St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton’s Post

“As health care providers, it’s our responsibility to try and help pregnant persons to understand what the literature tells us and why we are making the recommendations that we are.” Dr. Susan Ellis, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at St. Joe’s Hamilton, spoke to the Globe and Mail about concerns that pregnant patients may opt against taking acetaminophen due to unproven claims linking its use during pregnancy to the development of autism in children. Medical experts and health organizations have rejected the claims, emphasizing current scientific literature does not support a link between acetaminophen and neurological conditions like autism or ADHD. Ellis says she feels for pregnant patients as respiratory virus season approaches and encouraged them to get their flu shot and RSV vaccine to protect themselves from respiratory illnesses. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gSpqqskH