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Informed by two full years of data, medical researchers have more definitive answers on how COVID-19 affects pregnant women—and vaccination is still the best way to safely avoid related health risks. Dr. Huh updates COVID-19 recommendations for pregnant women with guest-host Akila Subramaniam, MD, the only doctor who is board-certified in both maternal-fetal medicine and genetics in Alabama. Learn more about concerning outcomes that are more likely for pregnant women with COVID-19: mortality, pre-term labor, and still birth. Dr. Subramaniam addresses common misunderstandings about how vaccines work on pregnant women and affect their babies. The doctors also review effective treatments for COVID-19.

Women should look for ways to initiate or continue exercising throughout pregnancy,’ says Chase Cawyer, MD. Dr. Huh is joined by both Dr. Cawyer and Sara Gould, MD, to discuss general benefits and guidelines for exercising during pregnancy. They also address specific questions about safe maximum exercise intensity that still need further research. Learn more from them about the ways that UAB's new Exercise in Pregnancy Clinic uses innovative techniques to measure fetal well-being during exercise to personalize plans, especially for women with risk factors, who may benefit most of all.

The most common cause of bankruptcy in the United States is healthcare costs. The financial consequences of receiving cancer treatments can be as harmful as some of the physical side effects of treatment. Simply having insurance coverage is often not enough. “Financial toxicity” as a point of consideration for patient research and care is just recently making it into the medical literature. Margaret Liang, MD, who authored some of the first studies on the primary causes and effects of financial hardships on patients, joins Dr. Huh to discuss the key questions patients can ask their care team to lessen the impact of financial toxicity.

Resources
https://www.patientadvocate.org/explore-our-resources/education-resource-library/
https://www.cancer.net/sites/cancer.net/files/cost_of_care_booklet.pdf
https://www.cancer.org/treatment/finding-and-paying-for-treatment/understanding-financial-and-legal-matters/managing-costs.html
https://www.emot-econ.org

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