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Latest News

• 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

• Out of Many Ovarian Precancerous Lesions, One Becomes Cancer, Ie-Ming Shih, M.D., Ph.D.

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.