I Almost Died Giving Birth — Twice. This Is The Lifesaving Knowledge I Wish I’d Had.
The author holds her 1-week-old son after returning home from the hospital, in the wake of an emergency D&C and postpartum hemorrhage. Courtesy of Lisa McCarty After I almost bled out during the delivery of my first child due to postpartum hemorrhage, or PPH, I had nightmares about it happening again. One week after giving […]
Risky driving behaviors increase as common sleep disorder worsens: Diagnosing, treating sleep apnea may make driving safer for older adults
People with sleep apnea wake up tired in the morning, no matter how many hours they actually sleep. The condition causes them to briefly stop and restart breathing dozens or even hundreds of times a night. Even though such breathing interruptions often don’t awaken those with apnea, they prevent them from sinking into deep, refreshing […]
Opinion | Are My Coping Skills a Result of My Emergency Medicine Training?
In the wake of a harrowing year, I’m left wondering: Is a career in emergency medicine worth it? Like so many of my colleagues, I suffered personal tragedies during the pandemic that exacerbated the incredible stress at work. My brother died in March 2021, 3 weeks after receiving a diagnosis of metastatic colon cancer. Just […]
Wisconsin Makes Threats Against Healthcare Workers a Felony
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) signed a bill into law on Wednesday that makes threatening a healthcare worker a felony. Under the amended law, threats against a healthcare provider will be similar to other “special circumstance” batteries, which involve actual bodily harm and are punished more severely when […]
Opinion | Let’s Break the Incontinence Taboo
I hope that someday soon I wake up to one of those oft-mocked headlines that reads: “Millennials killed the incontinence pad industry.” If that day comes, it means that we have finally done our job as urogynecologists to dismantle one of the most pervasive and infantilizing myths that exists: that urinary leakage is an inevitable […]