GW Doc: Breast Health Guidelines "Nothing Less Than A Travesty" Nov 19, 2009
(WUSA) -- Dr. Rachel Brem from George Washington University Hospital believes the new guidelines on breast health will turn back the clock on advancements in women's health. This week, a government task force said women under 50 years old do not need a mammogram. (W-USA News, DC)
Sebelius: Women Should Get Mammograms by Age 40 Nov 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, moving to douse confusion caused by a task-force recommendation two days earlier. (Fox News)
Bucknell Women's Basketball Hosts Penn State in Home Opener Nov 19, 2009
The Bison are very pleased to be teaming up with Evangelical's Women's Resource Center to help spotlight breast cancer and promote women's health. Up NextWhen Bucknell women's basketball takes to the court again, it will be part of a busy day in Lewisburg. (Bucknellbison.com)
Interview: Ensuring American children's health Nov 19, 2009
Even before birth, society has an opportunity to cut future costs and ensure a child's future well-being, said Dr. Nereida Correa, who is medical director of the MIC Women's Health Services of the Medical and Health Research Association of New York and is in charge of prenatal care. Providing prenatal care to mothers and their unborn children is the first chance at preventing complications down the road. (Xinhuanet, China)
Insurance will pay for breast screening Nov 19, 2009
A spokeswoman for Kaiser Permanente, Farra Levin, says, "We believe that focusing on prevention and early detection is critical in improving women's health and saving lives.". That doesn't mean that companies are totally ignoring the task force's advice. (USA Today)
Dems Feel the Heat over Abortion Nov 19, 2009
I don't want my tax dollars to go to keeping idiots healthy any more than you want yours going to women's health care, which yes, might include abortions, but whaddya gonna do. Even idiots deserve to live, although I question more frequently as to why that is so. (CBS News)
Proposed breast cancer guidelines might not affect behavior Nov 18, 2009
"I think they're making a backward step with the recommendations, and they're possibly going to cause significant harm to women's health," Dr. Thigpen said. "We have changed the outcome of breast cancer from the 1950s until now, and we have done it with screening mammograms.". (The Augusta Chronicle)
Guidelines Delay Start of Mammograms to Age 50, Then Every Other Year Nov 18, 2009
The American College of Radiology called the guidelines "a step backward," and added that they "represent a significant harm to women's health.". However, a spokeswoman for the task force that put together the new recommendations said the guidelines are the result of an analysis that compared benefits and risks -- early detection and reduced breast cancer deaths, for instance, vs. false positive results (indication of breast cancer when none is actually present), which can cause anxiety and make... (MEDLINEplus)
Woman Who Has 300 Orgasms a Day Meets Dream Man Nov 18, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009. A woman with a medical condition that gives her 300 orgasms a day has found the man of her dreams after she wore out a string of boyfriends. (Fox News)
Women don't need to take egg donation risk Nov 18, 2009
If women's health is the overriding concern, recruitment procedures should screen out young women from egg supply programs. But those are the eggs researchers want. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
We Need a Pap Smear for Breast Cancer Nov 18, 2009
is the executive director of the National Women's Health Network. . (Slate)
Female Sexual Dysfunction: Myth or Malady? Nov 18, 2009
Certainly, there may be women who will do better after taking flibanserin, says Judy Norsigian, executive director of the women's health advocacy Our Bodies Ourselves, based in Cambridge, Mass. But she thinks the diagnosis of HSDD unnecessarily medicalizes women's sexual lives. (Time.com)
Ashlee still feels sexy Nov 17, 2009
" Ashlee (25) says she gets regular exercise by carrying Bronx around all the time. She said in an interview with Women's Health magazine: "I do Bronx Pilates. And these biceps are from holding him. (iAfrica.com)
Women's health Nov 17, 2009
Movie stars, athletes and a former first lady who've all beaten the disease share what inspired them to keep fighting. Nov. 16: Breast cancer specialist Dr. Susan Love offers advice about what women should take away fromnew government recommendations advising women to wait until 50 to begin getting regular mammograms. (MSNBC -- Health)
Click to read: Laura Bush on Life After the White House Nov 17, 2009
