Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Health News
An article published Online First and in The Lancet Oncology reports that the hormonal treatments cyproterone acetate and medroxyprogesterone acetate are the most efficient at reducing hot flushes. This is a common side-effect in men being treated with hormone therapy for prostate cancer…
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Health News
Los Angeles Times: “After days of delay, Senate Democrats pushed ahead Thursday with their drive to pass a healthcare bill by Christmas, approving the first amendment to their giant bill: a measure to expand women’s access to preventive services such as mammograms.” The language, proposed by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), passed by a 61-39 [...]
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Health News
UCLA Center For Health Policy Research: Health Disparities Among California’s Nearly Four Million Low-Income Nonelderly Adult Women - Using data from the 2007 California Health Interview Survey, the authors of this policy brief compare low-income women, ages 18-64, to others…
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Health News
By doubling investments in family planning and birth control, developing countries could nearly halve newborn deaths and reduce maternal deaths by 70 percent, a new report said Thursday, Reuters reports (Kelland, 12/3). The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Guttmacher Institute released the report, according to the U.N. News Centre (12/3)…
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Health News
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers at the Slone Epidemiology Center found that black women with high intake of dairy products have a reduced incidence of uterine leiomyomata (fibroids). This report, based on the Black Women’s Health Study, appears in the current issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology…
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Health News
On Thursday, the Senate voted 61-39 to approve an amendment to its health care reform bill that would require insurance companies to offer women’s preventive care services at little or no cost to patients, the New York Times reports. The amendment, introduced by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md…
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Health News
The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Hundreds of Pro-Choice Advocates Converge on Capitol Hill as Hatch and Nelson Prepare Senate Stupak Amendment,” Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check: Efforts by the Coalition To Pass Health Care Reform and Stop Stupak! have brought “hundreds” of advocates from across the U.S…
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Health News
“Leading makers of antiwrinkle drugs, breast implants and other appearance-related products are trying to derail a proposed tax on elective cosmetic surgery in the Senate’s health-overhaul bill,” The Wall Street Journal reports. “The proposed 5% levy — dubbed the ‘Botax’ after the antiwrinkle treatment product Botox — would raise an estimated $5.8 billion over 10 [...]
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Health News
Lancet Comment Examines Connection Between Climate Change, Health Ahead of the U.N. Climate Change conference in Copenhagen next week, a Lancet comment examines the health consequences associated with climate change and the case for linking climate and health goals. “The issue now is not whether climate change is occurring, but [...]
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Health News
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — President Obama gave Senate Democrats a Sunday afternoon pep talk on their own turf, emphasizing what he termed the historical importance of passing healthcare reform legislation, according to senators who attended the meeting.
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