The following summarizes selected women’s health related videos. Kagan Memo: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow spoke with Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick about a 1997 memo Kagan co-authored urging President Clinton to support a compromise “partial-birth” abortion amendment as a way to avoid a standoff with congressional Republicans…
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NARAL Pro-Choice America on Wednesday endorsed Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak over five-term incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic primary, which is “too close to call” ahead of Tuesday’s vote, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports…
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A recent American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement on female genital mutilation is drawing strong reactions from some human rights advocates and renewing debate over how U.S. physicians should address the issue with immigrant patients who seek genital cutting for their daughters, Time reports…
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In Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s first meetings with key senators on Wednesday, Republican lawmakers largely focused on her lack of judicial experience and certain decisions she made as dean of Harvard Law School, the New York Times reports (Stolberg, New York Times, 5/12)…
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UroToday.com - Penile length and girth are reportedly decreased following radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer (CaP). However, it is not known whether patients experience similar shortcomings after HIFU or targeted cryoablation of the prostate (TCAP). A report in the online version of the Journal of Sexual Medicine by Dr. Li and colleagues form [...]
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The year: 2014. Imagine the scene: A man’s wife doesn’t feel good on the Pill. He’d like to have the “old her” back, and figures it’s his turn to take responsibility for contraception. But they want another child, so vasectomy is not an option…
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Premature births appear to be associated with a mix of factors — including previous preterm birth, high blood pressure, and diabetes — but how those factors intertwine remains a mystery.
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Pharmacy giant Walgreens has decided to hold off on selling Pathway Genomics’ home genetic testing kit after the FDA sent the kit manufacturer a letter warning that the tests were not federally approved.
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Busy clinicians in the emergency department reduce the time they spend on clinical tasks when interrupted, working faster and possibly cutting corners, a prospective observational study found.
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Derma Sciences, Inc., a specialty medical device/pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, reported financial and operating results today for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
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