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Last month, the BMJ reported a fall in the number of young women attending smear tests. Now, two senior doctors warn that a new policy not to screen women aged 20-24 may be a factor in falling coverage and could … Continue reading →

Doctors in Sweden have shown for the first time that although endometriosis is associated with an increased risk of various cancers, this risk does not depend on the number of times women with the condition have given birth. Dr Anna-Sofia … Continue reading →

As part of a process to determine what essential health benefits should be included in health plans offered through state-based insurance exchanges by 2014, an Institute of Medicine panel is weighing whether infertility treatments are an essential benefit to help … Continue reading →

The AP/Long Island Newsday on Friday examined a petition Wyeth has submitted to FDA for increased regulation of compounding pharmacies that prepare customized hormone replacement therapy because some are “duping women with products that pose a serious health risk.” Compounding … Continue reading →

Results of two Phase 1 clinical trials of S-equol (AUS-131) were published in the February issue of Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society. This first-in-class, nonsteroidal, nonhormonal estrogen receptor beta (ERbeta) agonist offers a potentially safer alternative … Continue reading →

UroToday -Presented Monday, 03 September 2007 at the 29th Congress of the Societe International d’Urologie – SIU 2007 – Optimizing Clinical Outcomes in Prostate and Renal Cell Carcinomas – The Second Annual Symposium on Advanced GU Malignancy – Palais des … Continue reading →

Chicken sold in supermarkets, restaurants and other outlets may place young women at risk of urinary tract infections (UTI), McGill researcher Amee Manges has discovered. Samples taken in the Montreal area between 2005 and 2007, in collaboration with the Public … Continue reading →

Citing waning efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday called for increased prevention strategies, particularly concerning mother-to-child transmission, Uganda’s New Vision reports. Museveni was speaking at the opening of the $2.5 million Baylor Children’s Centre of … Continue reading →

A survey carried out among 250 pregnant women showed that 24 percent of them do not feel adequately informed by their gynaecologist, and almost half do not take part in any prenatal course. The study, prepared by the Head of … Continue reading →

The percentage of caesarean section deliveries at New York City hospitals increased from 26.6% of all births in 2003 to 28.6% in 2004, according to a report released on Monday by the Public Advocate for the City of New York, … Continue reading →