The New York Times Magazine on Sunday will publish a special issue on international women’s rights. The
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The following summarizes recent women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Oklahoma Court Strikes Down State Abortion Law,” Bethany Sousa, Womenstake: Tuesday was “a good day for women’s reproductive rights in Oklahoma,” as a state district court ” blocked a state abortion law (
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Women in labor may be allowed to quench their thirst with more than just the standard allowance of ice chips, according to a new Committee Opinion released today from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and published in the September issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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A hysterectomy is an operation to take out the uterus (womb), and sometimes the cervix and other reproductive organs as well. When surgery does not involve removing the cervix, it may be referred to as a subtotal hysterectomy. A radical hysterectomy involves the surgical removal of the uterus, ovaries, cervix, oviducts, lymph nodes and lymph [...]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a complete response letter regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for carisbamate, an anti-epileptic drug in development, announced Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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The NPA has produced a guide to setting up a community pharmacy vascular risk assessment service and a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for vascular risk assessment. The NPA SOP “Vascular Risk Assessment” covers the measurement and assessment of cardiovascular risk factors in adults without previously diagnosed diabetes, existing cardiovascular disease (CVD), or lipid [...]
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The Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies (AIMp), Company Chemists’ Association (CCA), National Pharmacy Association (NPA) and Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) have responded to the MHRA consultation on the European Commission proposal on information to patients for prescription medicines. The pharmacy bodies have strongly recommended that the current ban on direct to consumer [...]
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