COVID & Health News, 5/18/25 Typical respiratory illnesses including COVID, Flu and RSV are at low levels in wastewater across the nation.

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😲75% US adults are at high risk for COVID
💉RFK plans to stop COVID vax for kids, pregnant ppl
📘Bateman Horne Guidelines for Long COVID, ME/CFS
🔴Measles at US airports and other updates

& much more buff.ly/aFRUyfY

#medsky #pedsky #IDsky #ObGyn #ObGynskyn 🛟🧪😷

Placenta bandages have far more health benefits than risky placenta pills − a bioengineer explains Placentas contain a rich amount of nutrients and stem cells, but there’s a difference between eating it at home for wellness and using it in the clinic to improve wound healing.

Placenta tissue can help heal wounds and reduce scarring, with FDA-approved uses. buff.ly/d9fmN8t

Eating placenta pills, however, has no proven benefit and can risk infection.

#medsky #ObGynskyn #ObGyn 🧪

Slide on burnout

We are reinforcing what we already know about burnout in #obgyn @acog.org #ACSM2025 #obgynskyn #obskyn

Hello Vienna! ❤️ 1st half day of CPP complete. Looking forward to the next few days
#cardioobstetrics #cardiosky #obgynsky #obgynskyn #reprosky #maternalhealth
#womenshearthealth

#CardioObstetrics Pearl
AscAo diameter thresholds w/⬆️ dissection risk in heritable TA dz:
🫀Turner ASI >2.5cm/m2
🫀Marfan >4.5 cm
🫀Loeys-Dietz >4.5 cm
🫀BiAV >5.0 cm
= C-section recommended #cardiosky #medsky #obgynsky #obgynskyn #obsky #CHD #maternalhealth
#womenshearthealth #highriskpregnancy #mfmsky

#CardioObstetrics Pearl
🫀15 yr retrospective cohort of🤰🏽associated MI
🫀#1 mxm of🤰🏻 MI = SCAD
🫀Most prevalent timing = postpartum
#cardiosky #medsky #obgynsky #obgynskyn #obsky #reprosky #maternalhealth
#womenshearthealth
#highriskpregnancy @acog-org.bsky.social @womenasone.bsky.social

#cardioObstetrics Fun Image Friday
🤰🏼w/single ventricle + Fontan physio
🫀mWHO III if well compensated
🫀anticoag management/dosing varies in🤰🏻
🫀can have successful 🤰🏾w/multidisc👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️ care #cardiosky #medsky #obgynsky #obgynskyn #obsky #reprosky #maternalhealth #mfmsky
#highriskpregnancy #ACHD #CHD

#CardioObstetrics Pearl
Observed EKG changes in 🤰🏽
🫀prominent Q waves in inferior leads
🫀flat/inverted T waves in III, V1-V3
#cardiosky #medsky #obgynsky #obgynskyn #obsky #reprosky #maternalhealth
#womenshearthealth
@gohealio.bsky.social @acog-org.bsky.social

#CardioObstetrics Pearl
4th trimester
= 12w period post 🤰🏽
=Chance to address Life’s Essential 8: BMI, BP, LDL, Glucose, diet, sleep, exercise, nicotine
#cardiosky #medsky #obgynsky #obgynskyn #obsky #reprosky #maternalhealth
#womenshearthealth @acog-org.bsky.social @womenshealth365.bsky.social

Wearing my happy vaccinated uterus badge to celebrate this news! 💉🪡💖

#IDSky #ObGynSkyn #ArtSky

Already counting the days to #CPP ❤️🫀🤰🏻
#cardiosky #medsky #obgynsky #obgynskyn #obsky #reprosky #maternalhealth #mfm
#womenshearthealth
#highriskpregnancy
#cardioobstetrics #heartmonth

#Cardioobstetrics Fun Image Friday:
❤️bMVR+bTVR in a pregnant pt
❤️pregnancy can accelerate SVD and impact pregnancy outcomes
#cardiosky #medsky #meded #echofirst #obgynsky #obgynskyn #obsky #reprosky #maternalhealth
#womenshearthealth @accintouch.bsky.social
@ase360.bsky.social

#medsky #obgynsky #obgynskyn #obsky #reprosky

#CardioObstetrics Pearl:

Criteria for HTN in pregnancy:
SBP ≥140 +/- DBP ≥90
Severe Hypertension SBP≥160 +/-DBP≥100

Gestational HTN increases a woman’s lifetime risk of developing heart disease
#cardiosky #medsky #obgynsky #obgynskyn #obsky #maternalhealth #womenshearthealth @cardioob.bsky.social