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EVERYTHING
White House Tries to Fire CDC Director After Confrontation with Kennedy
What: Susan Monarez, the newly confirmed director of the CDC, has been suddenly ousted from her position after just a month. Bloomberg reports that it came after a confrontation she had with HHS Sec. Kennedy over vaccines. But she isn't going without a fight.
Key Line: "In an emailed statement, attorneys representing Monarez said that she 'has neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that she has been fired,' but that she was being 'targeted' because she 'refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts.'”
Source: Bloomberg
BIRTH CONTROL
Denmark Apologizes After Docs Gave Women in Greenland IUDs without Consent
What: Danish doctors forced IUDs on women and girls in Greenland without their consent for decades, leaving many patients *unknowingly* infertile. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen issued an apology, acknowledging the mistreatment and promising to take responsibility for the involuntary contraception.
Key Line: "The campaign started in the 1960s and affected thousands of Greenlandic women and girls but was brought to light only a few years ago. ...By the 1990s, the campaign petered out. But some Greenlandic women have come forward and said that birth control devices were forced on them even after that."
Source: New York Times
ABORTION ACCESS
Anti-Abortion Groups Attack Telehealth Abortion with Coercion Claims
What: Anti-abortion groups in Texas are attempting to halt telehealth abortion by claiming that women are being coerced into ending pregnancies with mail-order medication. The 19th reports that while coercion data is scarce, studies indicate it is rare compared to situations where patients are forced to continue pregnancies.
Key Line: “'You see abortion opponents realizing everyone believes they’re misogynistic or opposed to women, so there’s an effort to change the narrative,' said Mary Ziegler, an abortion law historian at the University of California, Davis."
Source: The 19th
MENOPAUSE
Menopause Linked to Higher Clogged Arteries Risk
What: A study of 222,007 women in the UK found that postmenopausal women had a significantly higher risk of plaque build-up in arteries (aka ASCVD) compared to premenopausal women, even after adjusting for age and other factors. The link was strongest for younger postmenopausal women, ages 45-50.
Key Line: "Routine cardiovascular risk assessments should incorporate menopausal status, and prevention strategies should be tailored to this population, focusing on lipid management, blood pressure control, glucose regulation, and lifestyle modifications,' the authors wrote.
Source: Medscape
CARDIOVASCULAR
Having Women in Study Found Heart Risk for Men
What: Making sure women are included in clinical trials can lead to better results for everyone, according to a study on implantable cardiac defibrillators. Researchers found that men with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle weakening condition common in women, were more likely to die or have serious heart rhythm issues under ICD treatment compared to women.
Key Line: "The trial involved patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, a weakening of the heart muscle that is more common among women, researchers said. Results showed that men with the condition were twice as likely as women to die or experience life-threatening heart rhythm problems when treated using the implants. 'This is the first study that had a large enough number of females enrolled to show this difference,' lead investigator Dr. Valentina Kutyifa, a professor of cardiology heart research at the University of Rochester Medical Center, said in a news release."
Source: HealthDay
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