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The “Fourth Trimester” & the Importance of Postpartum Follow-Ups

Postpartum care — the “fourth trimester”  — is too often overlooked and undervalued in women’s healthcare. In observation of National Women’s Health Week, we spoke with two OB-GYNs about the clinical and cultural changes needed to better support mothers and children.

How to Empower Female Patients’ Advocacy & Avoid the Yentl Syndrome

In observance of National Women’s Health Week, we’re focusing on issues in healthcare that affect more than half the country’s population. Though the field has made huge gains recently, there are still hurdles. It’s difficult to disentangle these challenges from larger, systemic problems so pervasive in our society. Women wait longer in the ER before …

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