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- Just Took Plan B? Here's When Your Menstrual Cycle Will Return to Its Natural Rhythm, Mary Shorey, M.D., Well + Good
- How to Have a Great Hospital Birth, Orlene Thomas, M.D., Romper
- Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopause, Wen Shen, M.D., M.P.H., Microsoft Start
- What Your Vaginal Microbiome Can Tell You About Your Overall Health, Anna Powell, M.D., Women's Health
- With Placenta-on-a-Chip, Researchers Hope to Gauge How Drugs and Toxins Impact Pregnancy, Ahizechukwu C Eke, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., M.P.H., STAT News
- Fertility After Cancer, Katherine Cameron, M.D., M.B.E., WTOP News
- Having a Baby After Cancer: Fertility and Pregnancy, Katherine Cameron, M.D., M.B.E., U.S. News and World Report
- FDA Approves Self-Tests for Cervical Cancer, as an Alternative to the Dreaded Pelvic Exam, Stephen Martin, M.D., USA Today
- For Mother's Day, A Bouquet of Useful Health Advice for New Moms and Moms-to-Be, Jennifer Payne, M.D., NPR
- "Halle Berry Recalls the Moment She Says a Doctor Refused to Say the Word Menopause," Wen Shen, M.D., M.P.H., Marie Claire
- Mother Recounts How Johns Hopkins Center for Fetal Therapy Saved Her Son Before He Was Born, Ahmet Baschat, MB, BAO, BCh, WBAL11TV
- 500 mg Calcium Pill Protects Against Preeclampsia, Researchers Say, Ahizechukwu C Eke, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., M.P.H., MedScape
- Common Menopause Symptoms and How to Treat Them, Wen Shen, M.D., M.P.H., AARP
- Here's Why Period Cramps Can Hurt Even More Than a Heart Attack, According to Science, Khara Simpson, M.D., Business Insider
News Archive by Year
2023
- Serial Amnioinfusions Helped Neonates Survive Without Kidneys, Jena Miller, M.D., MedPage Today
- The Violet Project is Giving Young People Real Answers to Sexual Health Questions, Jenell Coleman M.D., M.P.H., Baltimore Magazine
- Lack of Racial, Ethic Diversity in Cyropreserved Donor Sperm in the United States, Valerie Baker, M.D., MedScape
- The FDA Approved the U.S.' First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill, What Happens Next?, Jennifer Robinson, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., CNN
- IVF Success Rates by Age in 2024, Valerie Baker, M.D., Forbes Health
- The Cancer-Drug Shortage Is Different, Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D., The Atlantic
- My pregnancy was super easy at the beginning. Then at week 27 I was told my baby was too small and might not survive., Ahmet Alexander Baschat, M.D., M.B., B.CH., B.A.O.,, Insider
- 'Vaginal Seeding' Could Give Health Boost to Babies Born Via C-Section, Ernest Marshall Graham, M.D., Health Day
- The Most Common Menopause Symptoms You Should Know, Wen Shen, M.D., M.P.H., Health Day
- What's Eclampsia And Who Is At Risk?, Ahizechukwu C Eke, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., M.P.H., Huffpost
- FDA to Allow Imports of Cancer Drug from China Amid Ongoing Shortage, Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D., CNN
- 'Every Drop of Chemotherapy' Drugs Being Used During National Shortage, Md. Doctor Says, Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D., ABC 7 News
- Jenyne Donaldson Shares Her Experience with Uterine Fibroids to Inspire Women to Get Treatment, Kristin Patzkowsky, M.D., WBAL TV 11
- Having Their Fallopian Tubes Removed Will Spare a Large Number of Women from Ovarian Cancer, Rebecca Lynn Stone, M.D., M.S., Scientific American
- Drug Shortages Near an All-Time High, Leading to Rationing, Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D., New York Times
- FDA Panel Backs Over-the-Counter Sales of Birth Control Pill, Deborah Armstrong, M.D., AP News
- Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills Backed by FDA Panel, Carolyn Sufrin, M.D., Ph.D., A.M., CBS News
