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EVERYTHING
White House Blocks and Then Lifts NIH Research Grant Ban
What: Stat has the details on the White House ordering NIH to stop issuing ALL research grants, contracts, and awards on Tuesday afternoon...only to reverse themselves a few hours later. The decision briefly interrupted funding for new and ongoing research at universities and medical centers.
Key Line: "The afternoon email had directed NIH officials to immediately halt the issuing of research grants, research and development contracts, and training awards during a 'pause' of unspecified duration...The four-sentence email, which STAT obtained, referred to a footnote included with OMB's apportionment of NIH funding, its allocation of congressionally dollars for the final two months of the year."
Source: STAT
PREGNANCY + POSTPARTUM
Postpartum Pelvic Floor Issues: They're Common!
What: Conexiant covers a review of existing data on postpartum pelvic floor disorders. They write that up to 25% of women suffer from fecal incontinence around labor and postpartum, hemorrhoids happen in 85% of pregnancies, and up to 40% of women experience urinary incontinence postpartum.
Key Line: "Despite their effect on quality of life, these conditions are commonly underreported due to stigma, limited screening, and a lack of targeted treatment strategies."
Source: Conexiant
ABORTION ACCESS
Republican States Push for National Ban on Abortion Shield Laws
What: Going to court isn't enough--more than 15 Republican-led states have now asked Congress to outright ban abortion shield laws. Several Democratic states have passed shield laws to protect abortion providers from prosecution in abortion ban states.
Key Line: "Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement in response: 'These Republican attorneys general are calling on Congress to criminalize modern medical care, rip apart state protections, and reach across borders to impose abortion bans on people living in states where abortion is legal.'"
Source: The Hill, Reproductive Freedom for All
ONCOLOGY
This Cervical Cancer Sign Can Be Missed
What: The Today Show feature the story of Melissa Sanders, a 44-year-old woman who had dismissed a three-month long period as perimenopause. When she went to her doctor, she found she had Stage 3 cervical cancer.
Key Line: "While Pap smears and HPV screening can often detect precancerous cells or high-risk HPV infections, many women, like Sanders, do not realize they need to undergo regular screening. 'This is something that we see really frequently. A lot of women stop taking care of themselves once they stop having children because they’re so focused on their kids and other people in their lives,' Amarnath says."
Source: TODAY
WELLNESS + BEAUTY
How Botox Became a Mainstream
What: The Washington Post has a deep dive that points out that in just a few years, Botox went from high-end secret to something everyone does, like getting a manicure.
Key Line: "A 2024 report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows that U.S. injectors performed more than 9.8 million procedures using neuromodulators (Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, Jeuveau and Daxxify) that year, up 4 percent over 2023, which the organization had dubbed 'the year of Botox.' ...'It’s now so normal in American culture that patients mention it as casually as running an errand to the store or post office,” the 2023 report noted, confirming that Botox has become a catchall word for an entire category of products, like Kleenex or Xerox."
Source: Washington Post
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