" She added the next morning the former first couple made their own coffee and did things for themselves they hadn't done. "But it's really, you know, it's terrific," she said. In addition to her work with the new, state-of-the-art performance center, Laura continues to be involved in a variety of causes. Rodriguez said, "I know that you're still very passionate about education and women's health. Do you find that it's more difficult now to promote those, as a former first lady. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Couric With VP Candidates Palin and Biden Nov 17, 2009
And the second three months, where Roe v. Wade says, well then the state, the government has a role, along with the women's health, they have a right to have some impact on that. And the third three months they say the weight of the government's input is on the fetus being carried. (CBS News -- Evening News)
USPSTF mammography recommendations will result in countless unnecessary breast cancer deaths each year Nov 17, 2009
"The USPSTF recommendations are a step backward and represent a significant harm to women's health. To tell women they should not get regular mammograms starting at 40 when this approach has overwhelmingly been shown to save lives is shocking. At least 40 percent of the lives saved by mammographic screening are of women aged 40-49. These recommendations are inconsistent with current science and apparently have been developed in an attempt to reduce costs. Unfortunately, many women may pay for... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
First Network, Then Cable, Now There's 'Social TV' Nov 16, 2009
See Why Women's Health Is Our Magazine of the Year, and What Smart Moves Our Other Honorees Are Making. Here's What to Enter, and How to Enter It. (Multichannel News)
Women's Health Office Funds Cut Nov 15, 2009
But this week's answer is "When you are the Office of Women's Health" within the Food and Drug Administration ... Women's health advocates inside and outside the agency suspect they are witnessing, at least in part, a long-anticipated payback for the trouble the office stirred during the prolonged debate over nonprescription sales of Plan B. Taking a position that chafed the administration's conservative base, the office had stood up for scientific research that had backed the safety and... (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
Seizure Drug Helps Women with Hot Flashes Sleep Nov 15, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gabapentin, a drug used to treat seizures, improves the quality of sleep in menopausal women bothered by hot flashes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report in the Journal of Women's Health ... SOURCE: Journal of Women's Health, September 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
St. Clair High Graduate Joins Jefferson Regional Nov 14, 2009
Dr. Waltman specializes in chronic disease management including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, in addition to providing women's health services. "Jefferson Regional (Medical Center) is a perfect fit," Dr. Waltman said. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
FDA OKs new drug for heavy periods Nov 14, 2009
Women's health videos ... MORE FROM WOMEN'S HEALTH ... Women's health Section Front. (MSNBC -- Health)
Ashlee: Don't call my sister fat Nov 14, 2009
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz (right) defends her sister Jessica in the December issue of Women's Health magazine ... Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is on the cover of the December issue of Women's Health magazine ... New York (CNN) -- Ashlee Simpson-Wentz wants people to stop calling her big sister Jessica fat, the singer-turned actress told Women's Health magazine. (CNN)
'Her Work Is Changing the Future of Women's Health' Nov 14, 2009
Washington Missouri - 'Her Work Is Changing the Future of Women's Health ... Her Work Is Changing the Future of Women's Health' By: Karen Cernich 11/13/2009 ... women's health and mental health. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Health Tip: What Causes Urinary Tract Infections in Women? Nov 14, 2009
The National Women's Health Information Center lists these common causes of urinary tract infections in women. Wiping from back to front after a bowel movement. (MEDLINEplus)
Less HRT, Fewer Cases of Possible Breast Cancer Precursor Nov 14, 2009
The findings are in keeping with other recent research showing a decline in breast cancer rates since the release of results from the Women's Health Initiative, a major trial that caused many women to stop taking combined (estrogen plus progesterone) hormone therapy. The Women's Health Initiative was halted in July of 2002 after researchers found higher risks of heart attacks and breast cancer in women taking the hormone supplements compared with placebo ... "The finding they report is... (MEDLINEplus)
