Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Health News
Two UK researchers who developed a mathematical model to investigate why men appear to be the weaker sex where disease is concerned suggest there may be good reasons behind the “man flu” of popular imagination: it could be the result of evolution where ability to pursue adventure and be competitive has given them [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Health News
Seventh Circuit Appeals Court Judge Diane Wood is attracting speculation that she could be President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee if Justice John Paul Stevens retires this year, USA Today reports. Stevens, who will turn 90 in April, has not chosen a full roster of legal clerks for the court term beginning in October, prompting observers [...]
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Filed under: Women's Health
Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Health News
The New York Times on Tuesday profiled surgeon Howard Jones, who, together with his wife, Georgeanna Seegar Jones, collaborated on the first U.S. in vitro fertilization procedure that led to the birth of an infant…
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Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Health News
AU Summit To Examine Progress Toward Child, Maternal Mortality MDGs When leaders of African states gather for the African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda, in July, they will assess the continent’s progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals relating to child and maternal mortality, Isaac Musumba, Uganda’s state minister for [...]
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Filed under: Women's Health
Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Health News
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has long been a proponent of comprehensive health care reform and this weeks’ enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care for America Act extends health insurance coverage to an additional 32 million Americans…
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Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Health News
The health reform law (HR 3590) that President Obama signed Tuesday could have an “especially large” impact on women in the U.S., who make the majority of family health care decisions and generally live longer than men, Forbes Woman reports. According to the Department of Labor, women make an estimated 80% of health care decisions [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Health News
A Norwegian study to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found that for women with previous caesarean section, the risk of uterine rupture was 8 times higher after trial of labour (TOL)1 than at repeated elective caesarean section. Induction of labour (using prostaglandins) was associated with the highest [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Health News
Two UK researchers who developed a mathematical model to investigate why men appear to be the weaker sex where disease is concerned suggest there may be good reasons behind the “man flu” of popular imagination: it could be the result of evolution where ability to pursue adventure and be competitive has given them [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Health News
African American women are less likely to breastfeed their children, in part due to the preconceived attitudes that women have regarding breastfeeding vs. formula feeding, according to a new study from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center researchers…
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Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Health News
In hospitals, practice makes perfect for overall medical care of common conditions, not just for surgery and invasive procedures, researchers affirmed.
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