but questions remain
"Vaginal seeding" may help restore the gut microbiome of cesarean-born babies, a small trial suggests. However, the practice isn't currently recommended by leading experts and previous studies have warned of its potential safety risks.
Doctors perform 1st-of-its-kind brain surgery on a fetus in the womb
Doctors performed a first-of-its-kind brain surgery on a fetus in the womb to repair a malformed blood vessel.
World's population could plummet to 6 billion by the end of the century, study suggests
A new model has predicted that Earth's population is likely to decrease in all scenarios across the next century and will peak nowhere near the 11 billion previously forecast.
Why is endometriosis so hard to diagnose?
Endometriosis often has vague symptoms that overlap with other conditions, and there are no non-invasive ways to definitively diagnose the condition.
