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Are doctors so obsessed with a woman s reproductive health that they forget to treat the whole patient. Special Section. (New York Times)
FOXSexpert: Sex Stories, From Bizarre to Bruising Sep 4, 2008
According to the Guttmacher Institute, one in four contraceptive users relies on a family planning clinic for critical reproductive health care in the U.S. Women rely on these clinics not only for birth control, but Pap smears, pelvic exams and HIV and sexually transmitted disease testing, counseling and treatment. Canada Launches Initiative to Combat HIV/AIDS. In an effort to promote safer sex and HIV testing among Canadian youth, a new initiative called One Life is aimed toward 18- to... (Fox News)
High-profile teen pregnancies in spotlight Sep 4, 2008
D., a senior research associate at the Guttmacher Institute, a think tank that focuses on sexual and reproductive health. Jones was not involved in the congressional report. (CNN)
Sciortino proud of Buffer Zone Bill Sep 4, 2008
The Buffer Zone Bill, championed in the Senate by state senators Susan Fargo, D-Lincoln, and Harriette Chandler, D-Worcester, and in the House by representatives Marty Walz, D-Boston, and Carl Sciortino, D-Medford, established a fixed 35-foot buffer zone around the entrances and driveways of all reproductive health facilities in Massachusetts in order to prevent violence and harassment of patients and staff. The bill replaced an older law that had proven to be unenforceable. (Somerville Journal, MA)
NH loon counts up slightly Sep 3, 2008
Tests on eggs also have found contaminant levels that affect reproductive health in loons. The committee said shoreline development or water level changes also affect loons. (Concord Monitor)
Senegalese monks urged to support family planningThis, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Health Minister and Medical Prevention, Dr. Safitou Thiam, Saturday called the monks to be more involved in the promotionof family planning, considered as the only effective way of fighting against maternal mortality. 31/08/2008 Full Text... Sep 1, 2008
She disclosed that reproductive health is a fundamental concern in the public he alth programme of the government. "If we want to achive the Objectives of the Millenium for the Development (OMD), as regards reproductive health, we must stress family planning," she emphasised. (Panapress.com)
Nigeria must move against maternal mortality, says UN Sep 1, 2008
It called on the delegation, which comprised CEDAW, Nigeria and NGO groups, to improve the availability and affordability of sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning information and services ... It urged the Nigeria delegation to assess the impact of its abortion law on the maternal mortality rate and to give consideration to its reform or modification as well as implementing awareness-raising campaigns to enhance women's knowledge of reproductive health issues. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Potemkin Democrats Talk Defense Aug 28, 2008
It groups abortion under the heading of "reproductive health care." "The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay," it says. The word "marriage" only appears once in the platform and not about the institution itself, but in a pledge to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. (Human Events Online)
Drug May Lower Cerebral Palsy Risk Aug 28, 2008
The study's authors focused instead on moderate and severe cases most of these children will have disabilities serious enough to keep them from ever walking unassisted, says Dr. Dwight Rouse, director of the center for women's reproductive health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the study's lead author. "If we can prevent that outcome in only a few cases a year we will have done a tremendous thing," says Rouse. (Time.com)
Chemical pollutants likely culprits in rising birth defects Aug 27, 2008
The article did not discuss the growing body of scientific evidence that suggests environmental contaminants are linked to birth defects and other harmful reproductive health effects in both males and females. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Proposed Bush Regulation Jeopardizes Women's Health Aug 27, 2008
Last Thursday the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released (PDF) that could seriously undermine women s access to reproductive health services, including birth control and abortion ... But federal law has long carefully balanced protections for individual religious liberty and patients access to reproductive health care. (Feministing)
Study links preterm births, simmering infections Aug 26, 2008
Free Women's Reproductive Health Resources for Patients rs. yourtotalhealth. (Yahoo News)
Jason Lewis endorsed by Womens Rights and Reproductive Healthcare Groups Aug 26, 2008
Jason Lewis endorsed by Womens Rights and Reproductive Healthcare Groups - Winchester, MA - The Winchester Star ... Jason Lewis endorsed by Womens Rights and Reproductive Healthcare Groups ... Melody Hugo, the Political Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts applauded Lewis clear commitment to protecting privacy and promoting reproductive health. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
Bush administration proposal is an attack on reproductive health Aug 25, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008 - Page updated at 12:00 AM. The Bush administration's proposed opt-out rule for health-care workers lacks respect for reproductive-health rights. (Seattle Times)
'Extended Cycle' Contraception Garners More Interest Aug 24, 2008
