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Bishops reject HHS plan for contraception coverage

The Catholic leaders say the compromise doesn't offer enough safeguards for religious institutions, and that they will continue to fight the administration on the mandate.

11 Feb 2013

Fighting NTDs has greater effect of empowering women

"As Melinda Gates captured through her blog piece by envisioning the conversation of women's role in the year 2030, I would also like to offer my voice in the spirit of conversation," Mawish Raza, a communications intern with the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), writes in the network's "End the Neglect" blog, adding, "My hope is that by 2030, women are not only given the advantage to circumvent neglected and un-neglected diseases, but that they are able to make better use of their restored health to drive their communities out of poverty and forward into progress."

10 Feb 2013

Chiefs play important role in decreasing maternal mortality in Malawi

If Malawi President Joyce Banda's mission to decrease the country's high maternal mortality rate is to succeed, "it will depend, in part, on her government's ability to harness the country's true power brokers, Malawi's 20,000 village chiefs -- and sensitize them to the dangers of women giving birth with unskilled attendants, while still respecting tribal traditions," author Courtney Martin writes in the New York Times' "Opinionator" blog.

10 Feb 2013

IPS interviews UNFPA director on U.N. efforts to end practice of FGM/C

Noting the United Nations on Wednesday observed the annual International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C), "an act that is shocking and inhumane to much of the world but remains a tradition among a significant minority," Inter Press Service correspondent Marzieh Goudarzi interviews U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin "on UNFPA's role in the global fight against FMG/C."

10 Feb 2013

Panel at State Department discusses global efforts against practice of FGM/C

"On February 6, 2013, in observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, I had the privilege of leading a panel discussion at the State Department to help bring global attention to a harmful traditional practice that risks the lives, dignity, and well-being of women and girls in far too many places around the world," Melanne Verveer, ambassador-at-large for global women's issues, writes in the State Department's "DipNote" blog.

10 Feb 2013

Zimbabwe faces challenges in preventing, treating cervical cancer, PlusNews reports

"HIV-positive women are living longer, but are now dying of cervical cancer," and "[i]n Zimbabwe, cervical cancer is now the most common cancer among women, particularly those living with HIV," PlusNews reports.

10 Feb 2013

Africa, Middle East see decline in female genital mutilation/cutting, U.N. data show

"Changing attitudes have resulted in a decline in female genital mutilation in Africa and the Middle East, where the practice is most prevalent, according to United Nations data released on" the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, observed February 6, TrustLaw reports.

10 Feb 2013

Positive results from NCI-sponsored bevacizumab trial on cervical cancer

Patients with advanced, recurrent, or persistent cervical cancer that was not curable with standard treatment who received the drug bevacizumab (Avastin) lived 3.7 months longer than patients who did not receive the drug, according to an interim analysis of a large, randomized clinical trial.

10 Feb 2013

Many pregnant women with sexually transmitted infections do not get needed treatment

Many pregnant women with sexually transmitted infections aren't getting the treatment they need when they visit emergency rooms, according to a new Michigan State University study that highlights a wholly preventable risk to unborn children and raises questions about current medical guidelines.

10 Feb 2013

NGOs document thousands of cases of Indian women undergoing unnecessary hysterectomies, C-sections

"Thousands of women in India are being given hysterectomies and caesareans that they do not need by doctors and hospitals that can make substantial sums of money out of the operations," Guardian health editor Sarah Boseley reports in her "Global Health Blog."

10 Feb 2013

CtBP may play a key role in aggressive forms of breast cancer

A protein associated with conditions of metabolic imbalance, such as diabetes and obesity, may play a role in the development of aggressive forms of breast cancer, according to new findings by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their colleagues.

9 Feb 2013

Hoping for universal family planning by 2030

Dana Horvig, CEO of Marie Stopes International, writes in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog that his hope is "that by 2030 we are finally living in the golden age of family planning ... in which everyone has access to whatever type of contraception they want, no matter where they live or what their circumstances are." He continues, "If we are to reach this golden age though, we must keep an ever watchful eye on results and impact, and make sure family planning services are available to the people who need them most."

9 Feb 2013

Researchers design guideline for physicians and patients on Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

University of Granada researchers have designed a guideline for physicians and patients on the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS), a rare disease that makes the subject develop reverse sex, which occurs when a subject looks like a woman but has male genes.

7 Feb 2013

SOS Children's Villages launches new Nursing and Midwife Scholarship program in Ethiopia

SOS Children's Villages, a global organization dedicated to providing family-based care for orphaned and abandoned children, today announced the launch of a brand new Nursing and Midwife Scholarship program in Ethiopia.

6 Feb 2013

Preventing deaths among women globally

In this audio report from United Nations Radio, Marleen Temmerman, head of the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the WHO, talks to the U.N.'s Beng Poblete-Enriquez about preventable deaths among women globally.

6 Feb 2013

No difference in rates of late-stage breast cancer between women screened annually and biennially

Among older women, getting a mammogram every two years was just as beneficial as getting a mammogram annually, and led to significantly fewer false positive results, according to a study led by UC San Francisco.

6 Feb 2013

Demand for family planning services growing in Malawi despite challenges

IRIN examines access to family planning services in Malawi, where women have an average of 5.8 children and the population is expected to grow from 15 million in 2010 to 50 million in 2050, according to the news service.

6 Feb 2013

Women in developed countries survive roughly 10 years longer after breast cancer diagnosis

Women in developed countries survive roughly 10 years longer after a breast cancer diagnosis compared to women in poor-to-middle-income countries, a new University of Michigan study suggests.

6 Feb 2013

Study shows link between outdoor particulate pollution and impaired fetal growth

Mothers who are exposed to particulate air pollution of the type emitted by vehicles, urban heating and coal power plants are significantly more likely to bear children of low birth weight, according to an international study led by co-principal investigator Tracey J. Woodruff, PhD, MPH, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive sciences at UC San Francisco along with Jennifer Parker, PhD, of the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

6 Feb 2013

Acceleron Pharma initiates dalantercept phase 2 study in advanced ovarian cancer

Acceleron Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics for cancer and orphan disease, today announced that the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) initiated a phase 2 study of dalantercept in patients with persistent or recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

5 Feb 2013

Women's Health News

Bishops reject HHS plan for contraception coverage

Fighting NTDs has greater effect of empowering women

Chiefs play important role in decreasing maternal mortality in Malawi

IPS interviews UNFPA director on U.N. efforts to end practice of FGM/C

Panel at State Department discusses global efforts against practice of FGM/C

Zimbabwe faces challenges in preventing, treating cervical cancer, PlusNews reports

Africa, Middle East see decline in female genital mutilation/cutting, U.N. data show

Positive results from NCI-sponsored bevacizumab trial on cervical cancer

Many pregnant women with sexually transmitted infections do not get needed treatment

NGOs document thousands of cases of Indian women undergoing unnecessary hysterectomies, C-sections

CtBP may play a key role in aggressive forms of breast cancer

Hoping for universal family planning by 2030

Researchers design guideline for physicians and patients on Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

SOS Children's Villages launches new Nursing and Midwife Scholarship program in Ethiopia

Preventing deaths among women globally

No difference in rates of late-stage breast cancer between women screened annually and biennially

Demand for family planning services growing in Malawi despite challenges

Women in developed countries survive roughly 10 years longer after breast cancer diagnosis

Study shows link between outdoor particulate pollution and impaired fetal growth

Acceleron Pharma initiates dalantercept phase 2 study in advanced ovarian cancer

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