WHO: Women's health a 'priority' Nov 13, 2009
WHO: Women's health an 'urgent priority' - CNN.com ... WHO: Women's health an 'urgent priority ... A new report by WHO has declared women's health as "urgent priority". (CNN -- International)
Paddlers take on race from Moloka'i to Oahu Nov 13, 2009
The talk will be followed by a question-and-answer session and Steelsmith will sign copies of her book "Natural Choices for Women's Health" after the event. lululemon athletica is in the Nordstrom wing of Ala Moana Center. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Risk Of Hip Fracture In Postmenopausal Women Rises Steeply With Age Nov 13, 2009
The study, by Emily Banks (The Australian National University, Acton, Australia) and colleagues, followed women who were participating in the well-known Million Women Study (), a national study of women's health involving 1. 3 million UK women aged 50 and over. (Science Daily)
The ABCs on Caesarean sections Nov 12, 2009
"There's no question that there's a basic, irreducible number of C-sections we need to do for women's health," Ricciotti says. "But there's also no question that we're doing too many in the United States.". (CNN)
Study: 'Designer Vagina' Surgery on Rise, May Be Unsafe Nov 12, 2009
Study: 'Designer Vagina' Surgery on the Rise, but Safety Questioned - Women's Health - FOXNews. com. (Fox News)
More of this story... Nov 12, 2009
Many people from Lindsay also come to the Exeter clinic, which offers a variety of specialty medical services including Pediatrics, Diabetes, Women's Health, Mental Health, Family Medicine, Immunizations and WIC referrals. Guiffrida said the Exeter clinic does offer van transportation to and from surrounding cities, but that Kaweah Delta wanted to get more involved in the city of Lindsay. (The Exeter Sun, CA)
Lack of Health Care Worsens Women's Life Quality: WHO Nov 11, 2009
Childbirth assistance can be particularly hard to access for unmarried and marginalized women, teenagers and sex workers, WHO said in its first attempt to log differences between men's and women's health over their lifetimes ... Women are also overwhelmingly more likely to be victims of sexual violence than men, and elderly women's health problems such as eyesight and hearing loss, arthritis, depression and dementia are often untreated ... Unequal access to education, employment and fair wages... (MEDLINEplus)
Why Sexism Kills Nov 11, 2009
On addressing sexism in health care: "Lessons can be learned form bold national initiatives that have sought to address social inequality and exclusion in ways that promote gender equality and women's health. For example, Chile's multisectoral and integrated approach to social protection for the poor includes a universal program for early child development. Chile Crece Contigo ("Chile grows with you") includes access to child care, education and health services to help young children achieve... (Time.com)
Central Valley lawmakers split over health care abortion issue Nov 11, 2009
"I understand there are people in this country who feel very strongly about abortion that women shouldn't have them, that the government shouldn't pay for them but we should not be on a road that takes away a woman's right to reproductive freedom," said Shauna Hecker, executive director for Women's Health Specialists. Hecker's group serves 50,000 women and performs about 4,000 abortions annually at family planning clinics in Sacramento and three other Northern California cities. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Pill use 'may cut risk of cancer' Nov 10, 2009
The study began in 1968, and updates on the women's health were provided every six months by their GPs. Even if women eventually moved to a new GP the researchers were able to obtain details of whether they developed cancer, or died from NHS central registries. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Pregnant Women Risk Early Delivery From Using Psychiatric Medication Nov 10, 2009
The findings appear in the September/October issue of Women's Health Issues. Funding came from the National Center for Research Resources, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the March of Dimes Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Science Daily)
Hundreds of genes distinguish patients likely to survive advanced melanoma Nov 10, 2009
NYU Langone Medical Center is internationally renowned for excellence in areas such as cardiovascular disease, pediatrics, dermatology, neurosurgery, imaging, urology, cancer care, rehabilitation, plastic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, transplant surgery, infertility, and women's health. For more information on NYU Langone Medical Center, visit. (EurekAlert!)
