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Better Babies Contests in the United States (1908–1916)
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Jul 19, 2017
Better babies contests were competitions held in state fairs throughout the US during the early twentieth century in which babies between the ages of…
EugenicsEugenics--United StatesEugenics--United States--HistoryAgricultural exhibitionscompetitions
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: Jun 09, 2017
The Boys from Brazil is a science fiction film based on the novel of the same name by Ira Levin about an underground neo-Nazi society in South…
LiteratureEugenicsGenetic EngineeringReproductive technologyBiotechnology
The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC)
By: Cassidy Possehl
| Published: May 31, 2017
Audrey Heimler and colleagues founded the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) in 1979 in New Hyde Park in New York, New York. Her stated…
OrganizationGenetic counselorsGenetic CounselingFragile X SyndromeOrganizations
The Sex Side of Life (1919) by Mary Ware Dennett
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: May 27, 2017
Mary Ware Dennett, an activist in the US for birth control and sex education in the early twentieth century, wrote an educational pamphlet in 1915…
TechnologyGenerative organsSexually Transmitted DiseasesLaborMenstruation
Clinica Para Madres (1934-1950)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 12, 2016
The Clinica Para Madres (Mother’s Clinic) opened in Tucson, Arizona, in December of 1934 as the first birth control clinic in Arizona. After moving…
OrganizationSanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ArizonaPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaContraception
"Generation of Germline-Competent Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells" (2007), by Keisuke Okita, Tomoko Ichisaka, and Shinya Yamanaka
By: Samuel Philbrick
| Published: Nov 22, 2010
In the July 2007 issue of Nature, Keisuke Okita, Tomoko Ichisaka, and Shinya Yamanaka added to the new work on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs…
LiteratureStem CellsPublicationsSomatic cells
“Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in a Cohort of Women Firefighters and Office Workers in San Francisco” (2020), by Jessica Trowbridge and Colleagues
By: Federico Mellani
| Published: Aug 14, 2025
In 2020, Jessica Trowbridge and colleagues published “Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in a Cohort of Women Firefighters and Office Workers in…
FirefightersFluorocarbonsOccupational ExposureFire fightersPerfluorinated chemicals
“Classifications for Cesarean Section: A Systematic Review” (2011), by Maria Regina Torloni, Ana Pilar Betran, Joao Paulo Souza, Mariana Widmer, Tomas Allen, Metin Gulmezoglu, and Mario Merialdi
By: Kelly Roberts
| Published: Jun 05, 2025
Maria Regina Torloni and colleagues published “Classifications for Cesarean Section: A Systematic Review,” hereafter “Classifications for C-sections…
Cesarean SectionCesarean Section, RepeatVaginal Birth after CesareanDelivery RoomsBirthing Centers
Women’s Field Army (1936–1948)
By: Emily Santora, Alexis Darby
| Published: Jul 31, 2021
From 1936 to 1945, the Women’s Field Army, hereafter the WFA, educated women in the US on the early symptoms, prevention, and treatment of…
OrganizationCancercarcinomapublic healthUterine Cervical Neoplasms