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Questioning The Benefits Of Elective Removal Of Ovaries During Hysterectomy: Evidence Suggests Procedure May Do More Harm Than Good published
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST
Removal of the ovaries (bilateral oophorectomy) while performing a hysterectomy is common practice to prevent the subsequent development of ovarian cancer. This prophylactic procedure is performed in 55 percent of all US women having a hysterectomy, or approximately 300,000 times each year...
Low-Income Women Living In Small Cities Have Higher Chance Of Obesity published
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST
A recent Kansas State University study found that the availability of supermarkets -- rather than the lack of them -- increased the risk of obesity for low-income women living in small cities. This suggests that policies to increase healthful eating behaviors might need to be tailored based on geographic location...
Utah Gov. Signs Revised Bill Allowing Criminal Charges Against Women For Illegal Abortions published
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) on Monday signed a bill (HB 462) that would allow prosecutors to bring criminal homicide charges against women who arrange illegal abortions, the Salt Lake Tribune reports (Gehrke, Salt Lake Tribune, 3/8). An earlier version of the bill (HB 12), sponsored by state Rep...
New York Times Examines Factors Affecting VBAC Rates As NIH Conference Begins published
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST
The New York Times on Tuesday examined efforts to increase rates of vaginal births after caesarean sections at the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, a small hospital run by the Navajo Nation and financed partially by the Indian Health Services...
Obamas, Clinton Commemorate International Women's Day published
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST
Marking International Women's Day at the White House Monday, President Barack Obama vowed to fight for gender equality at home and abroad, Agence France-Presse reports. The president marked the event with First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, AFP reports...
Opinions: Don't Slow Fight Against HIV, TB, Malaria; U.S. Focus On Women, Girls published
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST
2010 To Be 'Decisive Year' For Global Health, Global Fund Director Says In a BusinessDay opinion piece, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Michel Kazatchkine reflects on the organization's progress and impact on global health outcomes since its creation in 2002, as detailed in the organizations' 2010 annual report...
Blogs Comment On Abortion Coverage In Health Reform, International Women's Day, Other Topics published
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "Stupak's Abortion Argument: Still More About Class Than Choice": Washington Post's "Ezra Klein": The "practical effect" of Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich...
Controlled Study Finds Possible Early Warning Signs For Autism Spectrum Disorders Within Families published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST
A new study suggests a trend toward developing hyperactivity among typically developing elementary-school-aged siblings of autistic preschoolers and supports the notion that mothers of young, autistic children experience more depression and stress than mothers with typically developing children...
Novel Program Translates Behavioral And Social Science Research Into Treatments To Reduce Obesity published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST
Under a $7.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Rush University Medical Center is developing a novel program, called WISHFIT, to help pre-menopausal women reduce visceral fat through a sustained increase in physical activity and reduction in stress...
Washington, D.C., To Become First U.S. City To Distribute Free Female Condoms published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST
Washington, D.C., soon will become the first city in the U.S. to distribute female condoms at no charge, the Washington Post reports...
Sex Education, Contraception Key To Lowering Abortion Rate Among Blacks, Guttmacher CEO Writes published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST
In a New York Times letter to the editor published on Monday, Guttmacher Institute President and Chief Executive Sharon Camp calls for the U.S. to "get serious about providing better health care and more educational and economic opportunities for black women...
Unequal Health Care, Neglect, And Sex-Selective Infanticide, Abortion Lead To Large Gender Gap In Asia, Report Finds published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST
"Nearly 100 million women across Asia have 'disappeared' because of a huge and growing gender gap that has fatally deprived them of access to health care and food and has led to widespread abortions of female fetuses, according to a U.N. report released Monday," the Associated Press reports. The U.N...
Politico Opinion Pieces Argue For U.S. Investment In Global Women's Issues published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST
On International Women's Day, Politico published two opinion pieces discussing the benefits of U.S. aid to support women overseas. ~ Dana Perino, Politico: "Empowering one woman is an investment in the future of families and countries," Perino -- a former press secretary to President George W. Bush -- writes in an opinion piece discussing her work with Women ONE2ONE in Africa...
