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What can a woman do to keep her unborn baby healthy? Although there is no way to guarantee that your baby will be born 100 percent healthy, expecting mothers can take certain steps to reduce the risk of some ...

Main Category: Sexual Health / STDs Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology A House subcommittee and the full Senate Appropriations Committee this week approved fiscal year 2009 foreign assistance bills ...

The blogosphere is buzzing over a planned government regulation I reported on yesterday, which would allow doctors who oppose abortion to opt out of prescribing contraceptives that cause the expulsion of ...

Main Category: Sexual Health / STDs Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 23 Jul 2008 More than 500 members of the group NoToPope Coalition on Saturday protested the Roman Catholic ...

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs Article Date: 22 Jul 2008 - 5:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article CQ HealthBeat on Friday examined the ...

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 22 Jul 2008 If the popular television series "Sex and the City" "chronicl[ed] the sexually liberated adventures of four ...

Perhaps your joints crack as you get out of bed. Or your calf cramps while you're driving.

"New guidelines recommending that women not perform breast self-examinations could seriously endanger women's health and lead to later detection of breast cancers in some women," says Marisa Weiss, M.D., ...

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology ; Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 21 Jul 2008 - 5:00 PDT Delegates from Central Asian countries, United Nations agencies and ...

Main Category: Sexual Health / STDs Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology The American Civil Liberties Union recently announced that it plans to lobby the Volusia County School District in Florida to ...

Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology ; Public Health Article Date: 17 Jul 2008 - 1:00 PDT Women exposed to high levels of PCBs are less likely to give birth to ...

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs ; Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 18 Jul 2008 - 6:00 PDT The Senate on Thursday voted 80-16 to pass a ...

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

A top consultant blames inexperienced physicians and a lack of trained specialists in maternal health for poor care and rising mortality rates Amelia Hill , social affairs correspondent The Observer , Sunday ...

Postmenopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night may have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association .

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., blasted a Bush administration proposal Friday that would change the definition of abortion and, she argues, limit women's access to contraception.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc . announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Teva will acquire Barr, the fourth largest generic drug company ...

Main Category: Fertility Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology ; IT / Internet / E-mail Article Date: 18 Jul 2008 - 8:00 PDT The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday examined the increasing popularity of blogs that ...

The vast majority of Americans recognize the value of medical research and the importance of human subjects participating in studies.

Too often, Americans' focus on cancer is more about breakthrough research and finding a cure than early detection and access to treatment.