(SOURCES: Lee P. Shulman, M.D., professor and chief, reproductive genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago; Patricia Aikens Murphy, CNM, Dr.PH, FACNM, associate professor and Annette Poulson Cumming Presidential Endowed Chair in Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Utah College of Nursing, Salt Lake City; Susan Wysocki, RNC, NP, FAAN, president and CEO, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health,... (Health-Finder)
Abstinence-Only Programs Fall Short of Teens' Needs Aug 23, 2008
The study was published in the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. In 2007, the U.S. government provided $176 million for abstinence-only programs, but there is no federal funding for comprehensive sex education programs. (MEDLINEplus)
Teen girls having less sex, safer sex Aug 22, 2008
Mark Hanlon, a representative of Canadian Youth For Choice, a non-profit group advocating for better access to sexual and reproductive health rights and services, says a federal strategy is needed. "If you look at Canada as a whole, we don't really have one huge sexual reproductive health strategy," said Mr. Hanlon, 20. (Globe and Mail)
Bush plan would blunt state birth control law Aug 22, 2008
Similar laws exist in 25 other states, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health research organization. States would lose authority. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Gov't Takes Controversial Abortion Stance Aug 22, 2008
Federal regulations that hundreds of thousands of people fear will stifle women's access to reproductive health care were proposed Thursday after months of speculation. Representatives for Planned Parenthood and MoveOn. (ABC News)
Women and sports: New achievements 2008, new horizons 2012 Aug 21, 2008 Philippine economy struggles with high birth rates Aug 19, 2008 Abused wives at HIV risk Aug 18, 2008 Nigeria: Rising Risk in the Delta Aug 16, 2008 High number adolescents undergoing unsafe abortion - research Aug 16, 2008 HIV cases on the increase in Dormaa Aug 16, 2008 More U.S. Women Getting Birth Control Services Aug 15, 2008 Opposite of sex? Aug 14, 2008 Groups still unhappy with abortion proposal Aug 9, 2008 No-nose Bicycle Saddles Improve Penile Sensation And Erectile Function In Bicycling Police Officers Aug 9, 2008 Obituary: Doris Carson was a city pioneer in women's reproductive health Aug 9, 2008 Developing countries prone to more non-communicable diseases Aug 8, 2008 When it comes to abstinence teens, adults aren't speaking the same language Aug 7, 2008 Open Letter To Obama Aug 6, 2008 New Male Circumcision Device For HIV Prevention Aug 5, 2008 University of Ghana inaugurates committees to raise standards Aug 5, 2008 Male circumcision efforts lag in Africa despite evidence of dramatic impact in preventing HIV Aug 5, 2008 National ire over prosecuting pregnant drug moms Aug 3, 2008 Africa: The Fate of MDGs Aug 3, 2008 House to Consider Abortion Anesthesia Bill Aug 3, 2008 Birth control: The new pollutant Aug 2, 2008 MSF WITHDRAWS Aug 2, 2008 Compounds From Soy Affect Brain And Reproductive Development Aug 2, 2008 "Survivor" All-Stars Ready for Battle Aug 2, 2008 Circumcision Clinic Has African Men Lining Up to Prevent AIDS Infection Aug 2, 2008 Newsweek: Survive cancer, have a baby Jul 31, 2008 What's not to like about the UN's new rights commissioner? Jul 31, 2008 Population Policy Needed In Order To Combat Climate Change, Experts Argue Jul 29, 2008 NEWSWEEK: Media Lead Sheet/August 4, 2008 Issue Jul 28, 2008 HIV Prevention Expert Dr. Timothy Mastro Speaks on Future of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis at International AIDS Conference Jul 28, 2008 US Congress sends Bush expanded global AIDS program Jul 26, 2008 Madagascar: Ambitious Family Planning Goals Jul 24, 2008 Children feel 'hurt' on their national day Jul 24, 2008 Women and Men Urged to Seek 'Preconception Care' Jul 24, 2008 East West Essentials Delivers Successful Female Fertility Kit to Hopeful Mothers Jul 22, 2008 Free delivery should not encourage couples to born more--DCE Jul 21, 2008 More sex please, we're seniors Jul 20, 2008 Teva Ticks Up A Barr Jul 19, 2008 Graphic tactics Jul 19, 2008 Senator McCain's Stance on Women's ... Jul 16, 2008 Obama's Call For Unity Faces Abortion Test Jul 13, 2008 Africa: How the United States Senate Can Fix Global HIV/Aids Funding Jul 13, 2008 Unsafe abortions kill some 68,000 women annually Jul 13, 2008 $200 IVF? Coming soon to Africa Jul 8, 2008 Tell donor children early in life Jul 8, 2008 G8 Declaration on Development and Africa Jul 8, 2008 Planned Parenthood Endorses Barack Obama Jul 8, 2008 Male biological clock 'ticks too' Jul 7, 2008 Donor children 'emotionally well' Jul 6, 2008 Blind faith: Ruling is a testament to remarkable womans legacy Jul 5, 2008 'There's absolutely no typical woman' Jul 5, 2008 Leaders back national child protection Jul 4, 2008 Planned Parenthood considers suburban clinic in Woodlands Jul 3, 2008 Teen health center at Two Rivers? Jul 3, 2008 More of this story Jul 3, 2008 New study finds coronary arterial calcium scans help detect overall death risk in the elderly Jul 3, 2008 98 comments Jul 1, 2008 Abortion rate for girls under-14 jumps in UK Jul 1, 2008 Lawyer's lost love fuels money redesign quest Jun 30, 2008 Diao Ai Lien: Challenging public perception Jun 30, 2008 Workshop for HIV/AIDS focal persons ends at Agona Swedru Jun 30, 2008 Letter: Wellness/Community Day at SHS a big success Jun 29, 2008 Woman's spirit inspired fight Jun 29, 2008 Concerns expressed about maltreatment of pregnant adolescents Jun 29, 2008 Planned Parenthood and the 'marketing of meaninglessness' Jun 28, 2008
