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“Mothers’ Anxiety During Pregnancy Is Associated with Asthma in Their Children” (2009), by Hannah Cookson, Raquel Granell, Carol Joinson, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, and A. John Henderson
By: Carrie Keller
| Published: May 02, 2020
In 2009, A. John Henderson and colleagues published “Mothers’ Anxiety During Pregnancy Is Associated with Asthma in Their Children,” hereafter, “…
LiteratureAnxietyAsthmaBronchial AsthmaAsthma in children
Etienne Stephane Tarnier (1828–1897)
By: Kelsey Locey
| Published: Jul 19, 2017
Etienne Stephane Tarnier was a physician who worked with premature infants in France during the nineteenth century. He worked at the Maternité Port-…
IncubatorsPuerperal septicemiaAsepsis and antisepsisPremature InfantsPerinatology
Dana Louise Raphael (1926–2016)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: May 16, 2018
Dana Louise Raphael was an anthropologist and breastfeeding advocate in the US during the twentieth century. After she was unable to breastfeed her…
BreastfeedingLactationDoulasInfant formulasBreast Feeding
Trial of Madame Restell (Ann Lohman) for Abortion (1841)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Oct 05, 2017
In the spring of 1841, abortionist Ann Lohman, called Madame Restell, was convicted for crimes against one of her abortion clients, Maria Purdy. In a…
AbortionReproductive Rights
Action of MER-25 and of Clomiphene on the Human Ovary (1963)
By: Alexis J. Abboud, Alexis Darby
| Published: Nov 28, 2017
Between 1958 and 1962, physicians Olive W. Smith, George V. Smith, and Robert W. Kistner performed experiments that demonstrated the effects of the…
EthamoxytriphetolEstrogen AntagonistsClomiphenePituitary glandovary
Amniocentesis Prior to 1980
By: Kristin Kelley
| Published: Sep 02, 2010
The extraembryonic membranes that surround and originate from the embryos of vertebrates such as birds, reptiles, and mammals are crucial to their…
AmniocentesisReproductionFetus
Ian Donald (1910–1987)
By: Nicole Erjavic
| Published: Jan 30, 2018
Ian Donald was an obstetrician who developed the technology and therapy of ultrasound diagnostics during the twentieth century in Europe. Ultrasound…
ObstetricsGynecologyRespiratory therapy for newborn infantsFetal MedicineRespiratory Distress Syndrome
Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Central Nervous System Development
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: Sep 12, 2010
Prenatal exposure to alcohol (ethanol) results in a continuum of physical, neurological, behavioral, and learning defects collectively grouped under…
fetal alcohol syndromeReproductionHuman Development
Gastrulation in Xenopus
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Mar 10, 2011
The process of gastrulation allows for the formation of the germ layers in metazoan embryos, and is generally achieved through a series of complex…
Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919GastrulationAmphibiansFrogs
United States v. Georgia (2006)
By: Nathaniel Ross
| Published: Sep 07, 2022
In United States v. Georgia, the United States Supreme Court held, in a unanimous decision, that the rights protected under the Americans with…
LawDiscrimination against people with disabilitiesDiscrimination against people with disabilities--Law and legislationGovernment liabilityCivil rights