Michigan Answers Podcast
Dr. Elizabeth Campbell joins us to talk about what men AND women need to know about cancer, vaccines and sexually transmitted infections and HPV, the human papillomavirus.
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Polycystic ovary syndrome – or PCOS – is a lifelong condition that may lead to long-term health risks including infertility. Yet, many people don’t know about it until they’re diagnosed.
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Study suggests hospital-based maternal deaths are occurring earlier in pregnancy or postpartum – while maternal deaths occurring at the time of delivery are declining in the U.S.
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With rates of some STIs on the rise, it’s never been more important to understand the risks, symptoms and treatments.
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Study suggests Black pregnant individuals are more exposed to chronic social stressors that may increase their risk for negative health outcomes, racial disparities.
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A new mother with quadriplegia reflects on what she thought was an impossible dream of growing her family.
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Our Village offers many women a safe space to share their motherhood journeys.
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Complicated heart issues put one woman at high risk for pregnancy, but a team of skilled doctors helped her give birth to two healthy children.
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Postpartum depression and anxiety have increased in the time of COVID. New studies show the care gaps and surprising silver linings that emerged for people who gave birth during the early days of the pandemic.
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More than a year after a complex separation surgery, Sarabeth and Amelia Irwin are “as individual as can be.”
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Black women were twice as likely to get COVID-19 as white women, preeclampsia risk higher for all infected pregnant people in multicenter Michigan study.
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After a long, difficult journey with complex congenital heart disease, Valentina is making new memories with her family.
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Study shows that in the US, the cost of health care is unaffordable for 60% of pregnant and postpartum women, including among privately insured women who report prohibitive out-of-pocket costs.
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Study suggests racial and ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity rates up to a year after delivery, higher risk for those with anxiety and depression.
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For Merrick and Mychal, the news that they’d be having fraternal girls with an expected delivery date of Christmas Day 2020 made the news even more exciting. But, to everyone's surprise, that delivery came early.