- Advisers to the FDA Back First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill, Deborah Armstrong, M.D., NPR
- ‘Caught between a rock and a hard place’: FDA Considers Over-the-Counter Birth Control, Carolyn Sufrin, M.D., Ph.D., A.M., Politico
- A TikToker Says She's Going Through Early Menopause At 27 & Here's What You Should Know, Valerie Baker, M.D., Narcity
- Embryo Donations on the Rise as an Infertility Treatment Option, Katherine Cameron, M.D., Scipps News
- After Daughter's Death, Mom of Quads (Who Are Also Twins) Says 3 Surviving Babies 'Keep Me Strong,' Ahmet Alexander Baschat, M.D., M.B., B.CH., B.A.O., People
- The Prison Experience Elizabeth Holmes is Desperate to Avoid, Carolyn Sufrin, M.D., Ph.D., A.M., BBC News
- Study: Childbirth is Deadlier for Mothers With Sickle Cell Disease, Ahizechukwu C Eke, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., M.P.H., Giddy
- New Study Affirms Link Between Sickle Cell Disease and Risk of Increased Mortality in Pregnant People, Ahizechukwu C Eke, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins News
- Her Baby Has a Deadly Diagnosis. Her Florida Doctors Refused an Abortion., Jena Miller, M.D., The Washington Post
- Women Have Been Misled About Menopause, Wen Shen, M.D., M.P.H., The New York Times
- In the US, Menopause Finally Gets Its Due, Wen Shen, M.D., M.P.H., Yahoo News
- Doctors Should Screen Pregnant People for High Blood Pressure Regularly, Task Force Says, Janice Henderson, M.D., USA Today
- Half the Population Has a Health Issue That's Ignored at Work: Menopause, Wen Shen, M.D., M.P.H., Prevention
- What is Secondary Infertility?, Chantel Cross, M.D., Forbes Health
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Birth Control According to Experts, Silka Patel, M.D., M.P.H., Forbes Health
2022
- Johns Hopkins Doctors Team Up Across Departments to Treat Women's Heart Health, Jason Vaught, M.D., WBAL TV11 News
- Women's Health Week, Rebecca Stone, M.D., M.S., ABC 7 News
- Mom Shocked to Learn She's Pregnant with 2 Sets of Identical Twins: 'This Is Going to Be Crazy', Ahmet Alexander Baschat, M.D., M.B., B.CH., B.A.O., People
- The end of Roe is ‘horrific’ for incarcerated people seeking abortion care, Carolyn Sufrin, M.D., Ph.D., A.M., ABC News
- Debra Eluobaju: From Damewood Scholar to Gynecology and Obstetrics Resident, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- With Roe overturned, experts fear for incarcerated people and reproductive care, Carolyn Sufrin, M.D., Ph.D., A.M., ABC News
- Conversations With Friends Gets at the Agony and Frustration of Endometriosis, James Segars, M.D., Glamour
- Fact Check - COVID-19 Vaccination Does Not Increase Risk of Miscarriage, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D., Reuters
- Black women less likely to receive higher level antihemorrhagic interventions, Jason Vaught, M.D., Carolyn Guan, M.D. candidate at JHM SOM, Healio
- Q&A: Education key to boosting low rates of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D., Healio
- Timely Preservation: At Johns Hopkins’ new Fertility Preservation Innovation Center, patients like Alexandra Piselli are finding hope for a fertile future., James Segars, M.D. and Rebecca Lynn Stone, M.D., M.S., Hopkins Medicine, Ed. Winter 2022
- Johns Hopkins Doctors Team Up Across Departments to Treat Women's Heart Health, Jason Vaught, M.D., Garima Sharma, M.B.B.S., Anum Minhas, M.D., M.H.S., WBAL TV11 News
- Take This Hot Flash and Shove It!, Wen Shen, M.D., M.P.H., New York Times
- The Vaccine Dilemma for Expectant Mothers, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D., National Journal
- Johns Hopkins Winter 2021 Gynecology and Obstetrics Newsletter
- The Best Menstrual Cups of 2021, Cybill Esguerra M.D., Reviewed.
