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Breastfeeding Reduces Risk Of Rheumatoid Arthritis (Medical News Today)

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Women who breast feed for a longer period of time are less likely toget rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study published on May 13,2008 in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, a BMJ Specialist journal.In the last thirty years, the fraction of women breastfeeding for morethan six months has increased substantially.

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Leading Fertility Patient Organisations Call For Urgent Changes To Surrogacy Law, UK (Medical News Today)

Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Bill started its journey through the House of Commons, and leading fertility patient organisations are calling for the government to look again at the issue of surrogacy law.

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Love and loss bind my ‘other mother’ and me (MSNBC.com)

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:00:36 GMT

When I was a baby, my mother and her friend Isabel, who'd been told her own child would die, decided to share me. Years later, Isabel and were bound by something else — we each learned what it means for a mother to lose a child.

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Group wants FDA to pull birth control patch (MSNBC.com)

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:56:33 GMT

A U.S. advocacy group is urging the Food and Drug Administration to pull Johnson & Johnson's birth control patch from the market after studies found an increased risk of dangerous blood clots.

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IUDs can reduce cancer risk, study finds (MSNBC.com)

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:32:00 GMT

Intrauterine devices are not only among the most effective contraceptives, but they also can help protect women from a cancer of the uterus called endometrial cancer, researchers reported.

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Minn. House Approves Comprehensive Sex Education Requirement (Medical News Today)

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

The Minnesota House on Monday voted 85-45 to pass a broad education bill (SF 3001) that includes a provision requiring school districts to adopt comprehensive sex education curricula by the 2011-2012 school year, the

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Estrogen fuels competitive drive in women (MSNBC.com)

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:56:04 GMT

Estrogen fuels feelings of power and competition in women in much the same way testosterone does in men, researchers said on Wednesday in a study that shows the need to win is every bit as feminine as it is masculine.

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FDA approves irritable bowel drug (MSNBC.com)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:23:40 GMT

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first U.S. drug to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation in adult women, a medicine marketed by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co and its developer, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Nventa Completes Safety Evaluation On Final Cohort In HspE7 Phase 1 Cervical Dysplasia Trial (Medical News Today)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX: NVN) announced the completion of the safety and tolerability assessment of the fourth and final cohort of patients in its Phase 1 clinical trial of HspE7, its lead therapeutic candidate, in women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). Findings from the fourth cohort safety review demonstrated that HspE7 was safe and well tolerated with no serious...

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Abortion battle still rages in Britain (MSNBC.com)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:36:46 GMT

Pro-choice campaigners mark 40 years of legal abortion in Britain next week, but say their right is under pressure from pro-life activists trying to lower the 24-week limit for the termination of pregnancy.

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Actions Taken On Women's Health-Related Legislation In Iowa, Kansas, Missouri (Medical News Today)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT

The following highlights recent state news about women's health-related legislation. Iowa: Gov. Chet Culver (D) on Friday signed a bill (HF 2145) into law that will require all state-regulated health insurance plans that cover vaccinations to cover human papillomavirus vaccines, the

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Unsafe Abortion Kills Over 3,000 Nigerian Women Each Year (Medical News Today)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT

By conservative estimates, complications from unsafe abortion kill more than 3,000 women each year, according to a new study published in the March 2008 issue of International Family Planning Perspectives. Though abortion is illegal in Nigeria except to save a woman's life, previous research has shown that many women will risk the dangers of a clandestine procedure rather than carry an unintended pregnancy...

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Pap plus HPV tests can bring confusing results (MSNBC.com)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:12:39 GMT

With apologies to Mark Twain, reports of the death of the Pap smear are premature.

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Women Need To More Carefully Look At Studies Reporting Increased Breast Cancer Risks, Opinion Piece Says (Medical News Today)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Because the media "understand how deeply women fear breast cancer," studies that report a "link between some new risk factor and the disease mak[e] headlines everywhere," Carol Tavris, a social psychologist and co-author of the book "Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)," and Avrum Bluming, a professor at the University of Southern California and a medical oncologist, write in a

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Menstrual Disorder May Help Female Athletes, Thesis (Medical News Today)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT

A researcher in Sweden has discovered that a common congenital cause of menstrual disorder may help female athletes succeed by slightly raising their testosterone level.The study was the doctoral thesis of Magnus Hagmar, a postgraduate with the Department of Woman and Child Health at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

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Alabama Newborn Screening To Add Test For Cystic Fibrosis (Medical News Today)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT

The Alabama Department of Public Health in partnership with the cystic fibrosis centers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Children's Hospital of Alabama and the University of South Alabama announces further significant expansion of Alabama's newborn screening program. On April 21, Alabama will add cystic fibrosis to its panel of primary newborn screening tests.

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Patients Overestimate Cancer Screening History (Medical News Today)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT

A new American Cancer Society study finds female African American patients tend to overestimate their level of cancer screening, indicating that current estimates of screening based on self-reported data may be lower than reported.Researchers from the Society's Behavioral Research Center, led by Barbara D.

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Groundbreaking Female Fertility Test Measuring Biological Clocks Launches In Illinois (Medical News Today)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Fertility Centers of Illinois S.C. has joined forces with Repromedix Corp, the nation's leading diagnostic laboratory for fertility testing, to be the first in Chicago to offer the PlanAhead™ test, a cutting edge test measuring a woman's biological clock.

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You want a prettier what?! (MSNBC.com)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:13:24 GMT

Belly button? Toes? Labia? You won't believe the parts some women are tinkering with in their quest for so-called perfection.

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Motherhood can leave pregnant pause in career (MSNBC.com)

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:19:26 GMT

What do you do when the timing of motherhood clashes with the upward trajectory of your career?

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