Women's Health News

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 24 Nov 2009 Laparoscopic surgeons received their first glimpse of Cook Medical's uterine manipulator/injectors last week at the 38th Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, sponsored by the American Association of Gynecologic ...

Women with the highest heart disease risk were the most likely to quit taking hormone therapy after it was shown to offer no protection against cardiovascular disease, a new analysis of national data shows.

Charlotte nurse Susan Gawlik was 35 when she got her first mammogram two months ago.

The House passed an 'historic' health care bill last week-there was much celebration on the Democratic side, and wailing and gnashing of teeth from Republicans.

The Black Women's Health Imperative finds the recent announcement by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updating its 2002 breast cancer screening recommendations unacceptable.

Although we all would like to think that public health pronouncements are the unmitigated truth about any issue, rarely is that the case.

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 24 Nov 2009 Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division announced the launch of the TRUCLEAR System, an operative hysteroscopy device, which is now widely available in the United States.

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs ; Women's Health / Gynecology ; Public Health Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 - 6:00 PST The New York Times reports on a Lancet study that found treating Ugandan HIV patients at home is cheaper and just as effective as treating them in a clinic.

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Alzheimer's / Dementia Cardiovascular / Cardiology Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Don't mess with the breast. That's the clear message that has emerged from the uproar over a medical panel's recommendation last week that American women don't need as many mammograms as they're getting.

Abortion rights groups form coalition to fight Stupak - Live Pulse: Abortion rights groups form coalition to fight Stupak November 24, 2009 Categories: Lobbying/Industry Abortion rights groups form coalition to fight Stupak A collection of progressive and abortion rights groups have organized the Coalition to Pass Health Care Reform and Stop ...

Kroger's "Giving Hope a Hand" campaign that ran in October to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month resulted in over $135,000 being raised to benefit Middle Tennessee-area breast cancer-related charities.

UFH staff celebrate the United Pink Campaign launch. In September, United Family Healthcare launched the United Pink Campaign to help raise awareness and educate women in China about rapidly rising cases of breast cancer.

A former assistant attorney general has been accused of making false statements to the Kansas Supreme Court about two abortion clinics, according to an ethics complaint filed Monday.

Controversy continues over the mammography guidelines released Monday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Amid the confusion of the new breast cancer guidelines, here are some of the top questions women might want to know.

Know the risks and options. Content courtesy of National Women's Health Network November 19, 2009 Osteoporosis is a disease, more common in women, that causes bones to become fragile and more susceptible to breaking.

Recently released breast cancer screening recommendations represent a "step backward" for women's health care and the "slippery slope" health care could take under Democrats' proposed policies, a group of Republican congresswomen said today.

Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Primary Care / General Practice Article Date: 19 Nov 2009 - 6:00 PST One day after the release of new breast cancer screening guidelines, many physicians and some medical groups are saying that they do not plan to adopt the new recommendations -- which represent a drastic change -- the reports .

Breast health centers are up in arms. Breast imaging radiologists are about to lose one third of their patients because a federal advisory panel just said that women, younger than 50, no longer have to appear each year for a screening mammogram.