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Virginia Bishop Apologizes For Catholic Organization's Help To Girl Who Sought Abortion
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
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S.C. Allocates $2M To Expand Breast, Cervical Cancer Screening Program For Low-Income Women
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
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Fran Drescher Graces Cover Of Pause(R) Magazine And Speaks Out For Women's Health
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.
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Study Looks At Risks Associated With Oral Contraceptives For Black Women
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,
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Impaired Womb Function With Age And Major Rise In Caesarean Sections Linked
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.
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Women Over 90 More Likely To Have Dementia Than Men
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.
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Pelvic Prolapse - Evaluating The Effects Of Pelvic Floor Reconstruction On The Outcomes Of Slings
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).
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New York Times Magazine Examines Europe's 'Lowest-Low Fertility' Phenomenon
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.
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Intra Uterine Growth Retardation Induced Sub-Fertility Is Corrected By Placental Gene Therapy With Insulin-Like Growth Factor-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.
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RCOG Release: Royal Colleges Release Report On Working Time Directive (WTD) 2009 Compliance
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.
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