The rollback of ‘Roe v. Wade’ — 1 year later
The impact, still rippling outward, continues to roil politics and disrupt pregnancy care.
Publicizing the risks facing pregnant people — especially Black women
Allyson Felix — celebrated athlete, successful businesswoman and fierce advocate for maternal health — uses her platform to spread the word. It’s a message that’s welcome as Black Maternal Health Week gets underway.
Can hormone replacement therapy protect the heart and brain after menopause?
A unique therapy may prevent postmenopausal cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline when taken within six years of menopause.
Roe v. Wade repeal may exacerbate women’s health inequities even as candidates use it to gain votes, USC experts say
Health experts see abortion as a public health issue — but in politics, it’s a campaign issue and this is a critical election year.
Supreme Court abortion ruling on Roe v. Wade: 5 things that could happen next
A USC expert on medicine access, drug utilization and pharmaceutical policy weighs in on what’s at stake across the country.
Researchers identify gene mutations linked to pregnancy sickness
Up to 2% of pregnant women experience nausea and vomiting so severe that it can lead to problems with fetal development. A USC-led study offers insight into the condition and may help in predicting and diagnosing it.
It’s Time to Rethink Hormone Therapy for Women, Says Heart Health Scientist
A new study may change views on hormone replacement therapy and its role in women’s health.
Timely Advice Protects a Cancer Survivor’s Dreams of Starting a Family
A decade after surviving lymphoma as a child, a young woman gets critical guidance from a USC doctor about her fertility.
Living near natural gas flaring poses health risks for pregnant women and babies
USC researchers found that exposure to flaring was associated with 50% higher odds of preterm birth.
Do pregnant women face special risks from COVID-19?
Pregnant women and new mothers want to know how the coronavirus will affect their newborns. From breastfeeding safety to viral transmission in the womb, Keck Medicine of USC maternal-fetal medicine specialist Marc Incerpi, answers burning questions about pregnancy during the pandemic.
Alzheimer’s disease impacts women in higher numbers and different ways
As Alzheimer’s Awareness Month begins, USC researchers examine how the disease affects men and women, including theories on estrogen depletion and higher life expectancy.
Chips! Ice cream! Learn what’s behind those PMS food cravings
For years, researchers have investigated the link between certain cravings and PMS. Now, this USC researcher outlines what we’ve learned — and how women can take action.
The Common Women’s Health Issue Too Few Talk About
Many women are too embarrassed to seek help for pelvic floor problems, but doctors can offer solutions.
New data reveal crisis of women living on L.A.’s Skid Row
Surveys by the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work find nearly half of the women on Skid Row have been physically or sexually attacked in the last year.
More meat, more problems: Bacon may increase breast cancer risk in Latinas
Tuna has similar impact on white women, USC research suggests.
What do women want? Here’s what scientists might have gotten wrong
Despite accepted lore, women’s sexual preferences don’t shift according to their fertility cycle.
Alia Tutor endows Keck School chair for fertility research
Paulson’s division has a long history of making motherhood possible for women with fertility issues.
Birth control research may drive global health policy
Antiretroviral drugs that suppress the HIV infection can also block the contraceptive function of the most commonly used type of birth control pill.
UPC practice offers expanded clinical services
Keck Medicine of USC’s University Park Campus ambulatory care practice is offering expanded services and accepting new patients at its state-of-the-art location.
USC researchers to study genetic risk of ovarian cancer
Researchers at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center have been awarded nearly $4 million for two ovarian cancer research project grants.
With funds raised, work begins on new breast cancer fotonovela
Aware that breast cancer is the most common cancer among Latino women, Associate Professor Mel Baron is determined to inform this community about the importance of screening and early detection.
Hodges lecture focuses on stroke reduction
The second annual Roxanna Todd Hodges Visiting Lectureship in Stroke Prevention and Education was awarded to Cheryl Bushnell, associate professor of neurology at the Wake Forest School of Medicine.
India trip marks public launch of health-related global center
Hollywood, Health & Society Director Sandra de Castro Buffington and HH&S program administrator Chris Dzialo traveled to India last month for the public launch of its global center called The Third Eye.
Frozen-egg fertility treatment succeeds
Fertility researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC achieved the nation’s first pregnancy of triplets resulting from frozen eggs.