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SearchMedica, the specialist search engine for GPs and medical professionals, has performed a survey across their GP user community on whether there should be a national screening scheme in Primary Care for Chlamydia. An overwhelming 78% agreed that there should … Continue reading →

Maternity workforce shortages must be tackled urgently, says the New Zealand Medical Association. “We are pleased that Capital and Coast DHB has withdrawn its proposal to give $100 supermarket vouchers to women who leave hospital within six hours of giving … Continue reading →

Ipsen (Paris:IPN) announced the initiation of an international, multi-center, controlled, randomized Phase II clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BN83495, its investigational first-in-class steroid sulfatase (STS) inhibitor, in advanced endometrial cancer. BN83495 is currently being studied in … Continue reading →

Genetic research over the past decade has linked Ashkenazi Jewish ethnicity to an increased risk for hereditary breast cancer, so much so that certain gene mutations have become known as “Jewish ancestral mutations.” But a new study released in the … Continue reading →

The following highlights recent news of state actions on women’s health issues. Sex Education Kansas: The state Board of Education has said it plans to consider recommending a sex education program that emphasizes “abstinence until marriage” and provides information about … Continue reading →

Sonia Sotomayor on Saturday was sworn in as the newest justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during a closed-door ceremony in the Justices’ Conference Room at the Supreme Court, Roll Call reports. Sotomayor, 55, is the court’s first Hispanic justice … Continue reading →

A comprehensive prevention strategy for reducing the threat of cervical cancer has been called for by the World Medical Association and the Medical Women’s International Association. In a joint statement to mark international women’s day tomorrow, the two organisations demand … Continue reading →

In this week’s BMJ, a senior doctor raises serious concerns over abortion law in the US state of South Dakota. Earlier this year, South Dakota passed a bill which bans virtually all abortions in the state except for circumstances in … Continue reading →

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has long been a proponent of comprehensive health care reform and this weeks’ enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care for America Act extends health insurance coverage to an additional 32 … Continue reading →

The HHS “conscience” rule is “a huge bureaucratic barrier to health care — a barrier the incoming Obama administration will find difficult to remove,” a Philadelphia Daily News editorial says. The editorial notes that several state laws “already protect the … Continue reading →