Raising Good Humans S3 Ep 28: All Things Pregnancy & Preparing for Baby with Professor Emily Oster
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Jul 14, 2023 
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Science Changes Slowly
- Science moves slowly; single new studies rarely overturn prior knowledge.
- Expect incremental updates not revolutions in pregnancy guidance.
Two Big Shifts In Prenatal Care
- Two major changes: cell-free fetal DNA prenatal testing and the ARRIVE trial on 39-week induction.
- These technological and trial results altered prenatal testing and induction practices.
Three Questions To Judge New Studies
- Ask three questions when reading a study: method, size, and prior knowledge.
- Use randomized design, sample size, and existing literature to judge new claims.