One out of every two women struggling to conceive may suffer from endometriosis - the leading cause of infertility - according to researchi from Camran Nezhat, M.D., gynecologist at El Camino Hospital, the hospital of the Silicon Valley. Almost 5.5 millionii women in the U.S…
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UK and French researchers investigating how boys and men aged from 9 to 35 chose between risky and safe options in a computer gambling game concluded that adolescents took the most risks, with 14 year olds showing the most risk-taking behaviour…
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Urologists at a leading Irish hospital have reported an alarming increase in the number of teenage boys and young men developing mumps orchitis, in a paper published in the April issue of the urology journal BJUI…
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The Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) and the Latin American & Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology (SLACOM) will convene the fourth biennial BHGI Global Summit on International Breast Health June 9-11, 2010 in Chicago, bringing together collaborating national and international organizations to address the optimization of breast health care delivery in limited-resource countries…
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One looming question for many consumers is whether the health overhaul will change how much they pay for insurance. Reports explore how the legislation will affect insurance premiums for three different groups. Indianapolis Star: People with employer-sponsored insurance can expect to see their rates increase even faster. And that’s before the major provisions of the [...]
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The Boston Globe, on former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s reaction to the new federal health law: “The former governor, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate again for president in 2012, had labeled Obama’s bill ‘unhealthy for America’ and has called for its repeal, even as conservative critics say it was modeled on Romney’s [...]
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Ovarian endometriomas, better known as ovarian ‘chocolate’ cysts for the brown liquid they contain, can be easily removed by surgery. However, recurrence is common, which can cause ongoing pain and complications. A study evaluated for Faculty of 1000 suggests a simple and effective remedy - the oral contraceptive pill (OCP)…
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Three states recently took action on reproductive health-related measures. Summaries appear below. ~ Idaho: Gov. Butch Otter (R) has allowed a bill (SB 1353) that expands so-called “conscience” protections for medical workers to become law without his signature, the Spokane Spokesman-Review reports (Russell, Spokane Spokesman-Review, 3/29)…
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The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Q&A with Carole Joffe,” Katha Pollitt, The Nation’s “And Another Thing”: Pollitt interviewed Carole Joffe — a sociologist and author of “Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients and the Rest of Us” — about the health reform law’s potential effects [...]
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Bloomberg BusinessWeek: “Among elderly Americans, women and those with diabetes and dementia are most likely to find themselves in the Medicare Part D drug plan ‘doughnut hole,’ the coverage gap that occurs after a beneficiary has reached the annual coverage limit but hasn’t spent enough on drugs to qualify for catastrophic coverage…
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