Many adults who were raised Roman Catholic and leave the faith do so because of a dissatisfaction with the church’s teachings on abortion, birth control and other social issues, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, the
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Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard Law School professor and “one of the most prominent Catholic conservative intellectuals” in the U.S., on Monday announced that she will not accept an award from the University of Notre Dame because of the university’s invitation to President Obama to receive an honorary degree and deliver its commencement speech, the
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“[R]eal respect is what some nurses and doctors want President Obama to show by upholding” the HHS provider “conscience” rule, James O’Neill, principal associate deputy secretary of HHS in 2008, writes in a USA Today opinion piece.
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The “next big biomedical research debate” in Congress could be about whether to allow federal funding of research into “somatic cell nuclear transfer,” also known as therapeutic cloning, to produce stem cells, CQ Today reports. President Obama’s executive order easing restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research directed NIH to determine
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Data to be presented at the American Urological Association’s (AUA) Annual Conference show that GELNIQUE™ (oxybutynin chloride) 10% gel significantly improves symptoms of OAB and urinary urge incontinence in women with the condition. By the end of the 12-week study period, 27 percent of women treated with GELNIQUE achieved complete urinary continence versus 15.6 [...]
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Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) on Tuesday announced that he would leave the Republican Party to join the Democrats, a move that could decrease the GOP’s ability to mount successful filibusters against some items on the Democratic agenda, such as health care reform, the New York Times reports (Hulse/Nagourney, New York Times, 4/29).
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An in-depth proteomic analysis of the sera of 50 participants from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) hormone replacement therapy trial provides some explanations for the trial’s clinical results. The study, published in Biomed Central’s open access journal Genome Medicine, shows that estrogen upregulates proteins involved in several major body processes. Samir Hanash, [...]
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More than 10 million U.S. children witness domestic violence yearly, resulting in a range of emotional and behavioral problems. A new study suggests that the reason some of these children are resilient is because of their easy temperaments and because they have mentally healthy moms. The longitudinal study, conducted by researchers at [...]
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TORONTO (MedPage Today) — The World Health Organization has raised its influenza pandemic alert level to Phase 5, reflecting sustained community transmission in at least two countries in a single region of the world.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — On her first day in office, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius convened a press briefing with the big guns in the fight against the swine flu outbreak. Here is a video of the briefing.
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