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Chinese woman sues hospital over egg freezing in first challenge to marriage laws

BEIJING (Reuters) – An unmarried Chinese woman filed a suit against a Beijing hospital on Monday for rejecting her request to undergo a medical procedure to freeze her eggs due to her marital status, in the first courtroom challenge to Chinese marriage laws. According to China’s laws governing assisted reproductive technology, only married couples can… Read More »

The Woman Who Founded Industrial Medicine – Scientific American

In the 21st century climate of preventive medicine, we count on government agencies around the world to warn us about medical hazards in our lives. Yet, few people know that American national safety standards were pioneered by a 19th century female scientist, a pathologist who disliked conflict but used her fastidious research to challenge U.S.… Read More »

Erectile dysfunction cream for dry eye? Woman suffers chemical injury following prescription mix-up

The woman reportedly suffered a mild, ocular chemical injury as a result of the mix-up. (iStock) A woman from Glasgow, Scotland, hoping to treat her dry eye was mistakenly given a prescription for an erectile dysfunction cream instead, according to a recent case report in the medical journal The BMJ. The woman, who has not been… Read More »