Types of Congenital Heart Defects

Share on Pinterest What are the best at-home PCOS tests? We include products we think are useful for our readers. If you buy through links on this page, we may earn a small commission. Here's our process. Even if you're not considering having children, reproductive health is central to overall health. For instance, your sexually transmitted infection (STI) status, hormone levels, and contraception use all affect your physical, emotional, and mental health. If you have ovaries, it's particularly important to be aware of conditions that can affect you, like polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), so you can advocate for your own health. According to the Office on Women's Health, PCOS is an issue that affects 10 percent of women who are of childbearing age. It causes hormone imbalances and metabolism problems that can have widespread effects throughout the body and on your appearance. It's also a common and treatable cause of infertility. If you're experiencing symptoms...

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VOORHEES, N.J. — Joel Farabee suddenly felt a pinching sensation in his neck area. Fewer than two weeks later, he was undergoing disc replacement surgery in his cervical region, becoming the third NHL player to ever have such a procedure. Last Friday, the Flyers' 22-year-old winger joined Golden Knights center Jack Eichel and Blackhawks forward Tyler Johnson in that category. "I know Joel and Joel's family and his representation certainly were encouraged by the results that they've seen," Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher said Wednesday. "We obviously consulted with more than one doctor, we got multiple opinions and everybody thought that this was the best approach." The injury was as stunning to Farabee and the Flyers as it was to those that received the news publicly five days ago. Farabee missed 19 games last season with two different occurrences of an injury to his left shoulder area. But he finished the season on the ice and was eager fo...

It had been barely 80 minutes since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday when physician Nisha Verma's phone pinged with an urgent group message from another obstetrician-gynecologist that made her catch her breath. There was a woman in Wisconsin carrying a fetus with anencephaly, a fatal birth defect in which parts of the brain and skull are missing. With abortion likely illegal in the state, the clinic had canceled her appointment for a termination later that day. But forcing her to continue the pregnancy was cruel and risked complications. What should I do? the doctor wrote. As colleagues in other parts of the Midwest responded with leads for out-of-state clinics, Verma mentally added the case to her growing list of gray-area situations where the new abortion bans fail to capture the complexity of modern medicine and leave doctors in the lurch. "There are so many unanswered questions," said Verma, an OB/GYN in Atlanta, where a six-week abortion ban ...

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"I'm happy to contribute, but can you keep it anonymous? It's a safety concern for me." On the day that the Supreme Court of the United States voted to strike down Roe v. Wade , I reached out to ob/gyns across the country, wanting to hear their reactions. My own response, like that of many doctors and women, was a visceral mix of anger, fear, and grief. I could only begin to imagine what the real experts on reproductive healthcare were going through. When the first ob/gyn responded to my request by expressing concerns around anonymity and personal safety, I was shocked — but I shouldn't have been. For starters, there is already a storied history in this country of deadly attacks on abortion providers. David Gunn, MD; Barnett Slepian, MD; and George Tiller, MD, were all tragically murdered by anti-abortion extremists. Then, there's the existence of websites that keep logs of abortion providers and sometimes include photos, office...

It is the role of the pharmacist to ensure patients are adequately counseled on the adverse effects and potential harms of codeine. An 84-year-old female patient with a persistent cough went to her local pharmacy to seek relief after trying a dextromethorphan product with minimal symptomatic improvement. After describing her symptoms to the pharmacist, it was recommended she try a cough syrup containing guaifenesin and codeine, which was available without a prescription behind the counter. Codeine regulation varies widely across countries and states. In some states, including North Carolina, Florida, Oklahoma, and Iowa, 1,2 pharmacists can dispense a small quantity of cough syrup containing codeine OTC. Based on individual state law, this information may not be logged into the prescription drug monitoring program, which may contribute to providers being unaware of their patients' use of codeine. Approximately 10 days after the female patient began taking the codeine-containing co...

Jim Lanning believes in preserving both the natural beauty of Spring Creek and the history of the Spring Creek Brewery. (Photo by Matt Maris) Hidden within a hillside in Benner Township are 19th-century beer vaults that once held and lagered barrels of Centre County's finest. By the time the township was formed in 1853, the village of Roopsburg was thriving, in large part because of its brewery on Spring Creek. The brewery had a historic run from 1826 until it closed in 1902. The vaults are still there, and so is the brewer's mansion. Today the property is owned by Jim and Denise Lanning. Water has always been what has drawn people to the site. For the Lannings, water is the very essence of the site's past, present, and future. Jim boiled his vision for the Spring Creek House at Camp Breac into one statement: "It's all about the water." In Gaelic,  donn breac  means wild brown trout, and Jim wears many hats to ensure the healt...

R osandra Daywalker had always excelled. The daughter of Haitian and Jamaican parents in Miami — one an auto parts clerk, the other a nurse — she'd received a nearly perfect score on the SAT, earned a full academic scholarship to the University of Miami, graduated summa cum laude from Morehouse School of Medicine, and was inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. Then came the icing on the cake: She matched into the elite and highly competitive specialty of otolaryngology, a field she'd fallen for after watching an elegant head-and-neck cadaver dissection in medical school. Standing on the stage during Morehouse's Match Day festivities in 2015, Daywalker beamed. Her family could not have been more proud. The fact that fewer than 1% of otolaryngologists are Black seemed a distant concern. Her residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston started well. She was the only Black trainee but felt welcome. She earned accolades and...