Archive for the ‘Women's Health / Gynecology’ Category
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
In the 30 years since Louise Brown, the first infant born using in vitro fertilization, was born, the experiences of assisted reproduction have taught people to "discount alarmism" and "embrace ... new ways of making babies," as well as allowing the "market, not government, [to] regulate baby making," Gregory Pence, ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
It's estimated that more than 1.4 million women tear an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) every year. That's double the number from a decade ago. Responding to a recent increase in sports injuries among female athletes, the Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital has introduced a new informational pamphlet for female athletes. The ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has launched a new online learning activity designed to support GPs in boosting their knowledge in assessing female patients for symptoms of important gynaecological cancers. This new learning module is a Cancer Australia - National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers initiative, which is ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Some women could be damaging their breasts without realising it, according to the breast biomechanics research team at the University of Portsmouth. As well as discovering that some women's breasts could be damaged and fragile ligaments irreparably stretched by wearing the wrong bras, scientists in the Department of Sports Science ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Twenty-eight senators, including Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), on Wednesday sent a letter to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt calling on the Bush administration to halt its proposed regulation being developed that "would have the effect of encouraging health care institutions and individuals to refuse to provide birth control ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Pfizer's erectile dysfunction medication Viagra can improve sexual function for some women who take antidepressants, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Baltimore Sun reports (Kohn, Baltimore Sun, 7/23). According to the AP/Denver Post, previous research has found that more than 50% ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
UK experts on breast biomechanics said today that some women could be damaging their breasts by wearing the wrong bra, either because they don't realize it, or because they are too embarassed to wear the right bra for their size and shape.The research was announced on the website of the ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
One-hundred four House members on Monday sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to "halt all action" on a proposed regulation being developed by the Bush administration that allegedly seeks to allow medical providers to refuse patients access to commonly used contraceptive methods as a matter of conscience ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Although in vitro fertilization developments over the 30 years since the first infant was born using the fertility treatment have been "miraculous," it has become "easy to forget the disturbing questions about IVF -- its practices, ethics and impact on public health -- that do remain and are left largely ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
More than 500 members of the group NoToPope Coalition on Saturday protested the Roman Catholic church's ban on condom use and contraception during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Sydney, Australia, for Catholic World Youth Day, the AP/International Herald Tribune reports (AP/International Herald Tribune, 7/19). The protesters chanted and wore T-shirts ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Two recent opinion pieces commented on presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) position on insurance coverage for birth control and other women's health-related issues. Summaries appear below.~ Katha Pollitt, Chicago Tribune: McCain's vote against a bill that would have required insurance companies to cover birth control "like other drugs" and ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack is traveling throughout the state to discuss unplanned pregnancies and ways to reduce their numbers in Iowa, which ranks 43rd in the U.S. in family planning funding and 48th in access to contraception, the Daily Gate City reports (Iutzi, Daily Gate City, 7/18). In ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Friday, physicians in South Dakota have been required to comply with a 2007 state law stating that a woman seeking an abortion be told that the procedure "will terminate the life of a whole separate, unique living human being," the Washington Post reports. According to the law, women also have ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
CQ HealthBeat on Friday examined the debate over a proposed regulation being developed by the Bush administration that allegedly seeks to allow medical providers to refuse patients access to commonly used contraceptive methods as a matter of conscience on the grounds that they are a form of abortion (Reichard, CQ ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Repros Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqGM:RPRX) today released strong results from its completed extension safety study of Proellex in the chronic treatment of the symptoms associated with uterine fibroids. To date there have been no abnormal histological findings from the endometrial biopsies taken post menses after cessation of drug administration. As of ...
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