The IOC also said decades of scientific research and knowledge have managed to "get rid of many myths based on female morphology and many preconceptions arguing that sport was harmful to women's health and reproductive health in particular". Despite huge support and the establishment of the Women and Sport Commission at the IOC, some sportswomen still see room for improvement in women's participation in the Olympics. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Sports)
Impacts of regional free trade agreements on women workers Aug 21, 2008
However, adverse working conditions are reported to occur in EPZs, leading to health risks for women, including risks to reproductive health. Sexual harassment and restricted unionization in EPZs have also been documented. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Yet the proposed reproductive health bill will likely never see the light of day because the influential Catholic Church is staunchly opposed to artificial birth control, seeing it as a violation of its religious tenets. The church has denounced the bill as "morally unacceptable" and warned politicians, particularly senators considering running for the presidency in 2010, that their stance would be remembered. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
These findings should be a wake-up call for us, said Donta Balaiah, the deputy director at the National Institute of Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, a study collaborator. India may need to expand its HIV prevention efforts to address HIV transmission driven by sexual violence at home, Balaiah said. (Calcutta Telegraph)
According to a National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey, the region has the highest incidence of sex in exchange for gifts or favours, the largest numbers of people who have sex with more than one partner in a year - and they drink more alcohol than anyone else. "Rivers State is dotted with oil and gas activities, and commercial sex workers follow the camps," said Okeh. (allAfrica.com)
5 million adolescent women worldwide undergo unsafe abortion each year, causing danger to their reproductive health, a research by Pathfinder International (PI), an international Non-Governmental Organisation, has revealed ... Prof Fred T. Sai, Presidential Advisor on Population Issues, Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS, said over 22 per cent of pregnancies worldwide ended in abortion, with half of them being unsafe. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The programme, under the theme "Counselling for Decision-Making", was jointly organised by Dormaa Traditional Healers and Birth Attendants Association, a Dormaa-based NGO and the Alliance for Reproductive Health. Male and female football teams from four towns that participated competed for a trophy and were given talks on the various strains, signs and symptoms of fully-fledged AIDS, available anti-retroviral and the stigma associated with HIV affected persons. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
But the number receiving reproductive health care services remains flat, survey finds ... Overall, the percentage of women receiving all sexual and reproductive health care services --including not only birth control but also such services as STD testing and Pap tests -- remained constant at 74 percent, the survey found ... She examined the 1995 and 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to detect patterns and trends in the use of sexual and reproductive health care services. (MEDLINEplus)
The research, published in the current issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, shows that adolescents and teens often hold seemingly irreconcilable ideas about having sex, confounding the abstinence-only sex education message supported by over a billion dollars of federal funding. The finding adds to a growing body of evidence eroding confidence in abstinence-only sex education. (MSNBC -- Health)
The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association said it was concerned the proposed regulation would target 37 state laws. "These laws mandate the availability of EC (emergency contraception) in emergency rooms, bar pharmacies from flatly refusing to fill prescriptions and mandate coverage of contraception when other prescriptions are covered," the group said in a statement. (Scientific American)
24, 2005) Steven Schrader, a prominent researcher in sexual and reproductive health, philosophized in a guest editorial of the September issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine that it is time to move on - the. (Nov. (Science Daily)
"She was a woman who championed and pioneered so many causes related to the health and well-being of women and children, in particular all medical issues that would help with reproductive health," Parrish added. "She was deeply interested in the issue of teenage pregnancy and was so proud of The Bridge as a model for prevention of teen pregnancy and our success with the young people we serve.". (Florida Times-Union)
" Mr. Kofi Owusu, Programmes Director, Joy Fm, who presented a paper on the Public Perception of Ghana's Health, called for a more effective collaboration between health professionals and their clients. He noted that the decline in quality health delivery was due to poor economic conditions, lack of infrastructure and lack of emergency services. "There are several cases of abuse by health professionals that went unreported," he noted. Professor Fred T. Sai, Presidential Advisor on Population,... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Mental Health supported the study published in the current issue of the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Co-authors of the paper are Blair Beadnell and Marilyn Hoppe, UW School of Social Work research scientists; Diane Morrison, UW professor of social work; and Mary Gillmore, director of the Arizona State University School of Social Work. (EurekAlert!)