Bill Clinton meets with Senate Dems on health care Nov 10, 2009
" Russell wrote on Nov 9, 2009 8:25 PM:" ALL women's health issues should be protected in whatever legislation passes. " fossagrimmin wrote on Nov 9, 2009 9:05 PM:" I would imagine all that belive in abortion, would not mind to be aborted themselves. (Longview Daily News, WA)
House Opens Debate on Historic Health Bill Nov 8, 2009
But the abortion language "would put women's health in jeopardy and undermine real health reform," she said. The leadership's hope is that no matter how the vote on the abortion measure turns out, Democrats on both sides of the abortion divide will then unite to give the health care bill a majority over unanimous Republican opposition. (Newsmax)
After hospital cuts, a new women's health center is born Nov 8, 2009
"I feel like I have a calling, and there's a need in this community for women's health care," Junge said. She decided to open the practice with her focus on women's health care, prenatal and family planning. (Anchorage Daily News)
Monsanto takes a punch to the gut Nov 7, 2009
" But finally, the future doesn't necessarily have to be a zero sum game, with just one country ruling supreme before another overcomes it: First Britain, than the U.S., and then China. As noted above, China isn't the only country nervous about the dollar. Emerging nations like Brazil and India and Russia are also getting itchy -- and their clout is steadily growing. Michele Bachmann may not like it, but the world is becoming increasingly multipolar. The permanent expansion of the G-7 group of... (Salon)
News Stories Nov 7, 2009
Women's Health Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- Women's Health)
Celebrate Movember Nov 7, 2009
Movember was born in 2003, in a pub in Melbourne, Australia after a group of men had been inspired by the women's health movement and sought to 'change the face of men's health' by encouraging men to engage in their health and talk about the issue. In Movember's first year, 30 Australian men donned moustaches in a bid to get the nation talking about prostate cancer and depression among men. (Suite101.com)
Physical Education Key To Improving Health In Low-income Adolescents Nov 7, 2009
(June 23, 2009) While Ontario women live longer than men, a majority are more likely to suffer from disability and chronic conditions, according to a new women's health study. What's more, low-income women have more. (Science Daily)
Wiesel slams tea partiers Nov 7, 2009
" Still, says our host, You must quarantine Washington, DC, nothing in or out. He s calling on his supporters in the Twelver protest movement to shut down the government with their opposition -- no infected legislation comes out -- until the rot is gone. It s an almost perfect encapsulation of the way in which the paranoid right attributes blame. There are 535 men and women in Congress, and the membership changes every two years. Yet Beck's list is short. That is probably because while he'll... (Salon)
The other Paris Nov 7, 2009
" A French translation follows the English. Share: Page 1 of 27 in France France in the news Loading... Currently in Salon The polarizing author and vegetarian discusses his new book, "Eating Animals," and the hefty cost of cheap food By Jessica Roy A revealing documentary on the lives of soldiers at the Army base goes more than skin deep By Mary Williams International trade affects our healthcare, the economy and the environment -- in other words, everything By David Sirota "Donnie Darko"... (Salon)
Dogs vs. SUVs vs. the earth, debunked Nov 7, 2009
" This tells us more than we need to know about what it to takes to sell a book in 2009. My advice: If your SUV and dog have similar carbon footprints, ditch the SUV and take your dog for a walk. Share: Page 1 of 75 in Global Warming Global warming in the news Loading... Recommended Reads U.C. Berkeley journalists traveled the world to report on the front lines of climate change. By Sandy Tolan, from Salon Global warming doesn't faze the infamous author, who argues that polar bears are doing... (Salon)
Obesity May Affect Fertility in Young Women Nov 7, 2009
"As the incidence of obesity increases in the United States, women's health care practitioners are likely to care for a substantial number of patients who will undergo bariatric surgery. Studies like this one are extremely useful to help us determine how to advise these patients and best meet their needs," said Dr. William Gibbons, president-elect of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, in a news release from the society. The study findings appeared in the Oct. 7 online edition of the... (MEDLINEplus)
Metabolic Syndrome May Raise Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease Nov 7, 2009
Using data on more than 27,000 women taking part in the Women's Health Study, researchers identified participants with metabolic syndrome, a collection of symptoms including abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, low HDL ("good") cholesterol, high triglyceride levels and insulin resistance. Women were considered to have metabolic syndrome if they had three or more of those symptoms. (MEDLINEplus)
Tackling "partial birth" abortion Nov 7, 2009
Take action today for women's healthcare reform Video By ... Until recently, Abby Johnson, the director of Planned Parenthood's clinic in Bryan, Texas, escorted patients past angry protesters and publicly excoriated the local antiabortion organization for spreading lies and threatening women's health ... " An incredibly interesting debate that looks at both the pros and cons of abortion from a secularist viewpoint. Currently in Salon The polarizing author and vegetarian discusses his new book,... (Salon)
America is rusting because of free trade Nov 7, 2009
