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, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171633.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171633.php There is "crystal clear" evidence that family planning "is one of the best -- and perhaps the very best -- strategy for women in the United States and across the world to improve their health and well-being, as well as that of their offspring," write Eva Moore, a fellow in adolescent medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School's Abortion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171704.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171704.php A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up snail pie. In a research paper to be published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health, she explains snail is not only cheaper and more readily available than beef but contains more protein. Nutrition / Diet Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171714.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171714.php Asthma symptoms can worsen in children with depressed mothers, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Depression Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171628.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171628.php Several newspapers recently published opinion pieces regarding an amendment sponsored by Reps. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) and Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) to the House health care reform bill (HR 3962) that would prohibit abortion coverage in private and public health plans that receive federal subsidies. Summaries appear below. Abortion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171645.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171645.php Insurance companies say mammogram coverage is unlikely to change despite the debate over the effectiveness of breast cancer screenings for women in their forties. Breast Cancer Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171652.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171652.php Agence France-Presse examines a new U.S.-backed "12 million dollar family planning drive launched" Wednesday during a three-day conference on family planning in Kampala, Uganda. Sexual Health / STDs Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171658.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171658.php Report Examines HIV/AIDS Grant Funding HIV/AIDS program grants made by U.S.-based foundations totaled $618 billion in 2008, an 11 percent increase from the previous year, according to a new report by Funders Concerned About AIDS, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. HIV / AIDS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171654.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171654.php "Providing access to contraception for 215 million women, mainly in developing countries, would help to stabilize population growth and significantly reduce the effects of climate change," according to a report released Wednesday by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Nature News reports (Gilbert, 11/18). Sexual Health / STDs Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171548.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171548.php In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, scientists are describing how the protein content of women's saliva change with advancing age. The discovery could lead to a simple, noninvasive test for better diagnosing and treating certain age-related diseases in women, they suggest in a report in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication. Women's Health / Gynecology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171523.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171523.php Control, independence, ambition, pressure, worry, guilt and resentment are all experienced by female breadwinners, according to Dr. Rebecca Meisenbach from the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. Dr. Meisenbach explored the experiences of American female breadwinners to get an insight into how these women experience the phenomenon of being the provider. Her paper was just published online in Springer's journal Sex Roles. Women's Health / Gynecology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171536.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171536.php Almost half of UK women could be suffering from a lack of vitamin A due to a previously undiscovered genetic variation, scientists at Newcastle University have found. The team, led by Dr Georg Lietz, has shown that almost 50 per cent of women have a genetic variation which reduces their ability to produce sufficient amounts of vitamin A from beta-carotene. Women's Health / Gynecology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171472.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171472.php Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is expected to release details of his health care reform bill to members of the Democratic caucus on Wednesday, setting up a possible weekend vote on cloture on the motion to proceed, CongressDaily reports. According to Reid spokesperson Jim Manley, Reid expects to have the final Congressional Budget Office scores of the bill before a 5 p.m. meeting with the caucus. Abortion Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171479.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171479.php "A clear understanding of the structure of the health care proposals currently under consideration" in the House shows why Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) amendment to the chamber's health reform bill (HR 3962) "is such a threat to abortion rights," Jeffrey Toobin writes in a Abortion Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171478.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171478.php A Baltimore bill (FID 09-0406) to require crisis pregnancy centers to post signs stating that they do not provide abortion services is progressing through the City Council, WBAL reports. The council voted 12-3 in favor of the bill, which now moves on to a third and final vote. Pregnancy / Obstetrics Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171468.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171468.php US secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a statement saying that the government policy on what age routine screening mammograms should begin has not changed, following a recent task force recommendation that routine screening mammograms should start at age 50 and not age 40. Preventive Medicine Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171349.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171349.php Global Corruption Fight Slowing, Report Says A new report from Transparency International says the fight against corruption worldwide is slowing as urgency to address the global economic downturn recedes, Bloomberg reports. HIV / AIDS Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171315.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171315.php Marie Stopes International is leading seminars in Afghanistan that explain the benefits of birth control to Islamic religious leaders known as mullahs, the New York Times reports. Afghanistan has a fertility rate of six children per woman, the highest in Asia. Sexual Health / STDs Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171344.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171344.php By offering family planning services to people seeking HIV/AIDS information and treatment, Africa's population growth rate could be curbed by 2.5 percent, health experts said Monday during an international family health conference in Kampala, Uganda, Agence France-Presse reports (11/16). Sexual Health / STDs Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171301.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171301.php Depressive symptoms improved among women with coronary heart disease who participated in a motivationally-enhanced cardiac rehabilitation program exclusively for women, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. Depression often co-occurs with heart disease and is found more often in women with heart disease than in men. Heart Disease Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171263.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171263.php The Executive Committee of the American Society of Breast Disease issued the following response to changes in breast cancer screening recommendations issued by the United States Preventive Services Task Force on November 16, 2009. The new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recommendations on screening mammography, clinical breast exam, and self-examination conflict with the facts. Breast Cancer Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171268.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171268.php With 900,000 assisted reproduction treatments annually such as IVF and intrauterine inseminations in Europe the Commission's proposal to screen both partners before each treatment could lead to costs of over EUR 140 million annually. These figures do not include the additional overhead costs such as administration, personnel and documentation that the hospitals would have to carry on top of that. Fertility Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171223.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171223.php BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products for female sexual health, including LibiGel® for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), applauds the efforts of Boehringer Ingelheim to develop a therapy to treat this unmet medical need. Sexual Health / STDs Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171184.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171184.php A woman who suffers sudden cardiac arrest is significantly less likely than a man to exhibit the decrease in the heart's pumping ability that is widely recognized as a precursor, says a new study in the Nov. 24 Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The lack of left ventricular dysfunction could mean that fewer women meet current medical guidelines for implantable cardiac defibrillators that can prevent sudden cardiac arrest, says the study's lead researcher. Cardiovascular / Cardiology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171136.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171136.php Senate Republicans and conservative activists appear to be at an impasse over whether to attempt to filibuster President Obama's nomination of Indiana Judge David Hamilton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, The Hill reports (Bolton, The Hill, 11/15). Women's Health / Gynecology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171162.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171162.php The Los Angeles Times writes: "Sierra Leone is one of those nations where decades of foreign aid have failed to appreciably lift the fortunes of the people. The country is a charity case: 60% of its public spending comes from foreign governments and nonprofit organizations. Since 2002, it has received more than $1 billion in aid," the newspaper writes. Pediatrics / Children's Health