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Lots of discussion about lack of advancement in women's health
Here is the thing. We will NOT advance reproductive/pregnancy/women's health science by continuing to do clinical trials that are NOT based on fundamental mechanisms that drive health & disease
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Here is the thing. We will NOT advance reproductive/pregnancy/women's health science by continuing to do clinical trials that are NOT based on fundamental mechanisms that drive health & disease
hang on...🧵🧵🧵
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Let me explain:
Millions (millions)💲 have been spent to perform clinical trials to decrease adverse pregnancy outcomes such as #preeclampsia
Trials on Vitamin C, E, magnesium, aspirin, calcium
Perhaps, you might be thinking--those are pretty generic interventions 👀
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Millions (millions)💲 have been spent to perform clinical trials to decrease adverse pregnancy outcomes such as #preeclampsia
Trials on Vitamin C, E, magnesium, aspirin, calcium
Perhaps, you might be thinking--those are pretty generic interventions 👀
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And you would be right. They are.
Vit C & E clinical trial was based on concept that there is evidence of oxidative stress in placentas from preeclamptic individuals
OK. Yes, but oxidative stress is a pretty ubiquitous biological event
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Vit C & E clinical trial was based on concept that there is evidence of oxidative stress in placentas from preeclamptic individuals
OK. Yes, but oxidative stress is a pretty ubiquitous biological event
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Did you know that according to @CDCgov preterm birth effects 1 of every 10 infants born in the United States?
#ph260720 #pretermbirth #publichealth
#ph260720 #pretermbirth #publichealth
Preterm birth is among the leading causes of infant mortality in the United States
#ph260720 #pretermbirth #publichealth
#ph260720 #pretermbirth #publichealth
