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jillstanek.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Before I get to the story, the healthcare debate has stirred interesting stats re: black women: "The infant mortality rate for black babies is about 2-1/2 times greater than it is for white babies; an African-American woman is twice as likely to give birth prematurely as a white woman; a black infant is nearly 4 times more likely to die as a result of being too early and/or too small than a white...
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bioethics.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines released Friday by a major medical group. (Washington Post)
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NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
American women should get Pap smears to detect cervical cancer beginning at age 21, instead of three years after their first sexual experience, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is apparently still alive Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the families of American victims of the Lockerbie bombing have reignited a row over the medical advice that allowed him to be freed early from his 27-year sentence. Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds from prison...
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ACOG News Releases (Free subscription) | yesterday
Women should have their first cervical cancer screening at age 21 and can be rescreened less frequently than previously recommended, according to newly revised evidence-based guidelines issued today by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and published in the December issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Most women younger than 30 should undergo cervical screening once every...
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In Entertainment (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to reports from lalate.com, Stefanie Spielman, who some of you may know is the wife of former Buffalo Bills player and ESPN analyst Chris Spielman, has recently died of breast cancer, at the age of 42. Chris Spielman was said to have issued a statement to WBNS radio recently, saying “Stefanie has gone home to [...]
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ALLCARE-management (Free subscription) | yesterday
The New York Times reported Friday that the American College of Obstetricians is now advising women to wait until age 21 to get their first Pap smear . The advice is intended to cut down on unneccesary testing and reduce the risk of harmful invasive procedures to remove non-cancerous lesions that may show up on tests but often disappear if left alone, the group said . The new recommendations overturn...
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cynsations (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Jacqueline Houtman , author of The Reinvention of Edison Thomas (Front Street, 2010) Artists, authors, business owners... Please consider donating an item or service to sell in an auction to benefit Bridget Zinn [see left, click for blog ] and Barrett Dowell. Bridget is a 32-year-old YA writer and librarian who was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in March. She and Barrett, who have been together...
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PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | yesterday
Is Prempro, the hormone drug known to increase the risk of breast cancer, a public hazard? If a judge in Pinellas County determines that it is, hundreds of thousands of documents now under seal in lawsuits against the drug's manufacturer nationwide could be released for the public to inspect. The key to the confidential company records has ended up in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Anthony Rondolino's...
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jillysheep (Free subscription) | yesterday
This seems to be a common complaint of the education system these days. Apparently boys are being held back so that girls look better - not sure I believe that. People seem to be worried about most primary school teachers being women. I was at primary school in the 1950s/1960s and all my teachers - with one exception - were female. So how have things changed? The other complaint is course work favours...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.
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TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
(TrendHunter.com) To help raise awareness for breast cancer, the entire staff of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland Oregon slipped on pink gloves and did a little ‘pink glove dance’ to Jay Sean’s 'Down.'…
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Simplistic Art (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two new recommendations that advise for delaying the start of screening for breast cancer to age 50 and pushing the age for cervical cancer tests (first Pap smear at age 21) could have a lot of ramifications for the universal health care legislation winding its way thought the Senate. For one, it gives dimwits like Glenn Beck to say things like - look here is an example of the government mandating...
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VitaBeat (Free subscription) | yesterday
For the second time in a week, medical experts are revising the advice given women on cancer screenings. Now women are being told that they should get their first screening for cervical cancer -- including a Pap test -- at age 21. The recommendation appears in guidelines released Nov. 20 by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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MS Maze (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seventeen percent of deaths from breast cancer occur in women who are diagnosed in their 40s. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2009 there will be 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer in the United States, causing 40,170 deaths. That’s a lot of deaths, and no one is ...
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wellbeingnewseditor | 18/07/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Contributors > While around seven million people in the UK will make a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking, research has shown that only one–in–ten will keep their resolution for a whole year. Many people will be focused on giving–up smoking. If you have already given–up on giving–up, all is not lost. Here, Bupa offers health, social and financial suggestions for keeping the toughest...
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bsalmons | 22/04/2009
The number of women dying from breast cancer has fallen to a record low by dipping under 12,000 a year for the first time since records began. The Cancer Research UK data showed that 11,990 women died in the UK in 2007.
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kellya | 06/04/2009
Eating baby broccoli, or broccoli sprouts, may prevent stomach ulcers and even stomach cancer, according to a new study.
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