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Videos Discuss Reproductive Coercion, Preventive Services

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:00:00 PDT - The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. GRITtv Explores Reproductive Coercion: GRITtv recently examined dating violence and reproductive coercion among teenagers...

N.J. Family Planning Clinics Cut Services Following Christie's Budget Veto

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:00:00 PDT - New Jersey's family planning clinics are reducing hours and eliminating services after Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Friday vetoed a bill (S 2139) to restore $7.5 million in funding for women's health services that was cut from the state budget, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports...

Important Information For Patients From Susan G. Komen For The Cure® And The College Of American Pathologists

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT - Recent media reports of potential misdiagnosis of early-stage breast cancer may frighten women away from breast cancer screening that could save their lives. Rather than shying away from screening, women should know the questions to ask and be confident about weighing their options, according to Susan G...

D.C. Health Dept. Pushes Female Condoms In HIV Outreach Initiative

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT - The Washington, D.C., health department has launched a campaign to promote use of the female condom as a way to help curb the spread of HIV in the city, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. A 2009 study found that about 3% of the city's population over age 12 is HIV-positive...

More Research Needed To Address Female Sexual Dysfunction, Report Says

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT - Women who experience sexual dysfunction or female orgasm disorder do not have enough treatments or medications to address the issue, according to a report published recently in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Live Science/MSNBC reports. According to Live Science/MSNBC, one out of every four women has trouble reaching orgasm during sex...

Study Reveals Nearly 1 In 5 Californians Report Need For Mental Health Services

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:00:00 PDT - In a comprehensive new study of mental health status and the use of mental health services by Californians, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that nearly one in five adults in the state - about 4.9 million people - said they needed help for a mental or emotional health problem...

Breakthrough Breast Cancer Identifies Potential New Treatment Which Could Help 800 Scottish Women Each Year

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT - Scientists from the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh have discovered a potential new way to treat a common form of breast cancer which affects 800 Scottish women and 9,000 UK women each year. The team are the first to identify a gene's key role in causing the spread of HER2 positive breast cancer to other parts of the body...

Decision-Aid Program Increases Safety For Women Experiencing Abuse

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT - Intimate partner violence results in 2 million injuries among women in the U.S. each year, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. University of Missouri researchers are reducing these numbers with a new Web-based program that helps women experiencing abuse develop individualized safety plans and better assess the severity of their situations...

Home Visits, Classes And Emotional Support From Therapists Improve Parenting Of Abusive Mothers

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT - Mothers who live in poverty and who have abused their children can stop if they are taught parenting skills and given emotional support...

New NICE Guidance On Weight Management Before, During And After Pregnancy

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT - Women should be encouraged to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant and advised that there is no need to 'eat for two' when pregnant. These are just two of the recommendations included in new public health guidance published by NICE on dietary and physical activity interventions for weight management before, during and after pregnancy...

Successful Microbicide Trial Prompts Questions About Future Research, Use

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:00:00 PDT - Following results of a trial in which a microbicide gel lowered a woman's risk of HIV by 39%, health experts are considering how to make the treatment more effective and what its applications might be, the New York Times reports (McNeil, New York Times, 7/26)...

Blogs Comment On Global HIV Policy, N.J. Family Planning Bill, Other Topics

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:00:00 PDT - The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries...

63% Of Women Report Sexual Problems With Orgasm Proving Biggest Issue In Teens And 20s

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:00:00 PDT - Almost two-thirds of females attending a general urology practice reported that they suffered from sexual dysfunction, according to a paper in the August issue of BJUI. Dysfunction rose with age in all categories except orgasm, with more than half of women aged from 18 to 30 reporting orgasm problems, significantly higher than women aged 31 to 54...

Moms And Kids Endangered By One-Size-Fits-All Approach To Child Custody

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT - Do child custody evaluators' beliefs about domestic violence sometimes put divorced women and children in danger? A new University of Illinois study reveals that evaluator's beliefs generally fall into two categories, and one group is far more likely to prioritize safety for women and children when making custody decisions. "Some evaluators see conflict as a natural part of relationships...

