10-year state-by-state report shows the good, bad, ugly in women’s health The United States has failed to meet most goals for women’s health - largely federal objectives drawn from the U.S…
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Women in one of Colombia’s poorest neighborhoods last week began receiving no-cost contraceptives drugs and surgical procedures, after the country’s Congress this fall passed a law guaranteeing access to the services as part of a push to prevent unintended pregnancies, the Los Angeles Times reports…
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The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii and the pathogenic bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis exemplify convergent evolution, the development of a similar biological trait in unrelated lineages, according to research presented today at the American Society of Cell Biology’s 50th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia…
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A new report from the Women’s HIV Prevention Tracking Project (WHiPT), a collaborative initiative of AVAC and the ATHENA Network, features an unprecedented collection of voices from Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Uganda reflecting on what male circumcision for HIV prevention means for women…
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“If teens aren’t going to get sex education from their parents, and if they aren’t going to get it from their schools, then they’re going to get it somewhere,” including the media or their peers, which can lead to misinformation, according to Boston Globe columnist Joanna Weiss…
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National Partnership for Women & FamiliesThe following summarizes select women’s health-related blog entries…
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Marijuana use — including daily pot smoking — increased in 2010 among young people, who apparently have become more lax about the perceived dangers of the drug, according to a new federal report.
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(MedPage Today) — Drugmaker Eli Lilly has suspended its global phase III study of tasisulam, an investigational treatment for unresectable or metastatic melanoma, because of “safety concerns,” according to a release from the company.
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(MedPage Today) — After reviewing reports on 31 overdoses of the prescription cough medication benzonatate (Tessalon) — including the deaths of five toddlers — the FDA said it was beefing up the drug’s label warnings and urging parents to keep it out of reach of children.
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Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a 12 month extension for the Company to modify its NDA in response to a Complete Response Letter (CRL) received November 25, 2009 for the CFS indication.
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