Two newspapers recently published opinion pieces responding to President Obama’s comments on the need for “empathy” in candidates to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Summaries appear below.~ Ellen Goodman,
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Specialty clinics that provide family planning services in Texas have seen a significant decrease in state funding over the past four years because lawmakers have redirected millions of dollars to expand family planning at community health centers, the Dallas Morning News reports.
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“The most lamentable and heart-breaking dimension of multilateralism” is the “absence of any serious focus on gender throughout” the United Nations system, Stephen Lewis, founder of AIDS-Free World, writes in a London
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Supporters of embryonic stem cell research have expressed concern about the impact on existing research efforts under the Obama administration’s draft guidelines outlining criteria for federal funding of stem cell research, the Washington Post reports.
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Health officials recently held a regional consultation in Kenya to examine mother-to-child HIV transmission services and pediatric HIV/AIDS care in nine Eastern and Southern African countries, IRIN/PlusNews reports. The consultation — hosted by UNICEF,
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A new study has found that some black women with advanced breast cancer declined treatment with chemotherapy or radiation, though researchers did not know the reason why so many of the women opted against treatment, HealthDay/Las Vegas NOW reports.
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President Obama this morning announced Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, the New York Times’ “The Caucus” reports.
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The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries.~ ”
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A study from Pakistan informs current debate over organ commerce. Medscape Medical News
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A meta-analysis shows that women who have gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy have a 7.5-fold increased risk for the development of type 2 diabetes after delivery, which persists for their lifetime. Medscape Medical News
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