Alcohol dependence is a strong predictor of later marriage and earlier separation, said researchers who studied over 5,000 Australian twins of various ages…
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After years in the making, U.N. Women, the U.N.’s new agency devoted to gender equality and women’s empowerment, officially got to work this month. The Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report’s Jennifer Evans spoke with Letty Chiwara, head of U.N. Women’s Africa Division, to discuss the agency’s launch and the overlap between issues relating to [...]
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A review of existing studies on breastfeeding, published Thursday online in BMJ (British Medical Journal), suggests some findings that contradict the WHO’s 2001 recommendation that mothers “exclusively breastfeed for the first six months of their infants’ lives,” Nature News reports (Gilbert, 1/14)…
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Afghan Government Begins Taxing U.S. Contractors The Washington Post reports on Afghanistan’s efforts “to tax U.S. contractors operating there.” Though it “could raise millions for the cash-strapped government,” U.S. and Afghan officials say the tax “could also provoke fresh confrontation with the United States,” the newspaper writes. “Taxation of U.S…
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The U.S. has not made enough progress in curbing most health care disparities, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, The Hill’s “Healthwatch” reports (Millman, “Healthwatch,” The Hill, 1/13). The report, which primarily focused on racial differences, detailed several disparities related to reproductive health…
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On Friday, Nebraska Sen. Pete Pirsch (R) introduced a bill (LB461) that would expand protections for health workers and patients who have moral or religious objections to abortion, certain end-of-life care decisions and procedures that involve the destruction of embryos, the Lincoln Journal Star reports…
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