How much does pregnancy age a person? Our biologic age differs from our chronologic age. In a fascinating new study of epigenetic changes: 1 pregnancy = 5+ years of biologic aging So states with abortion bans are forcibly aging people five years #MedSky journals.lww.com/greenjournal...

Excellent reporting on the ongoing issues facing our state

Capitalizing on medical distrust, some influencers are selling guides to "freebirths" (medically unassisted births) and "wild pregnancies" (pregnancies without prenatal care). @davidnhackney.bsky.social @rachrobertson.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregna...

Feels like a reasonable time to re-post this.

My thoughts on this week’s dangerous & incompetent ACIP meeting. Right now, we can all work to keep medicine aligned instead with expertise Appreciation to @medpagetoday.com & @gfriedman.bsky.social #MedSky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

"Changing this training requirement is dangerous for patient care and will seriously reduce access to quality healthcare for pregnant people, worsening the existing maternal health crisis in the U.S." Read the full #OpEd at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118536?trw=no

🧵 THREAD of TEMPLATES to help you testify against some of the most harmful bills moving through #Ohio's Statehouse this week: 🔸️SB 293 — Punish absentee voters for slow mail: bit.ly/OhioSB293 🔸️HB 172 — We call it the "Child Abuser Protection Act": bit.ly/OhioHB172

In 2023 Ohioans spoke loudly and clearly at the ballot box, and our politicians have kept trying to circumnavigate us every since

The Ohio House Education Committee will be holding opposition testimony to the “Baby Olivia” Act this Thursday. Written opposition testimony can be submitted through the link content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHH...

Few things in medicine have the same existential disconnect between our widespread opinions against routine, low-risk continuous FHT monitoring and our near-filial adherence #MedSky www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/h...

Unfortunately one can elucidate the structure of DNA while also failing to understand how to be a decent human being James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...

In clinic today every patient who was pregnant with diabetes & reliant upon SNAP for food had their payments discontinued over the weekend I hope Trump is enjoying the White House’s opulent new marble bathroom

Currently there’s no reason to believe our federal government will spare pregnant patients from what may come Losing SNAP could mean more pregnancy complications as food insecurity grows ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/31/r...

In the next weeks, doctors should be alert to starvation. Starvation can be a surprisingly difficult diagnosis, as both food insecurity can be embarrassing & undisclosed but also the early medical manifestations can be subtle. Unexplained lab or electrolyte changes? Ask about food. #MedSky

Call the two Democrats who are about to vote for this map -- tell them to fight for #Ohio or get out of office: Senator Nickie Antonio: 📲 614-466-5123 📧 [email protected] State Rep Dani Isaacsohn: 📲 614-466-5786 📧 [email protected] davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...

"As doctors, we know that fear can be stronger than data." In an #OpEd, @acog.org president Steven Fleischman, MD, MBA, writes on "misleading warnings from the government" about acetaminophen and their effect on patients. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Medical misinformation and frivolous litigation form a perfect union as they are cut from the same cloth of factual obfuscation interwoven with emotional appeals #MedSky Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...

More professional medical organizations in more fields should also be issuing best practices for advocacy and misinformation mitigation #MedSky

Appreciation to Ohio Senator Ken Smith in meeting with our ACOG delegation; a stalwart supporter of physicians, patients and public health

Editorial by the Ohio ACOG Section Chair www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

Well…Ohio now also has “Baby Olivia” legislation in submission. It’s been defeated before in other states, we can defeat it here www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/...

Our series, The Unraveling Safety Net: How a new Medicaid rule strains reproductive health care, launched today. First up: @kelciemmorris.bsky.social and @sofiaresnick.bsky.social on what happened when Texas enacted a similar ban years before Roe fell. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/texa...

Ohio HR347, requiring a 24 hr waiting period before abortion, has a hearing tomorrow. But Ohio already has a waiting period law… which has been ruled unconstitutional… so this is redundant… So why the hearing? Cynical political theater ohiohouse.gov/legislation/...

Tylenol is not proven to cause autism or ADHD So if you’re pregnant & require relief from pain, relieve yourself of pain Ignore President Trump Ignore RFK Jr Don’t suffer pointlessly from the opinions of two old men eminently devoid of medical expertise #MedSky

My thoughts on this week’s dangerous & incompetent ACIP meeting. Right now, we can all work to keep medicine aligned instead with expertise Appreciation to @medpagetoday.com & @gfriedman.bsky.social #MedSky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Acetaminophen remains a safe pain relief option during pregnancy. Despite recent unfounded claims, there’s no clear evidence linking prudent use to fetal development issues. ACOG's guidance remains. When needed in pregnancy, acetaminophen should be used in moderation, after consulting a doctor.

The deepest roots of our obstetric outcomes lie in primary care and the general health of our adult populations. #MedSky

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

Meanwhile…a lawyer with no medical training or expertise, though is nevertheless somehow in charge of HHS, is threatening doctors with civil litigation if they follow the standard of care outlined by their professional organization… #MedSky

The American College of Ob/Gyn has released new expert guidance for COVID, flu & RSV vaccination in pregnancy. Like the AAP, these should now be the vaccination recommendations cited by experts, leaders, journalists, physicians, researchers, policymakers & the media. #MedSky

Access to reproductive expertise has been constricting through L+D closures & providers fleeing punitive laws. This will worsen under Medicaid cuts. Thus this resource’s need. It is additionally anonymous, often sadly a modern necessity #MedSky

These should now be the vaccination recommendations cited by experts, leaders, journalists, physicians, researchers, policymakers & the media. Not the CDC #MedSky

Sherrod Brown has been one of our most consistent advocates for patients and public health, the Senate needs him back Sherrod Brown Plans to Try for a Senate Comeback in Ohio www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...

Vaccination conspiracy theories & misinformation is the lethal bane of our modern times. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

Editorial on the FDA panel’s misleading claims on SSRIs and congenital anomalies. @medpagetoday.com @gfriedman.bsky.social @acog.org #MedSky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Ever doctor who practices obstetrics needs to say they engage in “abortion related activities” because A) that is medically accurate and B) they will then not be able to exclude everyone

New prematurity survival records are at the same time celebratory and complicated. www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/...

Dr. Mehmet Oz: An apparatchik taking healthcare away from children while hiding behind a masterwork of administrative & bureaucratic obfuscation. #MedSky www.cms.gov/newsroom/pre...

When the media covers opinions from RFKJr, it will be equally important to cover vaccination guidance from professional organizations like the American College of Ob/Gyn & Academy of Pediatrics. When they release their guidelines, it should be front page. #MedSky www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...

Untreated depression is often far more dangerous in pregnancy than risks of SSRIs…including from both maternal and fetal perspectives. Sadly, the FDA is no longer a reliable source of medical expertise #MedSky

The Department of Education exists as a matter of law. The law has not changed So either we still have to have a Department of Education Or we cannot really say that we still have laws.

America: where we restrict both abortion access and obstetric care at the same time Pregnancy Is Going to Be Even More Dangerous in America www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...

Litigants include our professional organization for high-risk obstetrics, the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine. Continue to be proud of our medical organizations choosing to be in the fight and not on the sidelines. #MedSky www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...

Last week saw the Texas floods & signage of HR1 Both are tragic Both will result in tremendous loss of life Only, unlike the floods, the millions of people about to lose health insurance will be entirely manmade, will rest entirely upon those who voted for the bill. #MedSky

When legions of Trump voters lose their healthcare over the coming months I hope they know exactly who has thrown them to the wolves

Few modern physicians have had such large impacts on medicine. #MedSky Lucian Leape, Whose Work Spurred Patient Safety in Medicine, Dies at 94 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/h...

As a high risk obstetrician, I know that patients with complicated pregnancies reply on Medicaid. With our already tragically poor maternal and infant outcomes, we cannot afford more cuts. Tell Congress to vote no on HR 1: #ObGynsInAction #MedicaidMatters #HandsOffMedicaid @acog.org

Want to make a real difference? Join ACOG’s texting program to mobilize voters against Medicaid cuts. Sign up now: bit.ly/4jkTGyF #HandsOffMedicaid #MedicaidMatters #ObGynsInAction