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Perinatal Community Health Workers: Lessons From California
There is increasing recognition of the need for a professional such as a perinatal community health worker (CHW), described by the Institute for Medicaid Innovation as a support worker who “utilizes the general skills of a CHW … and...
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COVID Vaccines Are Safe for Pregnant Women and Babies
Landmark study contradicts misinformation about brain development and conditions like autism in children.
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Research
I’m a Microplastics Researcher. Here’s How To Limit Their Dangers
For more than three decades, UC San Francisco Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, has researched how the toxic chemicals that surround us in modern life make us sick, like those in...
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Telehealth is as Safe as a Visit to the Clinic for Abortion Pills
Large national study finds that video visits, texting and mailing pills are all effective, as the U.S. Supreme Court considers limiting access to telemedicine abortion.
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS, Linked with Cognitive Decline, Study Finds
Polycystic ovary syndrome, known as PCOS, has long been known for symptoms such as missed periods or excess body hair. Now, new research has revealed another potential effect: cognitive dysfunction later in life.
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Healthcare
Why Ob-Gyn Katherine Brown Dreamed of Being a "Physician as a Form of Activism"
For ob-gyn Katherine Brown, MD, fighting injustice has always been at the heart of her work, which specifically centers on the care of Black women and birthing people.
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California’s First Latinx Surgeon General Emphasizes Power of Positive Childhood in UCSF Stop
California’s trailblazing surgeon general is using her platform to pave the way for improving the health of women, children and communities of color while inspiring a new generation of Latinx physicians.
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra Met with Department Experts to Discuss Abortion Care Post- Roe
Research Can Help to Protect Access to Abortion, Biden Secretary Says. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra meets with researchers leading UCSF’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health program to learn about their work.
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Healthcare
A new fetal therapy brings hope to families with a fetus diagnosed with rare genetic disease.
Some parents-to-be have to face the terrifying news that their unborn child has been diagnosed with a life-threatening genetic disorder. But thanks to a medical team at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital at Mission Bay, there is amazing new...