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Richmond, Va., Roman Catholic Bishop Francis DiLorenzo in a letter published on Monday apologized after Commonwealth Catholic Charities employees helped a 16-year-old Guatemalan girl obtain an abortion in January, the
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Tuesday announced the state has allocated $2 million to expand a program that provides no-cost breast and cervical cancer screenings to low-income women, the AP/Charlotte Observer reports.The program, called the
As featured on the cover of pause magazine, Fran Drescher tells women in an accompanying profile, “Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it’s hard to go back to sleep.” The actress, best known for her role as Miss Fine on “The Nanny,” is a tireless advocate for raising awareness of women’s cancers and is herself a cancer survivor. “Women need to be able to evaluate whether their doctors are doing all they’re supposed to do,” says Drescher.
Black women taking low-dose oral contraceptives have a risk of side effects that can lead to heart disease and diabetes, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology, Reuters Health reports. For the study,
Delaying childbirth has substantially contributed to recent rises in caesarean section rates, according to a paper published this week by scientists at Cambridge University. The findings come from an analysis of a large body of Scottish data performed by a team under Professor Gordon Smith, at the University’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Women over 90 are significantly more likely to have dementia than men of the same age, according UC Irvine researchers involved with the 90+ Study, one of the nation’s largest studies of dementia and other health factors in the fastest-growing age demographic. The researchers reviewed an analysis of 911 people enrolled in the 90+ Study. Of those, 45 percent of the women had dementia, as opposed to 28 percent of the men.
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Two different groups evaluated the effects of pelvic floor reconstruction on the outcomes of slings. While the UCLA group showed no evidence of any effect of posterior repair on slings outcomes (Abstract #1300), work from Virginia Mason in Seattle suggested a possible protective effect of anterior repair on sling results (Abstract #1299).
The New York Times Magazine on Sunday examined reasons for low fertility rates in Europe, including the “lowest-low fertility” phenomenon in Southern and Eastern European countries. The lowest-low term was coined in a 2002 report that found fertility rates in Southern and Eastern Europe had dropped below 1.
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The recognized association between the intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and male sub-fertility and other chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and the fact that Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) has a major influence on fetal and postnatal growth, led the authors to hypothesize that IUGR induced sub-fertility could be corrected if IUGR could be corrected by placental gene therapy.
Some medical specialties have expressed concern over the effects of the decrease in junior doctors’ working hours as a result of the Working Time Directive (WTD). The WTD will restrict junior doctors’ work hours to 48 hours each week from 2009.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) releases two important documents focusing on women’s healthcare. The documents are: - Standards for Maternity Care. A report from a working party, jointly produced by the RCOG, and Royal College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Midwives, and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
The peer groups teenage girls identify with determine how they decide to control their own figure. So reports a new study (1) by Dr. Eleanor Mackey from the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC, and her colleague Dr. Annette La Greca from the University of Miami. Also influencing weight control behavior is girls’ own definition of normal body weight and their perception of what others consider normal body weight.
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The number of HIV-positive women in Belarus who are forgoing abortions is increasing, Svyatlana Shylava, chief ob-gyn for the country’s Ministry of Health, said on Tuesday, BelaPAN reports. According to Shylava, about 176 infants were born to HIV-positive women in 2007, up from 52 in 2000 and six in 1996.
Richmond, Va., Roman Catholic Bishop Francis DiLorenzo in a letter published on Monday apologized after Commonwealth Catholic Charities employees helped a 16-year-old Guatemalan girl obtain an abortion in January, the
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that the First Amendment rights of two antiabortion advocates were violated when they were ordered to stop circling a Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., middle school in a truck displaying graphic images of aborted fetuses, the
The number of abortions in Wisconsin declined for the fourth year in a row in 2007, marking the lowest recorded number since the state began tracking abortions in 1974, according to a report by the state Department of Health and Family Services, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Monday officially ended its relationship with an affiliate once known as Planned Parenthood of South Palm Beach and Broward Counties after a March review found many problems, including harassment complaints, plagiarism and possible mismanagement of nearly $450,000, the
The Los Angeles Times on Sunday examined how “changing social values and economic realities, as well as demographic shifts” have contributed to an apparent increase in the number of abortions in the Middle East. According to the Times, abortion is illegal in much of the Middle East.
