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Nonromantic sexual partnerships: Risks and rewards

A University of Iowa study found that one-third of sexual relationships in the Chicago area lack exclusivity. One in 10 men and women reported that both they and their partner had slept with other people.

2 Apr 2010

Family planning, access to safe, legal abortion key to maternal, child health, U.S. Sec. of State says

Following a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from G8 countries in Quebec on Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "appeared at odds … with [Canadian] Prime Minister Stephen Harper's G8 initiative on maternal and child health, saying family planning, contraception and access to legal, safe abortions were vital elements of maternal health care," Canwest News Service/Ottawa Citizen report (O'Neill, 3/31).

1 Apr 2010

LFA seeks grant proposals from researchers and investigators to help advance in lupus research

The Lupus Foundation of America seeks grant proposals from researchers and investigators to help advance the science and understanding of pediatric lupus, reproductive health issues in people with lupus, and neuropsychiatric lupus, which affects the brain and peripheral nervous system.

23 Mar 2010

Infertile men are at greater risk for developing prostate cancer: Study

Infertile men are at nearly three times greater risk for developing clinically significant prostate cancer than the average man according to a new study published in the journal, Cancer.

23 Mar 2010

Executive order on abortion funding to assuage anti-choice members: Center for Reproductive Rights concerned

News reports today confirm that an executive order on abortion funding is being developed in an attempt to assuage anti-choice members of the House of Representatives and to secure their votes in the down-to-the-wire battle over passage of healthcare reform. The text of the proposed executive order has not been publicly disclosed. Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights has this response:

22 Mar 2010

Acetaminophen safe and effective for reducing postpartum pain

For many mothers of newborns, lingering pain from the delivery can interfere with their first days with their infant. A recent review examined whether over-the-counter medications containing acetaminophen - Tylenol for example − provided adequate relief for such pain and concluded that they are effective.

17 Mar 2010

Researchers study worldwide use of Hib vaccine; Neighbors' decisions influence adoption of vaccines

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted an analysis of worldwide use of Haemophilus influenza Type b vaccine (Hib) to determine what factors influenced a nation's adoption of the vaccine.

16 Mar 2010

UVA, Merck collaborate to discover novel drugs for women's reproductive health

The University of Virginia in Charlottesville today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) to discover novel drugs for women's reproductive health.

12 Mar 2010

New SpermCheck Fertility home test kit for sperm level measurement

Infertility affects between 10 and 15 percent of couples worldwide. Surprisingly, problems with male fertility account for approximately 50 percent of infertility cases.

12 Mar 2010

Former President Clinton, Bill Gates encourage U.S. global health investment at Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing

Former President Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said Wednesday at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing "that U.S. investments in fighting [HIV/]AIDS, malaria and other diseases in underdeveloped nations save lives and play a vital role in improving America's image abroad," the Associated Press reports.

12 Mar 2010

A global initiative to protect the rights of adolescent girls

As leaders gather for the fifteen-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action, we, the members of the United Nations Adolescent Girls Task Force, jointly pledge to intensify our efforts to fulfil the human rights of adolescent girls.

11 Mar 2010

HDI announces results of Rapid Maternal Mortality and Obstetric Fistula Prevention Project

In honor of the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, Health & Development International (HDI) announced the results of its Rapid Maternal Mortality and Obstetric Fistula Prevention Project today, in advance of its second hosted global meeting on this topic to be held at The Carter Center in Atlanta on March 9 and 10.

8 Mar 2010

Obama administration proposes $715.7M for international FP/RH programs

Today, final details of the White House budget proposal for family planning and reproductive health were made public. The Obama administration is proposing $715.7 million for bilateral and multilateral international family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) assistance -- a $67 million or a 10 percent increase above FY 2010.

6 Mar 2010

Recent releases in Global Health

The WHO's March Bulletin is a special themed issue focusing on communicable diseases in Southeast Asia. The publication addresses tuberculosis, cholera, neglected tropical diseases and family planning in the region (March 2010).

6 Mar 2010

Women face VA obstacles in treatment for war disorders

Women are saying they face roadblocks to care when they seek treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals, even as they return in record numbers from battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, ABC News reports.

4 Mar 2010

UCLA School of Nursing selects CytoCore's PadKit Collection Kit for comparative cytology study of cervical cancer

CytoCore Inc., the developer of cost-effective products used in the practice of cytology for the detection and diagnosis of cancer and cancer related diseases, announced today that PadKit® Collection Kit, a transport kit using an intralabial device for the collection of gynecological samples, has been selected by the UCLA School of Nursing as the sample collection system for a comparative cytology study of cervical cancer.

26 Feb 2010

Boston IVF The Maine Center opened to offer full range of infertility and reproductive health services

Boston IVF, a leading medical practice providing specialized infertility treatment since 1986, is expanding its patient care services in Maine and has opened Boston IVF The Maine Center, offering local patients state-of-the-art care closer to home.

25 Feb 2010

UCSF receives $1.15M grant to integrate family planning into HIV treatment and care

UCSF has received a $1.15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to determine if integrating family planning into HIV treatment and care will increase contraceptive use and decrease unintended pregnancy among HIV-positive women. UCSF will partner with the Kenya Medical Research Institute and Ibis Reproductive Health to conduct the research.

18 Feb 2010

RI-MUHC and McGill University teams receive $5M CIHR grant for environmental and reproductive health studies

Two teams from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University received significant support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) amounting to $5 million over five years.

15 Feb 2010

Non-invasive MR Spectroscopy to determine ability to be fathers

Men with no sperm in their ejaculate—a condition known as azoospermia—may no longer need invasive procedures to determine if they have sperm in their testes according to a new study published in Human Reproduction.

5 Feb 2010

Reproductive Health News and Research

Nonromantic sexual partnerships: Risks and rewards

Family planning, access to safe, legal abortion key to maternal, child health, U.S. Sec. of State says

LFA seeks grant proposals from researchers and investigators to help advance in lupus research

Infertile men are at greater risk for developing prostate cancer: Study

Executive order on abortion funding to assuage anti-choice members: Center for Reproductive Rights concerned

Acetaminophen safe and effective for reducing postpartum pain

Researchers study worldwide use of Hib vaccine; Neighbors' decisions influence adoption of vaccines

UVA, Merck collaborate to discover novel drugs for women's reproductive health

New SpermCheck Fertility home test kit for sperm level measurement

Former President Clinton, Bill Gates encourage U.S. global health investment at Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing

A global initiative to protect the rights of adolescent girls

HDI announces results of Rapid Maternal Mortality and Obstetric Fistula Prevention Project

Obama administration proposes $715.7M for international FP/RH programs

Recent releases in Global Health

Women face VA obstacles in treatment for war disorders

UCLA School of Nursing selects CytoCore's PadKit Collection Kit for comparative cytology study of cervical cancer

Boston IVF The Maine Center opened to offer full range of infertility and reproductive health services

UCSF receives $1.15M grant to integrate family planning into HIV treatment and care

RI-MUHC and McGill University teams receive $5M CIHR grant for environmental and reproductive health studies

Non-invasive MR Spectroscopy to determine ability to be fathers

What to know about prostate cancer eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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