Light To Moderate Drinking Linked To Less Weight Gain In Middle Aged Women published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST
A new study from the US found that normal weight women in their 40s and older who drank a light to moderate amount of alcohol gained less weight and had a lower risk of becoming obese and overweight compared to their non-drinking counterparts...
Washington Post Opinion Piece Draws Attention To Breast Ironing In Cameroon published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST
In a Washington Post opinion piece on Sunday, freelance writer Jamie Rich examined the Cameroonian practice of breast ironing, in which women use heated plantain leaves or hot stones to "flatten adolescent girls' developing breasts, intending to protect the girls from the dangers of sex, consensual or otherwise...
Global Fund Releases Latest Impact Data, Projections For Improving Global Health In Next Decade published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST
By 2015, mother-to-child HIV transmission will be virtually eliminated and deaths from malaria and tuberculosis will continue to decline if health investments for the diseases are maintained or scaled up, according to an annual results report published Monday by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Agence France-Presse/Africasia.com reports (3/8)...
Women's Group Support Can Improve Birth Outcomes published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST
Community support groups can reduce neonatal mortality, and lower rates of maternal depression-provided that the population coverage is wide enough and the programmes are appropriately designed. These are the conclusions of two Articles, published Online First in The Lancet. Participatory women's groups have shown promise in trials in Nepal, reducing neonatal mortality by about one-third...
What Is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)? What Are The Benefits And Risks Of Hormone Replacement Therapy? published
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST
Hormone replacement therapy, commonly known as HRT is a treatment used to replace hormones that the body is no longer producing because of the menopause. The hormones that need replacing are estrogen and progesterone. The therapy is based on the notion that the treatment may prevent discomfort caused by diminished circulating estrogen and progesterone hormones...
Equal Rights And Opportunities For Women And Girls Essential For Better Health published
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:00 PST
Today, on International Women's Day, the world reflects on how to ensure equal rights and opportunities for women and girls. Everyone must fight against discrimination and inequalities that compromise the health of women and girls around the world...
Women's Support Groups Make Dramatic Improvements On Neonatal Survival Rates published
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST
Women's community groups have had a dramatic effect on reducing neonatal mortality rates in some of the poorest areas on India, according to a study published in the journal the Lancet. The groups provide a cost-effective intervention with added benefits such as reducing significantly maternal depression and improving decision-making amongst the women...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman On International Women's Day published
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST
"Last week in Guatemala I visited a UNICEF centre that houses girls as young as thirteen who have been rescued from brothels. The stories of suffering are simply unimaginable -- horrific situations of rape, prostitution, torture and lost innocence...
Minn. Legislature Considers 'Abstinence-Plus' Sex Education Bill published
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST
A bill (SF 2645) in the Minnesota Legislature would require each school district to create an "abstinence-first" sex education curriculum with "age-appropriate" lessons on human sexuality and information about condoms and other contraceptives, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports...
Recent Releases In Global Health published
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST
WHO Bulletin Examines Communicable Diseases In Southeast Asia The WHO's March Bulletin is a special themed issue focusing on communicable diseases in Southeast Asia. The publication addresses tuberculosis, cholera, neglected tropical diseases and family planning in the region (March 2010)...
Women Community Support Groups Can Reduce Neonatal Mortality published
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST
Two articles published Online First in The Lancet report that community support groups can reduce neonatal mortality. In addition, they can lower rates of maternal depression, provided that the population coverage is wide enough and the programs are suitably designed. In trials in Nepal, participatory women's groups have shown promise. Neonatal mortality was reduced by about one-third...
U.N. Secretary-General, CSW Mark International Women's Day published
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:00:00 PST
"U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked International Women's Day Wednesday calling for gender equality and the empowerment of women, saying that until women and girls are liberated from poverty and injustice; peace, security and sustainable development stand in jeopardy," VOA News reports. Though the international community will officially mark the occasion next Monday, the U.N...
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