Oocyte cryopreservation on TikTok and Instagram: Who is teaching whom?

Purpose: Oocyte cryopreservation (OC) is a medical intervention for reproductive-aged women, a demographic that uses social media heavily. This study characterizes the top TikTok videos and Instagram reels on OC.

Methods: Five hashtags pertaining to OC were selected: #oocytepreservation, #oocytecryopreservation, #eggfreezing, #oocytefreezing, and #fertilitypreservation.

International gestational surrogacy in the United States, 2014-2020.

Objective: To describe characteristics, trends, and outcomes of international gestational surrogacy cycles in the United States (US).

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: All assisted reproductive technology cycles in the US reported to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting Systems that included an embryo transfer to a gestational carrier from 2014 to 2020.

Developing Awareness and Allies: Simulating Difficult Conversations about Microaggressions for Faculty and Students.

Objectives: Discrimination and bias in clinical training often take the form of microaggressions, which, albeit unintentional, are detrimental to the learning environment and well-being of students. Although there are a few reports of medical schools training students to respond to microaggressions, none have included a complementery student-led faculty training module. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a case-based approach to improving student resilience and increasing faculty awareness of microaggressions in the clinical setting.

'What a Pretty Assistant You Have': Addressing Sex-Based Harassment by Patient Offenders in Undergraduate Medical Training.

Sex-based harassment remains a concern in the medical workplace environment and is negatively associated with physical and mental health complications. Presently, undergraduate medical education fails to provide students with the appropriate toolset to successfully handle sex-based harassment by patient offenders. Through peer discussion and personal experience from a medical student perspective, herein we suggest strategies for individuals at all levels of medical training to help mitigate these uncomfortable situations.

Interrupting Sitting Time in Postmenopausal Women: Protocol for the Rise for Health Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Many older adults spend the majority of their waking hours sitting, which increases their risk of chronic diseases. Given the challenges that many older adults face when engaging in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, understanding the health benefits of decreasing sitting time and increasing the number of sit-to-stand transitions is needed to address this growing public health concern.

Objective: The aim of this 3-arm randomized controlled trial is to investigate how changes in sitting time and brief sit-to-stand transitions impact biomarkers of healthy aging and physical, emotional, and cognitive functioning compared with a healthy attention control arm.

The virtual infertility community: a qualitative analysis of patient experiences shared on Instagram.

Purpose: To characterize the experiences of patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) through a qualitative analysis of content shared on Instagram.

Methods: We analyzed Instagram posts from five randomly selected days in February 2020. The hashtag, #ivfcommunity, was selected to identify public posts authored by Instagram's IVF community members from multiple treatment centers.

Trends in Social Media Topics During COVID-19 Among Women Undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technology Treatments.

Patients undergoing fertility treatments, such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), face unique challenges both physically and mentally. With the emergence of the COVID-19 global pandemic, IVF patients began to face additional obstacles as hospitals and clinics shut down in compliance with recommendations for limiting exposure risk. In order to assess the impact of COVID-19 on IVF patients, we conducted a qualitative analysis using 563 public Instagram posts collected from three randomly selected days in March 2020.

Telehealth Training Is Essential to Care for Underserved Populations: a Medical Student Perspective.

Telehealth is an area of medicine which has magnified the ability to treat patients remotely. Presently the education of medical professionals pertaining to the value, use, and implementation of telehealth is not adequate to harness the potential of available technologies. Patients engaging in telehealth experience time and cost savings, improved disease management through remote monitoring programs, and high-quality care regardless of geographic location.

Alternative Therapies to Fat Grafting in the Craniofacial Region.

Autologous fat grafting is a technique with various applications in the craniofacial region ranging from the treatment of wounds, scars, keloids, and soft tissue deformities. In this review, alternative therapies to fat grafting are discussed. These are composed of established therapies like silicone gel or sheeting, corticosteroids, cryotherapy, and laser therapy.