Aimee Brecht-Doscher
@hgmomdoc.bsky.social
OBGYN, clinical informaticist, passionate about improving the care of patients with hyperemesis gravidarum.
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Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
Meanwhile, in a country with a still functioning public health system. Love this campaign. www.instagram.com/ukhsa/reel/D...
UK Health Security Agency on Instagram: "We’re excited to announce the launch of a new government campaign, calling on anyone expecting a baby to protect themselves and their little one with vaccines ...
66 likes, 1 comments - ukhsa on September 22, 2025: "We’re excited to announce the launch of a new government campaign, calling on anyone expecting a baby to protect themselves and their little one wi...
www.instagram.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Meanwhile, in a country with a still functioning public health system. Love this campaign. www.instagram.com/ukhsa/reel/D...
Yes, this matters.
Me and my partner's "Bronze" health insurance plan with Florida Blue is increasing from $511.22 a month to $1,711.75 a month next year. Not quite sure how to fit "$20,541 a year in health insurance premiums" into the budget.
October 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Yes, this matters.
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⚠️DEFYING RFK Jr’s CDC—The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) reaffirmed its support for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women, breaking from flawed advice in the most recent CDC immunization schedule set by RFK Jr.
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jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
ACOG Continues Recommending COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy
This JAMA Medical News article discusses updated guidance on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant people from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
jamanetwork.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
⚠️DEFYING RFK Jr’s CDC—The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) reaffirmed its support for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women, breaking from flawed advice in the most recent CDC immunization schedule set by RFK Jr.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Did you miss ICHG 2024? Read about the groundbreaking research presented at the conference
www.reproduction-abstracts.org/ra/0004/abst...
#obgynsky #medsky
www.reproduction-abstracts.org/ra/0004/abst...
#obgynsky #medsky
Abstracts | 0004 | ICHG2024 | International Colloquium on Hyperemesis Gravidarum 2024 | Reproduction Abstracts
www.reproduction-abstracts.org
July 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Did you miss ICHG 2024? Read about the groundbreaking research presented at the conference
www.reproduction-abstracts.org/ra/0004/abst...
#obgynsky #medsky
www.reproduction-abstracts.org/ra/0004/abst...
#obgynsky #medsky
Exciting to see how a new understanding of the cause of hyperemesis gravidarum may lead to prevention. www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
#obgynsky #medsky
#obgynsky #medsky
Metformin may prevent severe morning sickness
Taking the diabetes drug metformin before pregnancy may reduce the risk of debilitating morning sickness by 70%, early data hint. But a clinical trial is still needed to confirm this finding.
www.livescience.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Exciting to see how a new understanding of the cause of hyperemesis gravidarum may lead to prevention. www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
#obgynsky #medsky
#obgynsky #medsky
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Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
In the US alone.
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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
jamanetwork.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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It's .........very cosplay so far here at Trump's birthday parade. Those wigs must be so damn hot
Let's do this!
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Let's do this!
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June 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It's .........very cosplay so far here at Trump's birthday parade. Those wigs must be so damn hot
Let's do this!
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Let's do this!
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Here in the US, I'll bet a Venn diagram of people owning these type of trucks and people who call themselves "pro life" has significant overlap. Drivers of vehicles with grills this high should be required to have commercial driving training and licenses.
NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears.
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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June 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Here in the US, I'll bet a Venn diagram of people owning these type of trucks and people who call themselves "pro life" has significant overlap. Drivers of vehicles with grills this high should be required to have commercial driving training and licenses.
How can anyone be okay with dead children as the consequence of their interpretation of the only constitutional amendment they seem interested in following?
June 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How can anyone be okay with dead children as the consequence of their interpretation of the only constitutional amendment they seem interested in following?
Abstracts for ICHG 2024 are published! Closing my chapter as chair of this impactful meeting. Huge amount of work, but seeing the progress made from this collaboration has been inspiring and I am honored to have been a part of it. www.reproduction-abstracts.org/ra/0004/abst...