A commitment to the rights of women, including the right to choose abortion and improved access to abortion and reproductive health services. A commitment to improving conditions in urban communities and ending racial inequality, including disparities in education through reform of the No Child Left Behind Act and other measures. (CBS News)
The World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and other global reproductive health organizations such as EngenderHealth have recognized circumcision as an important method to reduce HIV infection. The ShangRing has been used to circumcise several thousand Chinese men since 2005. (Science Daily)
The sum is the prize money he won from the Prince Mihidol Award for International Leadership and Advocacy of gender Equity, Reproductive Health, Planning and Population. He said there were five categories of the award for best Level 200 female student in Biological Science, Mathematical Science, Earth Science, Physical Science and Agricultural science. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
" ### PSI is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that harnesses the vitality of the private sector to address the health problems of low-income and vulnerable populations in more than 60 developing countries. With programs in malaria, reproductive health, child survival and HIV, PSI promotes products, services and healthy behavior that enable low-income and vulnerable people to lead healthier lives. Products and services are sold at subsidized prices rather than given away in... (EurekAlert!)
Jayasinghe's group and others including the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence say the law was not designed to apply to pregnant women and their fetuses. They also warn that the law could drive women to seek abortions or avoid prenatal care to escape prosecution, and they note that appellate courts across America have overturned convictions based on similar laws. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
For most of Africa, HIV/AIDS prevention is more of a security and peace issue, not just reproductive health. It may have started as a reproductive health issue years back but that is not where it has remained as a big problem. (allAfrica.com)
"Pro-choice Americans have always believed that women deserve access to all the information relevant to their reproductive health decisions. For some women, that includes information related to fetal anesthesia options," Nancy Keenan, NARAL's president, has said in a statement on the bill. Democratic leaders cited NARAL's position when they decided against trying to influence the vote. (Yahoo News -- Abortion Rights Debate)
This is from Planned Parenthood: "Prominent women in the global environmental movement ... believe there are strong links between the health of the environment, the ability of women to engage and lead their communities, and their ability to exercise their inherent reproductive rights. Women have a stake in a clean environment because they are often the main providers of food and water, and their reproductive health can be adversely affected by environmental degradation.". But, Murray writes, "By... (Townhall.com)
In Shangil Tobaya, MSF provides a complete range of medical services - in and outpatient care, nutritional programme, reproductive health, treatment for victims of sexual violence and mental health activities - for 28,000 IDPs living in two camps and other 5,000 people of the surrounding villages. This is not the first time that such incidents have occurred in the area. (AlertNet)
The study is a breakthrough in determining how these compounds can cause reproductive health problems, as well as in providing a key building block for how to treat these problems ... In the study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Neurotoxicology, the researchers exposed newborn rats to physiologically relevant doses of the phytoestrogens genistein and equol, and then looked at reproductive health markers in the rats throughout their adulthood. (Science Daily)
"There's a reasonably good chance that some of these women had twins because of in vitro fertilization," says physician Judy Albert of Reproductive Health Specialists in Pittsburgh. Why that conclusion. (Yahoo News -- Survivor)
The in which skin covering the end of the penis is removed, may help lower infections among men of the traditionally uncircumcised Luo tribe by more than two-thirds, to 5 percent, said Bailey in a telephone interview July 14 from the Nyanza Reproductive Health Society Clinic he runs. Widespread use could 5. (Bloomberg)
"The narrative of cancer is no longer that it's a death sentence; it's a bump in your medical history that you overcome and go back to what we hope is a healthy lifestyle," says Teresa Woodruff of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, who last fall received a first-of-its-kind $21 million NIH grant to develop ways of protecting cancer patients' reproductive health. Of the 125,000 people under the age of 45 who are diagnosed with cancer each year, roughly half will receive... (MSNBC -- Health)
