There are two types of condoms; male and female. A condom is a barrier contraceptive - it blocks the route a sperm would take to fertilize an egg. They can be made from latex rubber, polyurethane, or lambskin. According the NHS (National Health Service, UK), males condoms are 98% effective against pregnancy if used correctly, [...]
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With the U.N. Human Rights Council’s June session coming up, governments have a “chance to prove that they value women’s lives by taking concrete action” to recognize “preventable maternal death as a violation of women’s rights,” Mary Robinson and Alicia Yamin, advisory council members of the International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights, write [...]
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The Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso has begun to refocus its services on family planning and women’s health, and likely will shift its HIV/AIDS support programs to other providers that specialize in such services, according to the local agency’s board president, the El Paso Times reports.
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The following summarizes recent action on reproductive health-related legislation in two states.~ Oregon: Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) on Tuesday signed a measure (H.B. 2509) that requires school districts to provide students in all public elementary and secondary schools with medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education courses,
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Following President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, the differences between how male and female judges see and rule on cases has come into question, the New York Times reports.
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, on Thursday will hold a third round of private meetings with senators who will be voting on her confirmation, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports.
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A unique research project into the highly sensitive problem of domestic violence towards older women is being carried out by researchers from The University of Nottingham’s Division of Nursing. 12 participants have already taken part since the project started last year for this valuable study aimed at helping those who have experienced abuse and health [...]
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“If Sonia Sotomayor is a radical activist eager to push the law leftward or to rule according to personal whims rather than constitutional commands, she’s done an impressive job of hiding it all these years,” Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus writes, adding that the “amazing thing about the case against Sotomayor is how thin it [...]
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D., told a House panel that the agency will complete a full review of bisphenol A (BPA) safety by the end of the summer.
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CHICAGO (MedPage Today) — Almost 6% of Medicare beneficiaries who received a clean bill of health after a colonoscopy had to have surgery for colorectal cancer within three years, according to an analysis of administrative data.
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