By Ray Jerram Dr Nathan Hodson Miscarriage and mental illness are common but often hidden life experiences. Emerging evidence reveals the toxic symbiotic relationship between these two stigmatized parts of life. To some extent their connection may be unsurprising, considering how we increasingly recognise the pervasiveness of psychiatric issues, as well as the trauma of […]
Month: September 2021
Action to reduce maternal health inequalities
By Dr Shohaib Ali More than one quarter of the 600,000 babies born annually in England and Wales are to mothers from ethnic minority groups. The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths showed that in 2016-18, compared to their white counterparts, the rate of women dying during up to one year after pregnancy is more than […]
Postal semen testing after vasectomy increases compliance
By Dr. Melanie Atkinson Vasectomy offers non-reversible contraception to men but efficacy is not immediate and requires examination of a semen sample post-vasectomy to confirm successful occlusion of the vasa deferentia so that other methods of contraception can be discontinued. This post-vasectomy semen analysis (PVSA) was, in the past, always completed on fresh specimens examined […]
US abortion rights under attack: before, during, and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
By Malia Maier, Goleen Samari, and Terry McGovern In 1973, in Roe v. Wade, the United States (US) Supreme Court affirmed that access to safe and legal abortion is a constitutional right. However, abortion rights in the US have since been under fierce attack. In the 48 years since Roe, state legislatures have enacted 1,320 […]