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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Adolescent girls who had a serious school failure by the 12th grade - being expelled, suspended or dropping out - were significantly more likely to have suffered a serious bout of depression at the age of 21 than girls who did not have these problems. New research published this week in the Journal of Adolescent Health showed that girls who had early conduct problems in elementary school also were...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Although in vitro fertilization developments over the 30 years since the first infant was born using the fertility treatment have been "miraculous," it has become "easy to forget the disturbing questions about IVF -- its practices, ethics and impact on public health -- that do remain and are left largely subject to a physician's conscience and a patient's desires," Peggy Orenstein, author of "Waiting...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Following the success of National Infertility Day on 19th July which this year was in recognition of 30 years of IVF, the national patient organisation would like to congratulate all those who have been successful over the last 30 years with fertility treatment but would also like to highlight yet again the shocking fact that many couples are still being denied access to a treatment which was pioneered...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Commenting on today's publication of 'Informed Gender Practice, Mental health Acute Care That Works for Women', by the Care Services Improvement Partnership, Dr. Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary, of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: "The RCN welcomes this guidance as it highlights the importance of equality practices in mental health care and should enable women to receive...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Repros Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqGM:RPRX) today released strong results from its completed extension safety study of Proellex in the chronic treatment of the symptoms associated with uterine fibroids. To date there have been no abnormal histological findings from the endometrial biopsies taken post menses after cessation of drug administration.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund will begin airing ads today criticizing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for his response to a question on insurance coverage for birth control, The Politico's "
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andra (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Better treatments have improved survival in people with coronary heart disease, but the quality of those extra years may be less than ideal, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Compared with adults without coronary heart disease (CHD), adults with CHD scored up to 9 percent lower on four scales measuring "quality of life.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
A new study by researchers at UC Davis has found that women exposed to high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are significantly less likely to give birth to male children than women exposed to lower levels of the banned environmental pollutants. The study, which appears in BioMed Central's open-access journal Environmental Health, provides the strongest evidence to date that maternal exposure...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
In battle with an epidemic that has outpaced nearly all efforts to contain it, researchers are turning to strategies centered on the same antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that have been used successfully to treat HIV in hopes they will be as effective a stronghold for preventing the virus.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology on Monday at its annual conference in Barcelona, Spain, said that it is preparing to test the effectiveness of making low-cost in vitro fertilization procedures available throughout Africa, the AP/Google.com reports.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
FoldRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (FoldRx) announced that it has discovered a series of novel drug prototypes that have shown potential in vitro to correct the protein-folding defect associated with cystic fibrosis (CF). The discovery, made through a research collaboration announced last year with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Women who use microbicides in an effort to protect themselves from HIV could end up with fewer treatment options if they contract the virus because of possible drug resistance, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Reuters reports.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Amazingly, surfers have unknowingly held a key to prolonging the lifespan and quality of life for people with cystic fibrosis (CF), a fatal genetic disease that causes the body to produce thick, sticky mucus, which clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections. Several years ago, doctors in Australia noticed young surfers with cystic fibrosis had significantly healthier lungs.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Lengthy litigation over Washington State Board of Pharmacy rules should not interfere with women's access to birth control, including emergency contraception, a Seattle Times editorial says (Seattle Times, 7/7).