- Pool Cannonballs Are Pretty Much A No-Go During Pregnancy, Cybill Esguerra M.D., Romper.
- A mother, two sick babies and the surgical procedure once ‘in the same realm as magic’ that saved them, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
2020
- Hopkins graduate programs among nation's best in 'U.S. News' rankings
- Fetal Balloon Treatment for Lung-Damaging Birth Defect Works Best When Fetal and Maternal Care Are Highly Coordinated, Ahmet Baschat, M.D.
- Health Alert: Cervical Cancer Awareness, Anna Beavis, M.D., Fox45 News.
- Antibiotics may cause yeast infections — here's why and how to prevent it, Anna Powell, M.D., M.S., PopSugar.
- U.S. birth rates have dropped by more than half — here’s why, Chantel Cross, M.D., Yahoo Lifestyle.
- Highmark Health builds on collaboration with Johns Hopkins, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Sibley Memorial Hospital welcomes its first baby of the New Year, Fox5 DC News.
2019
2018
- Johns Hopkins Gynecology & Obstetrics 2018 Newsletter
- Modified Pap Tests Can Show Early Warning Signs of Other Gynecological Cancers, Nickolas Papadopoulos Ph.D.
- Post-Partum Depression: A Clinical, Not Legal, Issue, Lauren Osbourne M.D.
2017
- High Risk, High Reward: How These Twins Beat the Odds, Ahmet Baschat and Jena Miller, The Pulse.
- After Public Battle with Cervical Cancer, Nashville Singer Jessi Zazu Dies at 28, Kimberly Levinson, M.D., M.P.H., NPR.
- How a 'Flipped' Ovary Sent Busy Phillips to the Hospital, Karen Wang, M.D., SELF.com
- Local Group Helps Johns Hopkins Patients Battle Gynecologic Cancer
- Is Your Period Pain Normal?, Jenell Coleman M.D., WomensHealth.com
- The Scary Truth About Childbirth, Victoria Handa, M.D., Mother Jones
- Rare Condition Creates Unequal Blood Flow in Triplets, Twins, Ahmet Baschat, M.D., The Baltimore Sun.
2016
- Johns Hopkins Winter 2017 Gynecology Newsletter
- Guiding the Next Generation of Physician-Scientists at Johns Hopkins,Arthur Vaught, M.D.
- Normal Head Size at Birth Doesn’t Rule Out Microcephaly, Zika Syndrome After Birth, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- When Seeking Family Planning Services, Baltimore Women Deserve to Know Which Options Are, and Are Not, On the Table,Carolyn Sufrin, M.D., Ph.D.
- Gynecologic Cancers: Prevention, Detection and Treatment
- Swine Flu Vax and Birth Defects: No Causality,Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- What You Need to Know About Getting Tested for Zika, Clark Johnson, M.D.
- Treating Pregnant Women In The Age Of Zika, Rita Driggers, M.D.
- Study Shows How Zika Is Sexually Transmitted, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Can Zika Virus Damage An Infected Infant's Brain After Birth?,Rita Driggers, M.D.
- Brain Scans of Brazilian Babies Show Array of Zika Effects, Rita Driggers, M.D.
- Planning A Pregnancy? Advice About Zika, Dr. James Segars
- Pregnant Women With Zika Have No Way of Knowing For Sure If Their Baby Will Be Healthy, Clark Johnson, M.D.
- With Little Known About Zika Virus, Hospitals Scramble to Stay Ahead, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Study Links Zika Virus to Joint Problems in Babies, Irina Burd, M.D., Ph.D.
