Blogs Comment On New Emergency Contraceptive, World AIDS Day, Other Topics

Posted on December 6th, 2010 by Health News

The following summarizes select women’s health-related blogs…

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Obstacles To Breastfeeding Success Tackled By New Public Health Goals

Posted on December 6th, 2010 by Health News

For the first time, the barriers to breastfeeding are being addressed at the highest level of government. With the release of Healthy People 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has targeted the new 10-year goals for our nation’s health - and supporting breastfeeding is prominent among them…

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Automatic Alerts Will Let A Woman Know If She Is Fertile Or Not: New IPhone Application

Posted on December 6th, 2010 by Health News

A scientifically-based family planning tool developed by researchers from Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), is now available as an easy-to-use iPhone ®, iPod touch® or iPad™ application…

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New Independent Study Finds Lansinoh HPA Lanolin Heals Nipple Trauma Faster Than Expressed Breastmilk

Posted on December 6th, 2010 by Health News

A new study finds that directed use of Lansinoh® HPA® Lanolin results in a marked reduction of nipple pain associated with breastfeeding and significantly higher healing rates of nipple trauma, compared to application of expressed breastmilk. The study, “Positive Effect of HPA Lanolin versus Expressed Breastmilk on Painful and Damaged Nipples during Lactation,” was conducted [...]

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Conversations with … Robert H. Eckel, MD (with video)

Posted on December 6th, 2010 by Health News

(MedPage Today) — A prominent endocrinologist who focuses on preventing heart disease, Robert H. Eckel, MD, of the University of Colorado, talks about the obesity epidemic, the difficulty of reversing population dynamics, and the need for physicians to model the behavior they want their patients to follow with Editor-at-Large George Lundberg, MD, in this segment [...]

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Washington Week: SGR Patch, Lots of FDA Action

Posted on December 6th, 2010 by Health News

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Congress passed three health-related bills this week and FDA panels weighed in on drugs for thyroid and prostate cancer, a fecal incontinence product, and a weight-loss device.

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