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Postpartum hemorrhage (PPM) could be prevented by obstetric measuring drapes / trays, IV iron infusions, misoprostol, balloons, and/or E-MOTIVE guidelines

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"There is a simple, low-cost way to identify when blood loss is dangerously excessive: a drape that looks like a V-shaped plastic bag. When this calibrated obstetric drape is hung at the edge of the bed, collected blood rises like mercury in a thermometer....When PPH is identified, doctors, nurses, and midwives have long relied on a series of five treatments to stop the bleeding: uterine massage, oxytocic drugs, tranexamic acid, IV fluids, and genital-tract examination."

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https://www.gatesfoundation.org/goalkeepers/report/2023-report/
https://maternova.net/blogs/news/the-e-motive-trial-early-detection-and-treatment-for-pph
https://www.npr.org/2011/06/29/137479308/drug-that-saves-womens-lives-carries-controversy
https://www.massgeneral.org/emergency-medicine/global-health/initiatives-and-programs/every-second-matters-for-mothers-and-babies-uterine-balloon-tamponade-for-postpartum-hemorrhage

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Anemia Maternal Health / Motherhood / Postpartum Care Childbirth / Pregnancy Labor / Caesareans / C-Sections Medical Devices / Supplies / Biomedical Engineering Global Health Gynecology / OB-GYNs / Midwives / Doulas Developing Countries

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Focusing solely on green energy finance could be detrimental / alienating to developing countries

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"This stands to forestall Africa’s attempts to rise out of poverty, which require reliable energy. African manufacturing will struggle to attract investment and therefore to create jobs without consistent energy sources. Agriculture will suffer if the continent can’t use natural gas to create synthetic fertilizer or to power efficient freight transportation...A better solution is for Africa to move slowly toward a variety of reliable green energy sources...All this will take time, meaning Africa will have to use fossil fuels as it makes the transition. Natural gas is a greener option that will help the continent reduce emissions even as it grows, as developed nations have done themselves."

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/solar-wind-force-poverty-on-africa-climate-change-uganda-11635092219
https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/report/congress-must-stop-bidens-misuse-us-foreign-aid-impose-his-radical-social

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International Development / Foreign Aid / NGOs U.S. Foreign Policy / International Relations Climate Change / Global Warming Africa U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Multilateral / Bilateral / National Development Banks Developing Countries

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Colleges with big endowments could increase their incoming classes / help with student loans / enroll more students of diverse economic backgrounds

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"Spending endowment resources to enroll more students would actually undermine the elite status of our wealthiest institutions, because being an elite school comes in part from how many people you exclude from attending your school...With endowments continuing to boom after four decades at our wealthiest schools, we should expect them to enroll more students from more walks of life."

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https://www.marketplace.org/2023/02/17/what-do-elite-colleges-do-with-all-that-endowment-money/
https://www.jbhe.com/features/57_pellgrants.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/07/magazine/college-access-index.html

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College Affordability / Tuition U.S. Higher Education / College / Universities U.S. Poverty U.S. Inequality Affirmative Action

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Scent beads, fabric softener, dryer sheets could be bad for laundry, health, and the environment

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"Scent beads? Fabric softener? Dryer sheets? Quit. Using. Them. Every single expert we spoke to begged people to move away from these items that actually damage your clothing—fabric softener in particular is like sandpaper for your clothes. Yes, the shirt is softer, but that’s because it has been worn down. These products also potentially hurt your washer and dryer. (And the environment.)"

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https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/youre-doing-laundry-wrong-7-tips-to-help-you-clean-clothes-more-expertly-5b19c864
https://healthyhomecleaning.com/dangers-of-dryer-sheets/
https://www.treehugger.com/never-use-fabric-softener-dryer-sheets-again-5188977

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Environment Personal Health Laundry Environmental Chemicals Perfume / Cologne / Fragrances

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Palestine's "pay to slay" scheme could end

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"Under the current ‘pay-for-slay’ scheme, called the "Martyrs’ Fund" by the PA, terrorists receive monetary payments as a reward for acts of terror. The more damage an attack causes, the higher the terrorist or the terrorist’s family is paid...As the Jerusalem Post reported on July 12, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office refused to disclose how it ensures its funding for the Palestinian Authority does not go to incentivizing terrorism, it said in response to a freedom of information request from pro-Israel organizations."

