The North Carolina and Oregon Legislatures recently considered bills related to sex education in schools. Summaries appear below.~ North Carolina: The state Senate pulled a bill (S.
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BioElectronics Corp. (PINKSHEETS: BIEL), the maker of inexpensive, disposable drug-free anti-inflammatory devices, announced its clinical study on the use of Allay™ Therapy for the treatment of menstrual pain and cramping (primary dysmenorrhea) will conclude on May 8. BioElectronics intends to file 510(K) premarket notification for the indication of reducing menstrual pain symptoms with the U.S. [...]
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A Louisiana House committee on Monday voted down a bill (H.B. 517) that would have allowed health care providers to refuse to provide medical services or information that they object to on religious or moral grounds, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports.
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Bristol Palin, the daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), is promoting teenage pregnancy prevention as a teen ambassador for the Candie’s Foundation, an organization that educates teens about the consequences of pregnancy, the AP/Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
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Some HIV-positive women in Kenya are following cultural infant feeding practices, such as starting solid foods at an early age, instead of World Health Organization recommendations that infants born to HIV-positive women be exclusively breastfed for the first six months to improve their chances of survival, IRIN/PlusNews reports.
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Age, condition and treatment delay are among the reasons women who undergo angioplasty for heart attack often do not fare as well as do men, according to two studies presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 32nd Annual Scientific Sessions. These studies, which are among the first to document outcomes in female [...]
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A growing number of ob-gyns are adding minimally invasive robotic surgery to their skill set to perform hysterectomies, myomectomies, vaginal prolapse repair, cancer removal, and other gynecologic procedures, according to two experts at The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) 57th Annual Clinical Meeting. Patients are increasingly seeking out less-invasive treatment alternatives, including robotic [...]
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The Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Women’s Health is joining the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to celebrate the 10th annual National Women’s Health Week that will kick off on Mother’s Day, May 10, through May 16, 2009. The Office of Women’s Health Steering [...]
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The word endometriosis comes from the Greek endon meaning “within” and the Greek metra meaning “uterus”, akin to Greek meter meaning “mother”. The word osis comes from the Greek and/or Latin suffix meanings “affected with, condition, abnormal process”. The Medilexicon
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The New York Times on Tuesday examined how recent lawsuits against the makers of ObTape, a vaginal sling for treating stress urinary incontinence, have raised questions about FDA’s processes for reviewing and clearing new medical devices. The device is a mesh-like sling that is inserted under the urethra.
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