Linda Burke-Galloway

I was about to toss out an old medical journal dated April 2012 until I noted one of the articles discussed the risk of stillbirth and maternal age. Dr. Joanne Stone, a high-risk maternal fetal medicine specialist and a member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, wrote an article entitled Adv...
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The answer is yes, according to a recent medical study. The EAGeR Trial The Effects of Aspirin in Gestation and Reproduction, studied the effects of low-dose aspirin 81mg tablet in women who had experienced 2 or more pregnancy losses with no previous history of infertility and the results were promi...
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The answer is a resounding yes. For those who doubt the existence of miracles, please read the story about 26 year- old Fatema Al Ansari who enters the annals ofmedical history as the first five-organ-transplant recipient to have a successful pregnancy and delivery. At age 19, Ansari, who lives in Q...
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After I read about the suicide of Cynthia Wachenheim, I was and still am an emotional wreck. I didnt know her personally, but the circumstances were all too familiar. Wachenhiem was the quintessential overachiever. A valedictorian in high school; graduate of Columbia law school; clerked for a judge;...
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Its amazing how much things have changed since the days of my residency training of over two decades ago. The grainy black and white ultrasound pictures from back-in-the-day have been replaced with 3 and 4-D videos and savvy pregnancy computer applications aka Apps. As most of you know, I pass on he...
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