Laura Newman
I am a medical journalist and blogger. My stories have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and on the web. In Patient POV, I strive to bring the same rigor to telling stories about patients that I have shown in my previous work, which has featured research scientists and physicians.
Laura can be found on Twitter as @lauranewmanny.
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Tag Archives: women’s health
Patient POV Update: Immigration and Abortion News
Tweet I regret not posting here recently. It’s been a very busy time for me and I am following several issues that will make their way to this blog soon. I can’t give you a rank order of what’s most … Continue reading
We Need to Recognize ConscienceIn Provision of Reproductive Services
Tweet The Obama Administration made a concession to Catholic leaders yesterday, bowing to conscience-based refusals to subsidize contraception coverage. At the same time, a compromise was struck enabling women who work for Catholic nonprofit institutions to use separate insurance plans … Continue reading
Posted in reproductive care
Tagged abortion, contraception, HHS, Obama, women's health
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Are Dense-Breast, Right-to-Know Laws Helpful?
Tweet In a victory for the dense-breast patient movement, Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA) signed legislation last week requiring that doctors who discover that women have dense breasts on mammography must inform women that: dense breasts are a risk factor for … Continue reading
Posted in breast cancer
Tagged imaging, mammography, MRI, right-to-know legislation, screening, women's health
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On Mother’s Day, Invest in Maternal Health
Tweet Mother’s Day is usually a time for celebration in the United States, but celebrating it in a culture that devalues women, women’s health, and sets back the clock on Roe v. Wade are reasons to take stock, take a … Continue reading
Posted in maternal deaths, Roe, women's health
Tagged cesarean sections, maternal deaths, nurse midwifes, VBAC, women's health
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