The Des Moines Register on Friday profiled Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa, which marks its 75th anniversary this year. Established in 1934 as the Iowa Maternal Health League, PPGI now includes 17 clinics offering a range of reproductive health services, as well as an education and resource center.
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Black women are nearly three times as likely as white women to have a vitamin D deficiency, which is linked with an increased risk of the vaginal infection bacterial vaginosis, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Nutrition, the New York Times reports.
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The New York Times on Sunday examined maternal mortality in Tanzania, in the opening of a three-part series on maternal mortality in Africa. According to the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, the country has a maternal death rate of 578 per 100,000 births, though the World Health Organization puts the count at 950 maternal deaths per [...]
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South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi within the next two weeks is expected to launch a plan to address mother-to-child HIV transmission in an effort to reduce infant mortality in the country, The Times reports. The MTCT plan is part of a new health program adopted by President Jacob Zuma’s administration, according to The Times.
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More people in the Atlanta area and across the U.S. are delaying pregnancy in a possible reaction to the current economic recession, leading to a decline in the number of couples seeking infertility treatments, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
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A Dream Team of leading cancer researchers will accelerate development of drugs to attack a mutated molecular pathway that fuels endometrial, breast and ovarian cancers, funded by a three-year $15 million grant awarded today by Stand Up To Cancer. The grant is one of five that bring top researchers from different institutions [...]
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President Obama on Tuesday in his official announcement of his nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court emphasized what he called her “extraordinary journey” from a modest background to the top of the judiciary, launching a “confirmation battle that he hopes to wage over biography more [...]
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Gynecologic Oncology Division was named among the nation’s top 10 programs by Contemporary OB/GYN, a leading publication read by the nation’s obstetricians and gynecologists. The award recognizes institutions for overall expertise as well as for leadership in research, patient care and community outreach. Cedars-Sinai’s Women’s Cancer Research [...]
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Several newspapers on Wednesday included editorials and opinion pieces on President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Summaries appear below. ~
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A traveler was temporarily denied entry into the U.S. because of a side effect of Xeloda. WebMD Health News
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