Posted on May 19th, 2010 by Health News
Conceptus Inc. (NASDAQ: CPTS), developer of the Essure(R) procedure, the first and proven non-surgical permanent birth control method, announced today that the third generation (ESS305) of the Essure procedure has received FDA-approval for an improved bilateral placement rate of 96.9%. Improvement in the hysteroscopic time of 9 minutes is an additional benefit…
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Significantly more pre-menopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) reported a clinically meaningful improvement in their condition with flibanserin 100mg compared with placebo, according to new research announced today.1 Flibanserin is an investigational, non-hormonal treatment being developed by Boehringer Ingelheim for pre-menopausal women with HSDD…
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Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Genesys HTA™ System for the treatment of menorrhagia. The Genesys HTA System is a next-generation endometrial ablation system designed to ablate the endometrial lining of the uterus in premenopausal women with menorrhagia…
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During her opening address to the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan called for increased global efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), PANA/Afrique en ligne reports. Chan also set-up several global health challenges to be addressed during the five-day meeting, according to the news service…
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U.S., Tanzanian Leaders Launch Program Aimed At Reducing Spread Of HIV/AIDS Among Drug Users The U.S…
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Two common operations for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) help women achieve similar levels of dryness, according to a team of urologists and urogynecologists who compared the treatments in a large U.S. trial supported by the National Institutes of Health…
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The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ Sarah Palin’s Susan B. Anthony List Speech: Several bloggers recently commented on Palin’s Friday speech to the antiabortion-rights group Susan B. Anthony List…
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Tania Basu, MD, and Michael Czerkes, MD, presented their respective award-winning research papers today during the 58th Annual Clinical Meeting (ACM) of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Drs. Basu and Czerkes are the recipients of the Donald F…
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“Try after try to make vaginal creams that could repel the AIDS virus have failed…
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To Curb HIV/AIDS, Stop Gender-Based Violence, U.S. Government Says “Gender-based violence is a world-wide pandemic and directly affects the spread of HIV/AIDS. Fear of violence limits the ability of women and girls to choose their partners; to find out about a partner’s HIV status or disclose their own; and to [...]
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