Jamie Perry joins this episode as we share ten standout women’s health breakthroughs from 2025 and then get practical about value in endoscopic hysterectomy. The focus is simple: cut waste, save time, protect quality, and expand access through better selection, technique, and team flow.

• Key 2025 breakthroughs shaping care and counseling
• Why OR time outweighs device price
• Preference cards as a lever to reduce waste
• Three-arm robotics and smarter instrument choices
• Laparoscopic tips: barbed suture, simulation, quadrant workflow, vessel skeletonization
• Robotic tips: patient selection, docking discipline, turnover efficiency, data tracking
• Same-day discharge and ERAS as non-negotiables
• When vaginal route is truly better and why referrals matter

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0:00 Setting The Stage: Why Endoscopy

1:12 Ground Rules And Focus On Value

2:12 Top 10 Women’s Health Breakthroughs Of 2025

15:56 Defining Value In Hysterectomy

18:20 Preference Cards And Instrument Waste

21:28 Three-Arm Robotics And Instrument Costs

24:04 Time As The Biggest Cost Driver

29:56 Same‑Day Discharge And ERAS

33:44 Four Laparoscopic Efficiency Tips

41:28 Four Robotics Efficiency Tips

47:02 When To Choose Vaginal Hysterectomy

54:10 Data Tracking, Referrals, And Culture Change

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We unpack what WHI actually showed about estrogen-only therapy and breast cancer in light of new supporting data, then confront the free birth trend’s preventable harms and the business model behind it. We share clear tools to spot false claims, review new aspirin data on preeclampsia, and outline twelve practical ways to cut waste in gyn surgery.

• estrogen-only therapy associated with lower breast cancer diagnosis and mortality
• combined estrogen plus progestogen neutralizing estrogen’s protective signal
• rare abdominal pregnancy case illustrating basic testing safeguards
• free birth movement risks, censorship of bad outcomes, and money incentives
• red flags in birth-related posts and the SIFT fact-checking method
• four quick filters to vet social content before sharing
• nuanced view on aspirin for preeclampsia with mixed trial evidence
• twelve surgical sustainability steps that save cost and reduce waste

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1:11 Estrogen Therapy And Breast Cancer Risk

6:41 What WHI Actually Showed

11:22 Progesterone, HRT Fads, And Risks

15:35 Wild Case: Abdominal Pregnancy Behind Tumor

20:42 Free Birth Trend And Tragic Outcomes

25:37 How The Misinformation Business Works

30:10 Red Flags In Birth Content Online

35:10 The SIFT Method For Fact-Checking

40:20 Four Tips To Vet Social Posts

46:25 Live Walkthrough: Debunking A Viral Post

52:40 Digital Hygiene And Curating Feeds

56:48 Aspirin For Preeclampsia: Mixed Evidence

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We trace the arc from variolation and Jenner to mRNA, show how vaccines leverage natural immunity, and explain why maternal shots protect both parent and newborn. Data, history, and personal stories make the case that prevention beats cure for OBGYN care.

• pertussis surge in Kentucky and preventable infant deaths
• child mortality then and now and what changed
• variolation to Jenner and the origins of vaccination
• how innate and adaptive immunity learn and remember
• vaccine types and why today’s antigens are fewer
• effectiveness data across polio, measles, rubella, Hib
• sanitation myths versus vaccine impact
• Wakefield’s fraud and why autism claims fail
• three major studies debunking autism myths
• essential pregnancy vaccines and timing
• RSV options and COVID safety during pregnancy
• herd immunity as protection for newborns

0:02 Setting The Stage: Vaccines Under Fire

1:09 Pertussis Surge And Preventable Tragedy

2:20 Child Mortality Then And Now

4:19 What Killed Children In 1850

5:31 Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind

9:51 Origins Of Vaccination: Variolation To Jenner

15:20 Vaccines Use Natural Immunity

20:00 Types Of Modern Vaccines Explained

25:30 Innate And Adaptive Immunity 101

28:40 How Effective Are Vaccines Really

33:40 Polio’s Human Cost And Iron Lungs

39:00 Measles, Rubella, And Pregnancy Risks

44:20 Sanitation Myths Versus Vaccine Impact

47:05 The Wakefield Fraud And Aftermath

52:20 Big Studies Debunk Autism Claims

55:20 Essential Vaccines In Pregnancy

58:00 Takeaways And Next Steps

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