" As a result, according to the report, land grabs have the potential to dispossess farmers on a large scale. In many countries, there may be enough arable land available for everyone, but the quality is not uniform -- and the investors want the best land. That, as it happens, is the land where farmers usually live. Because more than 50 percent of Africans are small farmers, large-scale land acquisition could be disastrous for the population. Those who lose their fields lose everything. The fact... (Salon)
Unemployment's black October Nov 7, 2009
" The appropriate public policy response is not necessarily to send more Americans to expensive four-year colleges, particularly if that means crippling burdens of personal debt in the form of student loans. We need to expand the vocational training provided by the community college system. None of this means that we don't need world-class scientists and engineers, or that we don't need to rebuild our manufacturing export industries, or that we don't need to hire people to design and build... (Salon)
Alito picks up another Democrat Nov 7, 2009
" In 1992, Virginia executed Roger Coleman for murdering his sister-in-law. Coleman had insisted on his innocence until his dying breath, and his sentence drew when he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. In 2006, then-Gov. Mark Warner using more advanced methods. Death penalty opponents hoped that, by conclusively establishing Coleman's innocence, the posthumous tests would erode the legitimacy of capital punishment in the United States. The testing had precisely . It conclusively... (Salon)
Fort Hood, written on the body Nov 7, 2009
" Cone also said he was inspired by a woman who helped carry a wounded victim and used her blouse as a tourniquet, then realized she'd been shot in the hip. The suspected gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is hospitalized on a ventilator. Share: Page 1 of 2 in Fort Hood Shooting Fort Hood Shooting in the news Loading... Currently in Salon The polarizing author and vegetarian discusses his new book, "Eating Animals," and the hefty cost of cheap food By Jessica Roy International trade affects our... (Salon)
Army: Wounded officer ended rampage Nov 7, 2009
" At least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades. Investigators had not determined for certain whether Hasan was the author of the posting, and a formal investigation had not been opened before the shooting, said law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of... (Salon)
Take to the phones! Nov 6, 2009
One week ago, as you may recall, five out of nine doctors -- I mean, Supreme Court justices -- OK'd an ill-defined abortion ban with, precedent, schmecedent, no exception for women's health ... Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood has organized rallies and demonstrations in states from Georgia and Pennsylvania to Missouri and Utah, and has also launched the Parenthood Pledge, "a grass-roots campaign to engage activists and supporters across the country and urge them to put every elected leader in... (Salon)
Depot Hotel holiday classes Nov 6, 2009
Last week's "Pink Ribbon Day" at Sonoma Market and Glen Ellen Village Market was a huge success in raising funds for the Carolyn J. Stone Women's Health and Wellness Center for uninsured and under-insured women's mammograms. Both stores gave 10 percent of gross revenue for the day to the cause, and Carolyn Stone herself worked a cash register at Sonoma Market for four hours. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Women's Health Office Funds Cut Nov 6, 2009
But this week's answer is "When you are the Office of Women's Health" within the Food and Drug Administration ... Women's health advocates inside and outside the agency suspect they are witnessing, at least in part, a long-anticipated payback for the trouble the office stirred during the prolonged debate over nonprescription sales of Plan B. Taking a position that chafed the administration's conservative base, the office had stood up for scientific research that had backed the safety and... (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. Nov 6, 2009
Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. Follow News & Politics. (Salon)
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? Nov 6, 2009
If he really cared about women's health, Hadassah's new cause, he'd get out of the way of healthcare reform By Joe Conason. Controversy about Publishers Weekly's year-end list has the Internet up in arms By Laura Miller. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Grief, cancer, Nietzsche and Santa Nov 6, 2009
" You may indeed, in that even after legions of bloody-minded imitations on both sides of the Pacific (most of them execrable), "Audition" still has the power to enter your dreams. Not a fantastically gory film, "Audition" is nonetheless a profoundly disturbing one, as much for its subtle portrait of the subterranean war of the sexes as for its infamous conclusion, when wounded widower Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) finally finds out what the 24-year-old, supernally gorgeous ballerina (model Eihi... (Salon)
Meet the GOP's wrecking crew Nov 6, 2009
" One can only imagine that Obama's pollsters are picking up on a successful effort by the GOP to make government spending the centerpiece of their attack on Obama's management of the economy. But I'm with When the midterm elections roll around, voters will care much more about high unemployment than they will big deficits. And the one way to absolutely ensure higher unemployment next year is to start "getting serious" about deficit reduction now. UPDATE: Share: Page 1 of 138 in U.S. Economy... (Salon)
Newly revised guidelines for managing thyroid cancer published in Thyroid journal Nov 6, 2009
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Chill: A little stress may help you live longer Nov 6, 2009
More from Women's Health ... More stories from Women's Health. (MSNBC -- Health)
