In an editorial, the New York Times calls on Congress to “move quickly” to pass the Girls Protection Act (HR 5137), which would “make it a felony to take a girl out of the country” to undergo female genital mutilation. The U.S…
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The following summarizes selected women’s health related videos. Kagan Discusses Abortion Rights: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) became the first lawmaker to raise the issue of abortion rights during Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing this week…
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Women who are physically active at any point over the life course (teenage, age 30, age 50, late life) have lower risk of cognitive impairment in late-life compared to those who are inactive, but teenage physical activity appears to be most important. This is the key finding of a study of over nine thousand women [...]
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it has started the process of deciding whether to cover the costly prostate cancer immunotherapeutic agent sipuleucel-T (Provenge).
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The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has tweaked its uniform financial disclosure form.
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Patients seeking stem cell treatments for various conditions now have an online resource to help them evaluate the claims of clinics and companies around the world.
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ThromboGenics NV, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative treatments for eye disease, announces that data from the second Phase III trial of microplasmin (TG-MV-007) for the non-surgical treatment of vitreomacular adhesion (VMA), are to be presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) and [...]
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Studies of a more-rapid-acting injectable human insulin formulation (VIAject®) in the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and of a novel insulin analog formulation (Vialog™) in an animal model of diabetes were reported this week in three poster presentations at the 70th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association in Orlando, Florida. [...]
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Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. today announced that results from U.S. Navy studies demonstrated decreased mortality in porcine animal models that were given an intravenous dose of Oxycyte® perfluorocarbon emulsion (PFCE) after the onset of decompression sickness (DCS). These results showed a statistically significant decrease in mortality compared with the control group that did not receive Oxycyte [...]
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Preliminary results of a pre-specified subgroup study analysis of patients with diabetes and hypertension demonstrated that the investigational triple combination therapy of olmesartan medoxomil / amlodipine / hydrochlorothiazide (40/10/25 mg) resulted in a statistically significant greater Least Squares mean reduction in blood pressure from baseline at week 12 (37.9/22.0 mm Hg versus 26.4-28.0/14.7-17.6 mm Hg, [...]
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