| Women's Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today |
Videos Discuss Reproductive Coercion, Preventive Services The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. GRITtv Explores Reproductive Coercion: GRITtv recently examined dating violence and reproductive coercion among teenagers... |
N.J. Family Planning Clinics Cut Services Following Christie's Budget Veto New Jersey's family planning clinics are reducing hours and eliminating services after Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Friday vetoed a bill (S 2139) to restore $7.5 million in funding for women's health services that was cut from the state budget, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports... |
Important Information For Patients From Susan G. Komen For The Cure® And The College Of American Pathologists Recent media reports of potential misdiagnosis of early-stage breast cancer may frighten women away from breast cancer screening that could save their lives. Rather than shying away from screening, women should know the questions to ask and be confident about weighing their options, according to Susan G... |
D.C. Health Dept. Pushes Female Condoms In HIV Outreach Initiative The Washington, D.C., health department has launched a campaign to promote use of the female condom as a way to help curb the spread of HIV in the city, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. A 2009 study found that about 3% of the city's population over age 12 is HIV-positive... |
More Research Needed To Address Female Sexual Dysfunction, Report Says Women who experience sexual dysfunction or female orgasm disorder do not have enough treatments or medications to address the issue, according to a report published recently in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Live Science/MSNBC reports. According to Live Science/MSNBC, one out of every four women has trouble reaching orgasm during sex... |
Study Reveals Nearly 1 In 5 Californians Report Need For Mental Health Services In a comprehensive new study of mental health status and the use of mental health services by Californians, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that nearly one in five adults in the state - about 4.9 million people - said they needed help for a mental or emotional health problem... |
Breakthrough Breast Cancer Identifies Potential New Treatment Which Could Help 800 Scottish Women Each Year Scientists from the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh have discovered a potential new way to treat a common form of breast cancer which affects 800 Scottish women and 9,000 UK women each year. The team are the first to identify a gene's key role in causing the spread of HER2 positive breast cancer to other parts of the body... |
Decision-Aid Program Increases Safety For Women Experiencing Abuse Intimate partner violence results in 2 million injuries among women in the U.S. each year, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. University of Missouri researchers are reducing these numbers with a new Web-based program that helps women experiencing abuse develop individualized safety plans and better assess the severity of their situations... |
Home Visits, Classes And Emotional Support From Therapists Improve Parenting Of Abusive Mothers Mothers who live in poverty and who have abused their children can stop if they are taught parenting skills and given emotional support... |
New NICE Guidance On Weight Management Before, During And After Pregnancy Women should be encouraged to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant and advised that there is no need to 'eat for two' when pregnant. These are just two of the recommendations included in new public health guidance published by NICE on dietary and physical activity interventions for weight management before, during and after pregnancy... |
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