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Biden Administration Proposes Expanded Access to Contraception

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Retinal Tumor Risk Incidentally Detected at 29 Weeks' Gestation

Finding poses clinical and ethical dilemma for parents and clinicians

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Pregnancy can cause a range of changes in cardiac function and ECG findings

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Treating Uterine Fibroids While Preserving Fertility

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Women and Children First -- Or Not

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Hormonal IUDs Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk

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Lawsuit aims to require three in-person doctor visits, bar drug's use after 7 weeks of pregnancy

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Want to Lower Preterm Birth Rates? Spend More on Social Programs

Particular benefit seen in Black women

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Distant Recurrence Risk in Early Breast Cancer on the Decline

Trials now enroll lower-risk women who get better treatment, analysis suggests

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Clonidine Comparable to Morphine for Infants With Opioid Withdrawal

Randomized trial showed no significant differences in length of treatment, neurobehavioral scores

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Protein Drivers of Heart Attack Risk Disproportionately Affect Women

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Female Genital Mutilation Happens in America, Too

Physicians must partner with their patients to provide appropriate care

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