This week in health news, from UC San Diego’s Scott LaFee
Twin births have been in decline in the U.S. for the last decade, falling roughly 3 percent per year, after previous decades of growth. The pandemic changed that. The CDC reports that after falling 7 percent from 2019 to 2020, twin births bounced back 2 percent from 2020 to 2021.
Researchers think part of the reason may be that many parents who were using infertility treatments put such efforts on pause during the pandemic. Twins and other multiple births occur more often when infertility treatments are used.A recent study investigated to what degree patients understand their doctors when discussing their case or condition.
The disparity was particularly striking for Black men, who were also more often required to undergo urine tests that screen for drugs.
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