Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Women's Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/womens_health/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170062.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170062.php An experimental vaccine to treat precancerous vulvar growths eliminated the growths in nine of 20 women participating in a small trial, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters reports. Women's Health / Gynecology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170096.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170096.php During a press conference on Thursday, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned that the "global economic crisis and calls to commit funds to other health crises" threatened to undermine recent gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the Associated Press reports. MSF "says money for other health issues should be given in addition to money for [HIV/]AIDS" (11/5). HIV / AIDS Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170097.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170097.php Child Mortality In Kenya Still High, Survey Shows "The most current data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics under the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) launched on Wednesday shows mortality among children under five years stands at 7.4 percent, while that of infants is at 5.2 percent," Business Daily reports. Pediatrics / Children's Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170002.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170002.php New research shows that during natural menstrual cycles, women with asthma who were not taking oral contraceptives (OC) had lower exhaled nitric oxide levels (eNO), a marker of airway inflammation associated with asthma, than women who were taking OC. Researchers from McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada, studied 17 women with asthma during their menstrual cycles. Respiratory / Asthma Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169897.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169897.php Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) acknowledged Tuesday that lawmakers likely will combine a few fiscal year 2010 appropriations bills into an omnibus measure to allow for quick passage before the end of the calendar year, Roll Call reports (Pierce, Roll Call, 11/3). While the House has passed all 12 of its bills, the Senate has passed only seven and has five remaining (Sanchez, CongressDaily, 11/4). Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169902.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169902.php Although women are viewed as a "key constituency of Democrats, particularly on issues like health care," current health care reform proposals "not only concern women, they may actually drive women away from the party," claims Heather Richardson Higgins, chair of the Independent Women's Forum, in a Women's Health / Gynecology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169831.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169831.php The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position paper on breastfeeding that details health benefits for both infants and mothers and encourages promotion of breastfeeding whenever possible. Women's Health / Gynecology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169806.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169806.php Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome compared to women with lower testosterone levels, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). This new information is an important step, say researchers, in understanding the role that hormones play in women's health. Endocrinology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169786.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169786.php "[J]ust as the prognosis for our health care system is beginning to look sunnier, yet another complication has emerged: so far, reform legislation has failed to require insurers to cover some basic preventive services for women, or prevent providers from charging extra for them," Sharon Lerner, author of the upcoming book "The War on Moms: Life In a Family-Unfriendly Nation," writes in an opinion piece in Women's Health / Gynecology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169788.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169788.php The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. "Some U.S. Abortion Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169785.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169785.php "Perhaps the most wretched people on this planet are those suffering obstetric fistulas," a childbirth injury "often suffered by a teenager in Africa or Asia whose pelvis is not fully grown," New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof writes. Women's Health / Gynecology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169705.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169705.php Science In Action: Saving The Lives Of Africa's Mothers, Newborns, And Children is being released on Nov. 9 at the fifth annual conference of the African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) in Accra, Ghana. Women's Health / Gynecology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169688.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169688.php A new study from a recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that women who exit welfare (under TANF, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), are as likely to marry as women of similar socioeconomic backgrounds who were never on welfare. Marriage rates are lower while women receive TANF, but since most women receive welfare benefits for a short period of time, the overall effect of welfare participation on marriage rates is very small. Women's Health / Gynecology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169594.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169594.php A law requiring Illinois physicians to notify parents of minors seeking abortion procedures is scheduled to take effect Tuesday, the Abortion Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169624.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169624.php Fistula Hospital Plan Is A Great Investment For American Foreign Aid In a New York Times opinion piece, columnist Nicholas Kristof examines a new plan to tackle obstetric fistula, "a childbirth injury, often suffered by a teenager in Africa or Asia whose pelvis is not fully grown. Women's Health / Gynecology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169619.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169619.php To mark the first World Pneumonia Day on Monday, the WHO and UNICEF launched a $39 billion Global Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Pneumonia (GAPP) aimed at preventing 5.3 million child deaths from the disease by 2015, the Associated Press reports (Cheng, 11/1). Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169473.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169473.php Woman are at particular risk of their primary care physicians delaying diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a paper presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, California. The findings suggest that educating practitioners about CKD could increase the timely diagnosis of CKD, thereby leading to improvements in care to patients and savings in Medicare dollars. Urology / Nephrology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169477.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169477.php Individuals who consume a diet high in sodium or artificially sweetened drinks are more likely to experience a decline in kidney function, according to two papers presented at the American Society of Nephrology's annual meeting in San Diego, California. Urology / Nephrology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169407.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169407.php Women undergoing in vitro fertilization who receive only one embryo are as likely to give birth as women who receive two embryos, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters/MSNBC reports. The study is a follow-up to a similar 2004 study. Fertility Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169402.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169402.php The U.S.' "recent experience with abstinence-only sex education is merely the latest chapter in our long, sometimes ridiculous ... history of efforts to control humankind's most basic drive," Johannah Cornblatt writes in a Newsweek article examining the history of sex education. Organized sex education first gained attention during the urbanization movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s, accordiong to Cornblatt. Sexual Health / STDs Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169406.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169406.php Experts at an HIV/AIDS conference in Russia on Wednesday urged Russian officials to end the country's focus on abstinence as a strategy for curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS and adopt a more comprehensive approach that includes harm reduction programs, the AP/New York Times reports. HIV / AIDS Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169430.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169430.php A report released Thursday (.pdf) by a group of global health advocates outlines ways the U.S. can work toward increasing access to health care throughout the world, Inter Press Service reports. They call "for doubling U.S. Aid / Disasters Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169482.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169482.php An article published in the November 2009 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, reports that researchers conducting a meta-analysis of the available data using Bayesian methods concluded that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) almost undoubtedly decreases mortality in younger postmenopausal women. For over sixty years, HRT has been in widespread use to treat menopausal estrogen deficiency. Women's Health / Gynecology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169401.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169401.php The House health care reform bill (HR 3962) released on Thursday includes several provisions aimed at improving health care for women, CQ HealthBeat reports. According to CQ HealthBeat, women -- along with young adults and seniors -- are among the voting blocs Democrats have taken "special care to target" in their push for health reform. Women's Health / Gynecology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169409.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169409.php The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. " Abortion