| | | | | | California is preparing for a world without federal abortion protections. Gov. Gavin Newsom has vowed to make the state a sanctuary for women seeking abortions in states where the procedure would be outlawed if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Planned Parenthood Mar Monte is renovating and building new facilities to increase its capacity. Access Reproductive Justice is a nonprofit that helps women with the logistics of abortions. The group has raised $25,000 since Monday. That's when a draft ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court was published indicating the court would end federal abortion protections. The group has also seen an influx of people asking to volunteer. | | | | | | FRIDAY, May 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A serious bout of COVID-19 can prompt a serious loss of brain power, new research warns, triggering a drop in IQ that's equivalent to aging from 50 to 70 in a matter of months. | | | | | | Over the past three decades, birthrates have declined for women in their 20s and jumped for women in their late 30s and early 40s. That's according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau released this spring ahead of Mother's Day. Experts say decisions by women to invest in their education and careers so they can better support their children have contributed to the age shift. Older motherhood also is taking place in developed countries in Europe and Asia, and it means that U.S. population growth could continue to slow down since the ability to have children tends to decrease with age. | | | | | | FRIDAY, May 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Uterine cancer mortality increased from 2010 to 2017, with larger increases seen for nonendometrioid uterine carcinoma, according to a study published online May 5 in JAMA Oncology. | | | | | | FRIDAY, May 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 omicron infection are less likely to be admitted to the hospital than those with delta infection, according to a study published in the May issue of eBioMedicine. | | | | | | FRIDAY, May 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The overall complication rate for hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (HALLDN) was 12.4 percent, and most complications occurred after discharge, according to a study published online April 27 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. | | | | | | FRIDAY, May 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dual use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and smoking is not associated with a significant reduction in the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a research letter published online May 6 in Circulation. | | | | | | FRIDAY, May 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors have increased incidence and mortality of subsequent primary cancers (SPCs), according to a study published online May 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | | | | | | |
