A pregnant woman's body mass index has less of an influence on her child's BMI than previously believed, according to a new study. cnn.it/3Hyy3sT

Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case go.nature.com/34FM3Tl

.Aftershockdoc from directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee is the emotional and essential documentary focusing on the disproportionate number of Black women that are failed by the U.S. maternal health system each year. Onyx Collective x ABC News deadline.com/2022/02/afters…

The neo-Nazi march on Brigham and Women’s Hospital and attacks on health equity interventions are stark reminders of the obligation of physicians to denounce White supremacism and reaffirm race-conscious antiracism efforts. nej.md/3sTBWlJ

Labor epidurals associated with IMPROVED maternal outcomes #ObAnes Columbia Anesthesiology Columbia Ob Anesthesia Division Columbia University Columbia Epidemiology Use of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia for Vaginal Delivery and Severe Maternal Morbidity ja.ma/35moVJj via JAMA Network Open part of JAMA Network

Allison Lee presenting at Columbia Anesthesiology Grand Rounds on addressing maternal healthcare inequities 🙏🏻 Allison Lee for your outstanding commitment to curbing the glaring disparities in maternal care in the U.S. #BlackHistoryMonth #implicitbias #structuralracism

Today ACOG and the AMA were joined by more than 75 health care organizations in a statement condemning legislative interference in the patient–clinician relationship that restricts the full spectrum of care. Read the full statement: bit.ly/3uyb5xg

Required viewing for all womens healthcare providers. An unparalleled perspective. On Hulu Jul 19 Paula Eiselt

New letter to the editor in NEJM by Sharon Reale and Bill Camann- critical to the management of preeclampsia are multidisciplinary discussions and careful thought put into the anesthetic management of these high risk parturients.

Aftershock | Documentary Must watch - the raw reality about how & why maternal mortality is 4x higher among black women ⁦🙏🏻 ⁦Paula Eiselt⁩ ⁦Tonya Lewis Lee⁩ ⁦SOAP⁩ ⁦ACOG Pregnancy⁩ ⁦SMFM⁩ ⁦⁦⁦⁦ACOG⁩ aftershockdocumentary.com

Dr. Ruthi Landau Kyra Bernstein @MariaSheikhMD Laurence Ring Stephanie Goodman Anne-Sophie Janvier Dr. Bahaa countdownfrom10 ColumbiaPublicHealth Columbia OBGYN Columbia Epidemiology Columbia Anesthesiology Maya Jalbout Hastie, MD, EdD Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons ColumbiaACE Columbia Ob Anesthesia Division Columbia Doctors Pain Medicine Columbia Critical Care Medicine Finally got a chance to watch Aftershockdoc post-call. Couldn’t stop crying 😭. The families’💔grief- unimaginable. These #MaternalDeath tragedies were 100% preventable. #Enough! #BLM Committing rest of my #OBAnes career to fighting this madness. ✊🏽

🚨 New paper in AJOG 🚨 We studied 4.5 million children in Finland, Norway and Sweden and found 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐒𝐃/𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃 ajog.org/article/S0002-… 🧵

Amazing visual summary #MaternalHealthInequities. #OBAnes can be part of the solution 💪🏽 #SDOH play a role at every stage. #BirthTrauma is real. Paloma Toledo Tracey Vogel

#ObAnes - Columbia Ob Anesthesia Division Virtual Rounds with Michele Paolella on #TraumaInformedCare & how to support the birthing person who has experienced sexual or gender-based violence - the 4 R's 1⃣Realize 2⃣Recognize 3⃣Respond 4⃣Resist

The FBI has received credible information of a broad threat to synagogues in NJ. We ask at this time that you take all security precautions to protect your community and facility. We will share more information as soon as we can. Stay alert. In case of emergency call police.

Thanks to Eric Topol and nature for this amazing review! THE AUTUMN GHOST is available in the US/Canada now and comes out Thur, June 8, in the UK. Narrative non-fiction, for all readers of #history and #medicine #BookTwitter Rotary International March of Dimes EndPolioNow Greystone Books