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https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-750603
https://lamborn.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-lamborn-introduces-legislation-targeting-palestinian-pay-slay

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International Development / Foreign Aid / NGOs Terrorism / Violent Extremism Foreign Policy / International Affairs Israel Palestine

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Humanitarian food assistance could not be diverted / stolen

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"In conversations with Devex, several former aid workers and experts questioned why, given the history of aid manipulation in Ethiopia, it took so long to uncover food theft on such a massive scale. One former aid worker, who worked in the Hawassa region of Ethiopia, said it might be because so many individuals — from local politicians to bookkeepers — have benefited from stolen aid."

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https://www.devex.com/news/exclusive-rot-is-so-much-deeper-decades-of-ethiopia-aid-manipulation-106060
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jun/09/food-aid-suspended-in-ethiopia-after-widespread-and-coordinated-thievery
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/08/15/139650468/somalia-stolen-food-aid-and-all-to-blame

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International Development / Foreign Aid / NGOs Global Humanitarian Aid / Response Government Corruption / Oversight / Ethics Corruption / Fraud Global Nutrition / Hunger / Food Security / Famines / Malnutrition / Stunting Data U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Government IT / Technology Ethiopia World Food Programme (WFP)

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Introverts / single people could sit in bars with cake

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"Ten years ago, the screenwriter Audrey Shulman whipped up a wacky plan to land a boyfriend: She’d barhop using a homemade cake as bait. “The cake was magic because it made me a magnet,” Shulman blogged at the time. 'Suddenly every boy within spitting distance was looking at me, silently forming an action plan on how to come over.' She adapted her blog into a book, and her book into a movie, “Sitting in Bars With Cake,” that, with a decade of perspective, shifts focus from her romances to her roommate, who was diagnosed with cancer midway through the dating experiment."

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https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/sitting-in-bars-with-cake-review-1235712655/
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sitting-in-bars-with-cake-movie-review-2023

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Community Development / Building / Loneliness Dating / Flirting Bars / Pubs Loneliness Networking / Meeting People Cakes

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Ultrasounds / at-home dopplers could affect the fetus

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"Keep in mind that there are theoretical risks for any kind of ultrasound, including a home fetal Doppler, says Lim, because it transmits energy to the fetus, which has “the theoretical potential to cause harm if excessive energy is transmitted.” While there’s no definitive evidence that ultrasound can cause harm, some studies show that it could have effects on brain development, so it should be used sparingly...While ultrasound is considered to be quite safe in the hands of a technician, if a person doesn’t know what they are doing (such as listening to the heartbeat excessively by keeping the transducer in one spot), it has the theoretical potential to affect the fetus."

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https://www.todaysparent.com/pregnancy/pregnancy-health/fetal-doppler-safety-at-home/
https://www.thebump.com/a/fetal-doppler
https://momlovesbest.com/pregnancy/maternity-health/fetal-dopplers

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Pregnancy / Prenatal Care Autism Spectrum Disorder Medical / Health Research Gynecology / OB-GYNs / Midwives / Doulas Intellectual / Developmental / Mental Disabilities

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Business deal "doulas" could exist

By Hicbd

"Fundraising and M&A is like an intense sprint. It’s this couple of months process that you work on really hard. It becomes your main focus and you’re trying to get to this amazing end point...If you’re going to do a deal or fundraising, you need a deal doula. It’s different than a mentor who’s a general thing in life. A deal doula is specific."

URL:
https://podup.substack.com/p/why-you-need-a-deal-doula-meetings
https://steno.ai/podcast/my-first-million-transcript/shaans-masterclass-how-to-sell-a-business-for-millions

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Entrepreneurship Business / Invention Idea Startups Venture Capital Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Consulting Negotiation

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LinkedIn could be made for specific professions

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"Founded in 2011, Doximity has established itself as the LinkedIn for doctors and now has over 1.8 million medical professionals on its network. With AI nudging at the doors of drug discovery, medical transcription, EMR and so many exciting fields, a network for medical professionals and especially doctors becomes much more valuable."

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-doctors-michael-spencer-/
https://www.doximity.com/

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Website / Blog / App / Startup Idea Business / Invention Idea Lawyers LinkedIn (company)

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