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Benefits of breast cancer screening questionable

Danish researchers are claiming that the benefits of breast cancer screening are questionable and that mammograms can lead to women being given unnecessary and harmful treatment.

18 Oct 2006

Contraceptive options in the U.S. examined

The New York Times on Tuesday examined contraceptive options in the U.S., where 60% of unplanned pregnancies occur among women who use contraception.

17 Oct 2006

Los Angeles Times examines Proposition 85

The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday examined Proposition 85, a California ballot measure that would require physicians to notify a parent or guardian before performing an abortion on a minor (Hall, Los Angeles Times, 10/17).

17 Oct 2006

Vitamin D may slow down breast cancer

The authors of a new study are suggesting that vitamin D may slow down the progression of breast cancer.

17 Oct 2006

Abortion-rights, women's groups endorse Massachusetts Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Patrick

NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts and other abortion-rights and women's groups on Thursday announced that they will support Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick (D), the AP/Boston Globe reports.

16 Oct 2006

Advocacy group asks FDA to launch criminal investigation of allegedly withheld data on silicone breast implant application

The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen on Thursday sent a letter to acting FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach asking the agency to conduct a criminal investigation into whether Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Mentor intentionally withheld safety data on its silicone breast implant application, the Washington Post reports.

16 Oct 2006

New Jersey law for postpartum depression screening

A bill (S 213) signed into law in April by New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) that requires health care providers to screen women who recently have given birth for postpartum depression and teach women and their families about the condition took effect Tuesday, the Bergen Record reports.

16 Oct 2006

Violence against women 'severe, pervasive' worldwide

Violence against women is "severe and pervasive" worldwide, with at least one in three women experiencing abuse by an intimate partner at some point in their lives, according to a U.N. report, the SAPA/Independent Online reports.

16 Oct 2006

Michigan Gubernatorial candidate DeVos 'thrilled' if state could enforce abortion ban

Michigan gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos (R) on Thursday during a radio interview said he would be "thrilled" if Michigan were to reinstate a state law that banned abortion except to save a pregnant woman's life "[a]s soon as Roe v. Wade" -- the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case that effectively barred state abortion bans -- "is overturned, which I think we all pray it will be".

16 Oct 2006

Scalia says Liberal Judges have improperly established abortion rights

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Sunday during a debate with American Civil Liberties Union President Nadine Strossen said that liberal judges have inappropriately established rights such as abortion, the AP/ABC News reports.

16 Oct 2006

Oregonian examines debate over State initiative that would require parental notification for teenagers ages 15 to 17 seeking an abortion

The Oregonian has examined the debate over an Oregon initiative, which has qualified to be placed on the statewide ballot in November, that would require physicians to notify a parent or guardian at least 48 hours before performing an abortion on a minor between ages 15 and 17.

16 Oct 2006

Socioeconomic improvement for poor women has little effect on risk of delivering low-birthweight infants among blacks

Although improvement of socioeconomic status for poor women might reduce a white woman's risk of delivering a low-birthweight infant by nearly 50%, such upward mobility seems to have little effect for black women with similar socioeconomic status, according to a study published in the Oct. 3 online edition of the American Journal of Public Health, CQ HealthBeat reports (Crowley, CQ HealthBeat, 10/4).

5 Oct 2006

Health department for four Michigan counties overcharged low-income women for contraceptives

The health department that serves Michigan's Alcona, losco, Ogemaw and Oscoda counties from 2003 through 2005 violated federal rules by overcharging low-income women for birth control and contraceptive supplies, according to a report conducted by the state Department of Community Health's Office of the Auditor General, the Bay City Times reports.

5 Oct 2006

Female circumcision banned in Indonesia at physician level

Doctors and nurses in Indonesia have been barred from performing female genital cutting -- a practice sometimes referred to as female circumcision or female genital mutilation.

5 Oct 2006

'Neglect,' not biology, kills 1 in 20 women in Africa

One in 20 women in Africa is at risk of dying in childbirth, but "[i]t's not biology that kills them so much as neglect," New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof writes in an opinion piece.

26 Sep 2006

Nitric oxide helps pregnant women with hypertension

Nitric oxide (NO) is best known as an air pollutant produced by vehicle emissions and power plants but for pregnant women it is a crucial compound required to avoid hypertension and pre-eclampsia.

21 Sep 2006

Fatty fish provides significant protection against renal cancer

If you want to avoid cancer of the kidneys, a new major study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that eating salmon or other kinds of fatty fish a few times a month would be one good way to go about it.

21 Sep 2006

Women feel thin models are more elegant, interesting and pleasant

Thin fashion models help sell products because many women feel that putting on weight shows a lack of willpower, a new study says.

20 Sep 2006

Sen. Kerry says language used by both sides in abortion-rights debate often 'misleading and unconstructive'

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who supports abortion rights, on Monday during a speech at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., said both abortion-rights supporters and abortion-rights opponents sometimes use "misleading and unconstructive" language and urged both sides to find "common ground," on the issue, the Boston Globe reports.

20 Sep 2006

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Casey says Democratic Party becoming more open to those opposing abortion rights

Pennsylvania State Treasurer Bob Casey (D), a candidate for the U.S. Senate who opposes abortion rights, on Friday said he has been "encouraged to see Democrats in this new century becoming more open to people who are pro-life," the AP/Phillyburbs.com reports (Hefling, AP/Phillyburbs.com, 9/15).

20 Sep 2006

Women's Health News

Benefits of breast cancer screening questionable

Contraceptive options in the U.S. examined

Los Angeles Times examines Proposition 85

Vitamin D may slow down breast cancer

Abortion-rights, women's groups endorse Massachusetts Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Patrick

Advocacy group asks FDA to launch criminal investigation of allegedly withheld data on silicone breast implant application

New Jersey law for postpartum depression screening

Violence against women 'severe, pervasive' worldwide

Michigan Gubernatorial candidate DeVos 'thrilled' if state could enforce abortion ban

Scalia says Liberal Judges have improperly established abortion rights

Oregonian examines debate over State initiative that would require parental notification for teenagers ages 15 to 17 seeking an abortion

Socioeconomic improvement for poor women has little effect on risk of delivering low-birthweight infants among blacks

Health department for four Michigan counties overcharged low-income women for contraceptives

Female circumcision banned in Indonesia at physician level

'Neglect,' not biology, kills 1 in 20 women in Africa

Nitric oxide helps pregnant women with hypertension

Fatty fish provides significant protection against renal cancer

Women feel thin models are more elegant, interesting and pleasant

Sen. Kerry says language used by both sides in abortion-rights debate often 'misleading and unconstructive'

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Casey says Democratic Party becoming more open to those opposing abortion rights

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