Women's Health/Gynecology News

Researchers Link Low Level Urinary Cadmium Concentrations To Osteoporosis In Women

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:40:03 GMT

Researchers from Stony Brook University Medical Center have found that women in the United States who have urinary cadmium levels that are below the U.

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Hormone Replacement Therapy: An Analysis Focusing On Drug Claims By Female Seniors, 2000 To 2007

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:40:15 GMT

The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by senior Canadian women in five provinces has dropped from 14% to 5% since the publication of the 2002 Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, which found the health risks of using HRT outweighed the benefits.

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New Perspective On Infertility

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:40:14 GMT

What causes a woman's eggs to deteriorate in quality with age, and can that be reversed?How does the ovary choose an egg -- out of a stash of roughly one million -- to release for ovulation?

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House Leaders Reach Compromise On War Funding Package That Includes Delay Of Six Medicaid Rules

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:40:13 GMT

House Democratic and Republican leaders on Wednesday reached a compromise on a supplemental war funding measure that would delay implementation of six new Bush administration Medicaid regulations, the Wall Street Journal reports (Lueck, Wall Street Journal, 6/19).

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Former Talk Show Host Lake Criticizes ACOG, AMA For Singling Out Her Support Of Home Births

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:40:12 GMT

Former television talk show host Ricki Lake is "firing back" at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association after the medical groups criticized her outspoken support of at-home birthing, the AP/International Herald Tribune reports.

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New NBC, National Campaign Reality Show Seeks To Deter Teenagers From Getting Pregnant

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:40:11 GMT

The AP/Denver Post on Tuesday profiled a new NBC reality show, called "The Baby Borrowers, " that aims to deter teenagers from becoming pregnant.

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Pharmacies Should Be Allowed To Refuse Contraception Prescriptions If Policy Clearly Posted, Opinion Piece Says

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:40:09 GMT

Pharmacies should not be forced to provide birth control "if they don't want to, " but laws should require pharmacies to post their policies clearly so as not to "wast[e] women's time, " William Saletan, a science and technology reporter for Slate magazine, writes in an opinion piece responding to a recent.

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U.S. Bishops Issue Statement Rejecting Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:20:13 GMT

In its first formal statement exclusively on human embryonic stem cell research, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Friday explicitly opposed the research, AFP/Google.

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Exercise Reduces Hunger In Lean Women But Not Obese Women

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:20:12 GMT

Exercise does not suppress appetite in obese women, as it does in lean women, according to a new study.

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Department Of Health Awards Contract For HPV Vaccine

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:20:11 GMT

The contract to provide the vaccine against HPV (human papillomavirus), was awarded by the Department of Health to pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline for their vaccine 'Cervarix'.

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