- Florida Fertility Doctor Describes Struggle of Advising Patients Amid Zika Virus Outbreak, James Segars, M.D.
- Update on the Spread of the Zika Virus in the U.S., Irina Burd, M.D., Ph.D.
- Health Experts Stressing Preparedness as Zika Outbreak Hits U.S., Irina Burd, M.D., Ph.D.
- CDC: Zika Passed from Woman to Man via Sex, Irina Burd, M.D., Ph.D.
- What to Expect a Day, Week and Month After Having a C-Section, Clark Johnson, M.D.
- The Most Important Muscle All Women Forget to Exercise, Grace Chen, M.D.
- Infectious Disease Expert: ‘So Much We Don’t Know’ About Effects of Zika in Pregnancy, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Zika Infections Last Much Longer During Pregnancy, Monkey Study Shows, Rita Driggers, M.D.
- How Worried Should You Be About Zika, Really?, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Zika Virus Forces Tough Choices on Couples Seeking Fertility Treatment, James Segars, M.D.
- Ovarian Cancer: HMT Extends Survival, Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D.
- Pregnant Mums Who Catch Flu Could be Putting their Unborn Child at Risk, Irina Burd, M.D., Ph.D.
- Health Alert: Zika Cases Triple in U.S., Rita Driggers, M.D.
- Sen. Cardin Meets with Researchers at Johns Hopkins to Discuss Concerns Over Zika Virus, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Mothers and Mothers-to-Be Assess the Risk from Zika, Take Precautions, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Drop in Birth Defects Slowed After Folic Acid Fortification, Irina Burd, M.D., Ph.D.
- Staying Healthy During Pregnancy
- When Zika Hits, a Push for Birth Control and Abortion?, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- D.C. Doctor Talks About Zika Victim's Difficult Decision, Rita Driggers, M.D.
- Health Watch for Below the Belt Cancers, Rebecca Stone, M.D.,
- Zika Fears in the U.S. as Summer Arrives, Rita Driggers, M.D.
- Brain Damage in Zika Babies is Far Worse than Doctors Expected, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- 7 Signs of Ovarian Cancer You Might Be Ignoring, Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D.
- Congresswoman's 'Miracle Baby' Born Without Kidneys Finally Gets One – from Her Dad: 'We Are Blessed', Jessica Bienstock, M.D., M.P.H.
- Why Many U.S. Health Officials Are Calling for Urgent Action Against Zika, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Ultrasounds Missed Her Zika Infection - Until One Showed Serious Harm to Her Fetus, Rita Driggers, M.D.
- Officials: Zika Cases Possible on Delmarva, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Morcellation, Cancer and Loss of Women's Choice, Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D.
- Here's What the Experts Know About Zika, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Researchers Find Link Between Zika, Microcephaly, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- GOP Congressmen Question the Need for $2 Billion to Fight Zika Virus, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Johns Hopkins Winter 2016 Gynecology Newsletter
- Could Kegels Be Doing You More Harm Than Good?
- A Call for Action: Capacity Building and Women's Health in Sierra Leone, Rachel Chan Seay, M.D.
- Maryland Confirms First Case of Zika Virus, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- The Rare Birth Defect That's Triggering Panic Over the Zika Virus, Explained, Jeanne Sheffield, M.D.
- Study Finds Minority, Poor Women Not Getting Safer Minimally Invasive Hysterectomies, Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D.
2015
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital Designated as Baby-Friendly
- Helping Women and Girls in Prison, Carolyn Sufrin, M.D., Ph.D.
- Johns Hopkins Hospital Hosts Gynecologic Cancer Conference, Rebecca Stone, M.D.
- 13 Ovarian Cancer Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore, Edward Tanner, M.D.
- New HPV Vaccine Can Prevent 80% of Cervical Cancers, Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D.
- Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk and Debate over Preventive Surgery, Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D.