More Than Half Of Irish Women Would Split Their Maternity Leave With Their Partner If They Could, According To New Research

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:00 PDT - Three in five younger women (61%) would be happy to split their maternity leave with their partner if the option was available, according to a new nationwide survey of 1000 women commissioned by QUINN-healthcare. 49% of mothers over 35 years would also like this opportunity...

Global Fund Director Calls On Emerging Countries To Invest More In Programs To Reduce HIV/AIDS, TB And Malaria At AIDS 2010

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT - On the final day of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 Friday, Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria called upon "China, India and other fast-growing economies" to chip in to help close the funding gap in efforts to battle HIV/AIDS, Agence France-Presse reports...

AIDS 2010 Opinions: U.S. Funding For Global HIV/AIDS Programs; Empowering Women, Girls In Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT - Global Health Leaders Respond To Recent New York Times' Opinion Pieces Two global health leaders respond to AIDS-related opinion pieces in the New York Times letters section. The first letter, Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, addresses an opinion piece by Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town and honorary chairman of the Global AIDS Alliance...

Interest Groups Lobby For, Against Inclusion Of Birth Control On List Of No-Cost Preventive Services

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:00:00 PDT - Interest groups are seeking to influence the Obama administration's decision on whether to include birth control on the supplemental list of women's preventive services that health insurers will be required to cover without out-of-pocket costs for the consumer, CQ Weekly reports (Ethridge, CQ Weekly, 7/26)...

NIH's Fauci Discusses Research On Microbicidal Gel, HIV Prevention

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:00:00 PDT - Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, hailed the development of a microbicidal gel that has shown promise in combating HIV infection in clinical tests, but said that scientists "must continue to pursue a range of HIV prevention modalitites," CQ HealthBeat reports...

Fertility Clinics Seek To Improve Access By Lowering Costs, Increasing Providers

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT - Some fertility clinics are offering in vitro fertilization at lower costs to make the treatments more accessible to patients who could not otherwise afford them, Newsweek reports. A study by the European Society of Human Reproductive and Embryology found that the average cost of infertility treatment in the U.S. is about $13,775, compared with $4,012 in Japan and $3,109 in Belgium...

Videos Discuss N.Y. Reproductive Health Bill, HIV Research

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT - The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. NARAL N.Y. Pressures State Sens.: NARAL Pro-Choice New York President Kelli Conlin appeared on NY 1 to discuss why the group refuses to endorse any incumbent state senators until the chamber acts on the Reproductive Health Act (A 11484, S 5808), which would codify the protections of Roe v. Wade in New York...

Why The Medical Research Council Didn't Fund Research That Led To The Birth Of The World's First Test Tube Baby

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT - Thirty-two years ago today, the world's first baby was born after in vitro fertilisation. However, the work that led to the birth of Louise Brown on 25 July 1978 had to be privately funded after the UK's Medical Research Council decided in 1971 against providing the Cambridge physiologist Robert Edwards and the Oldham gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe with long-term financial support...

Einstein Receives $4 Million To Test HPV Microbicide

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT - The National Cancer Institute has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University $4.1 million to test the microbicide Carraguard® against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer. The research will evaluate the efficacy of Carraguard®, a clear gel made from the seaweed derivative carrageenan in preventing new HPV infections in women...

Repros Therapeutics Receives Investigational Review Board Approval To Commence Low Dose For Proellex(R) Study At ICON Site

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT - Repros Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqCM:RPRX) announced it has received IRB approval to commence the low dose Proellex® study. The contract for clinical services was previously awarded to ICON. The new low dose study is designed to explore both safety and signals of efficacy in an escalating dose fashion...

New Guidelines OK Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:00:00 PDT - In a bid to bring down the high rate of cesarean delivery in the US, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has eased the guidelines on vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC, pronounced "veebac") and declared it is a safe and appropriate choice for most women who have had a cesarean, and even for some who have had two...