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The number of abortions in Wisconsin declined for the fourth year in a row in 2007, marking the lowest recorded number since the state began tracking abortions in 1974, according to a report by the state Department of Health and Family Services, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Monday officially ended its relationship with an affiliate once known as Planned Parenthood of South Palm Beach and Broward Counties after a March review found many problems, including harassment complaints, plagiarism and possible mismanagement of nearly $450,000, the
The Los Angeles Times on Sunday examined how “changing social values and economic realities, as well as demographic shifts” have contributed to an apparent increase in the number of abortions in the Middle East. According to the Times, abortion is illegal in much of the Middle East.
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) on Friday vetoed a bill (SB 1048) that would have banned so-called “partial-birth” abortion in the state, the AP/Tucson Citizen reports. Napolitano’s veto letter says that there is already a federal law (
Conservative leaders on Thursday met with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) in Cincinnati to urge him totalk more about social issues to encourage conservatives to vote for him in November’s general election, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Jim Wallis, an evangelical leader and editor of the liberal Christian journal Sojourners, rejected recent reports that indicated he wanted Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to add a plank to the Democratic Party platform urging a reduction in the number of abortions performed, Newsweek reports. On Wednesday, an
On Friday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled 7-4 that South Dakota can begin enforcing a 2005 law that requires physicians to tell women seeking abortions that the procedure “will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being,” the AP/Google.com reports. However, the decision sends the case back to U.S.
President Bush’s announcement on Thursday to withhold all U.S. funding for the seventh consecutive year for United Nations Population Fund is “appalling,” New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof writes in the blog “On the Ground.
A proposed antiabortion amendment to the Montana Constitution that would have defined a fertilized human egg as a “person” failed to gather enough signatures to be placed on the November ballot, the Montana’sNewsStation.com reports (Montana’sNewsStation.com, 6/25).
A panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Monday asked the Ohio Supreme Court to clarify whether a state law restricting the use of the abortion drug mifepristone, also known as RU-486, “explicitly limits” use to the first seven weeks of pregnancy before ruling on whether the law is constitutional, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
Kansas Supreme Court Delays Grand Jury Investigation Of Abortion Provider Tiller To Decide If Panel Should Convene
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday delayed a grand jury investigation of abortion provider George Tiller and his Wichita, Kan.-based clinic until it determines if the panel should convene, the AP/Guardian reports (Manning, AP/Guardian, 10/27). [click link for full article]
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Some health care officials maintain that the high population of minority children in the foster care system can be attributed in part to hospitals and welfare agencies disproportionately administering drug tests to low-income, pregnant minority women who seek public health care, the Los Angeles Daily News reports.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) recently signed into law a bill (HB 370) that prohibits the use of state or federal funds for research involving human somatic cell nuclear transfer, the
Several Senate Republicans on Friday blocked efforts to bring a bill (S 2731) to the Senate floor that would reauthorize funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief despite President Bush’s support for the measures, CQ Today reports. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.
The tummy’s taste for red wine with red meat What happens when red wine meets red meat? If the rendezvous happens in the stomach, scientists in Israel are reporting, wine’s bounty of healthful chemical compounds may thwart formation of harmful substances released during digestion of fat in the meat.
Nearly one in 10 obstetricians in a new study has considered giving up obstetric practice because of the emotional toll of stillbirths and infant deaths. Three-quarters of the 804 obstetricians who responded to a survey by researchers at the University of Michigan Health System reported that the experience took a large emotional toll on them personally.
Praxis, a company specializing in centralized patient recruitment for clinical research studies, recently provided patient recruitment services to a major pharmaceutical company for a study to test an investigational medication for a women’s health indication. The recruitment program saved over 13 months off the enrollment period and delivered a 370% return on investment for the sponsor. Praxis’ centralized recruitment program directly delivered 58% of all patients randomized into the study.
The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Thursday approved by voice vote legislation that would improve health care for female veterans, the Tacoma News Tribune reports. The bill (
The Scottish government plans to provide no-cost emergency contraception at most of the country’s 1,200 community pharmacies, Scottish Public Health Minister Shona Robison announced Wednesday, the Scotsman reports. Robison said that she hopes by making the services part of the national contract with pharmacies, women will receive increased access to EC.
More babies are born by C-section (Cesarean section) today than ever before, says the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. The Society adds that the numbers continue to rise (1). Apart from placing mothers at raised risks during childbirth and subsequent pregnancies, these figures are placing an excessive burden on the nation’s healthcare system, the Society claims.