#hyperemesis
#hyperemesis
Abstracts | 0004 | ICHG2024 | International Colloquium on Hyperemesis Gravidarum 2024 | Reproduction Abstracts
www.reproduction-abstracts.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Abstracts for ICHG 2024 are published! Closing my chapter as chair of this impactful meeting. Huge amount of work, but seeing the progress made from this collaboration has been inspiring and I am honored to have been a part of it. www.reproduction-abstracts.org/ra/0004/abst...
#hyperemesis
#hyperemesis
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If you’re looking for quality independent reporting on what’s happening in Los Angeles, I’ve put together a starter pack for it.
If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu
If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu
June 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you’re looking for quality independent reporting on what’s happening in Los Angeles, I’ve put together a starter pack for it.
If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu
If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu
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RAW MILK TIME
I was surprised to find most of the "raw milk cures ___" talking points from the last 20+ years come from one (1) raw milk dairy farmer in California.
Let's get to know him!
I was surprised to find most of the "raw milk cures ___" talking points from the last 20+ years come from one (1) raw milk dairy farmer in California.
Let's get to know him!
May 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
RAW MILK TIME
I was surprised to find most of the "raw milk cures ___" talking points from the last 20+ years come from one (1) raw milk dairy farmer in California.
Let's get to know him!
I was surprised to find most of the "raw milk cures ___" talking points from the last 20+ years come from one (1) raw milk dairy farmer in California.
Let's get to know him!
WA DOH is gathering personal stories about experiences in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum for the 2025 Maternal Mortality Review Panel report, to help improve how the state supports pregnant and postpartum people.
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May 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Also universal healthcare and paid sick leave and disability leave
April 26, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Also universal healthcare and paid sick leave and disability leave
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Let’s dream up to ways to shit on women. Oh hey, let’s cancel the largest clinical trial ever for women www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Let’s dream up to ways to shit on women. Oh hey, let’s cancel the largest clinical trial ever for women www.science.org/content/arti...
As we write our checks to the IRS this week, this is what we are paying for. Kidnapping and human trafficking
"The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’"
ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Apartment. Now His Son Is In Bukele's Mega-prison In El Salvador
Merwil Gutiérrez had no criminal record when ICE agents detained the 19-year-old outside his home. Now his father, Wilmer, is still searching for answers.
documentedny.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As we write our checks to the IRS this week, this is what we are paying for. Kidnapping and human trafficking
"No one prioritizes women's lives"
Agreed
Agreed
With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.
A midwife says of the aid cuts in Afghanistan: 'No one prioritizes women's lives.'
With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.
www.npr.org
April 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"No one prioritizes women's lives"
Agreed
Agreed
Have I sent something in a way it was seen by an unintended reader? Yes, embarrassingly yes. But that is precisely why I am not in a position where I am trusted with war plans. Duh.
Not to be dramatic, but I think any journalist with half a cup of integrity would rather resign than write this shamefully asinine tripe.
You can't even blame just the headline. Look at this utter horseshit of a lede:
You can't even blame just the headline. Look at this utter horseshit of a lede:
March 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Have I sent something in a way it was seen by an unintended reader? Yes, embarrassingly yes. But that is precisely why I am not in a position where I am trusted with war plans. Duh.
5 things I did last week (thanks ChatGPT) 🤣
February 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
5 things I did last week (thanks ChatGPT) 🤣
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Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: US states that adopted abortion bans had higher than expected infant mortality after the bans took effect.
https://ja.ma/3X711tB
https://ja.ma/3X711tB
February 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: US states that adopted abortion bans had higher than expected infant mortality after the bans took effect.
https://ja.ma/3X711tB
https://ja.ma/3X711tB
🤞🤞this actually happens and our teeny tiny grant for ICHG 2024 gets paid out during the thaw.
BREAKING
On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants
An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.
popular.info
February 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🤞🤞this actually happens and our teeny tiny grant for ICHG 2024 gets paid out during the thaw.
I remember feeling a lot like this in March 2020. That was bad. This may be worse.
February 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I remember feeling a lot like this in March 2020. That was bad. This may be worse.
Hearing reports of VA new hires having offers rescinded and non white VA physicians being put on leave. Meanwhile I found the cheap eggs - in Mexico
January 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hearing reports of VA new hires having offers rescinded and non white VA physicians being put on leave. Meanwhile I found the cheap eggs - in Mexico