With the right tools, including better education and more reproductive health services, women can reduce poverty and slow the spread of HIV-AIDS across the global South. But women, especially in Africa and Asia, need to know their rights and find ways to raise their status in society. (Globe and Mail)
Family planning and reproductive health expert Professor John Guillebaud and Dr Pip Hayes, a GP from Exeter, call on UK doctors to break their silence on the links between population, family planning and climate change. They point to a calculation by the Optimum Population Trust that "each new UK birth will be responsible for 160 times more greenhouse gas emissions ; than a new birth in Ethiopia.". (Science Daily)
Last fall, Woodruff received a $21 million NIH grant to develop ways of protecting cancer patients' reproductive health. CULTURE: "A Word From Our Sponsor" (p. (PR Newswire)
Other presentations at the session will include "Future Promising Microbicidal Products: What to Learn from the In Vitro Work," "ART-Containing Vaginal Microbicides in the Clinical Pipeline: A Status of the Studies," and "The Use of Oral and Topical PREP at Population Level: What Are the Issues?" Other notable FHI presentations at the International AIDS Conference include: "Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV: Critical to Human Rights and Prevention" by Ms.... (PR Newswire)
Henry Waxman, also of California, applauded the compromise bill overall, but said, "The bill does not explicitly encourage the close integration of HIV programs with family planning and other reproductive health services.". FULL FUNDING URGED. (AlertNet)
"Reaching isolated communities is the real issue," Andre Damiba, country director for Marie Stopes International (MSI), a reproductive health agency, told IRIN.. According to the government, in some parts of the country 70 percent of 16-year-old girls have already given birth to their first child. (allAfrica.com)
This is also part of our commitment to address children's problems in the country as we have ratified the UN Convention on Child Protection," the President said. Voice of Indonesian Children On Tuesday, July 22, 2008, we, the children of Indonesia, declared in the seventh National Children's Congress that we: 1. Will aspire to be creative, intelligent, qualified children and be protected from all acts of violence, exploitation, abandonment and discrimination. 2. Will need protection from the... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
"Full implementation requires substantial support from a number of sectors and will take some time," said Samuel F. Posner, a co-author of the preconception care report and associate director for science in the CDC's Division of Reproductive Health. Part of the challenge, he conceded, is overcoming numerous barriers, including the lack of a mechanism for billing insurers and getting reimbursed. (MEDLINEplus)
It can help women retain reproductive health, create an environment to enhance fertility, reduce the risk of complications during pregnancy and support the growth of healthy babies. Dr. Wilson's approach combines proven Eastern and Western medical techniques to enhance a patient's reproductive health and chance for a healthy baby. (Primezone Releases)
Madam Janet Tornui, Programme Officer in-charge of family planning at Quality Health Partners, said her NGO is a major component of reproductive health for the reduction of maternal mortality. She said spacing birth through the practicing of Family Planning would enable couples to avoid unwanted and unintended pregnancies, adding that, it also help the mother to be healthy also prevented maternal deaths. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
According to 84-year-old Mahinder Watsa, who has been a consultant on sexual and reproductive health for the past 35 years, sex among older Indians is more visible now because people talk about it openly, at least in the media. "I would say that 65 per cent of my patients are in the 50-to-80 age bracket," he says. (India Times, India)
Its top sellers fall into the women's reproductive health category with brands like Yaz, Yasmin, and Plan B. Their drugs include oral contraceptives, emergency contraceptives, and non-hormonal contraceptives. Barr also has a significant presence in the Europe, which will strengthen Teva's position there. (Forbes)
" Glenn said while she supports the activists' right to free speech, she believes they shouldn't be allowed to hold giant signs with bloody photographs around children or people eating lunch. And she said her 71-year-old mother, who lives above the restaurant, awoke early Saturday morning to the sound of Innocent Blood protesters shouting into loudspeakers. Daniel Green of Lafayette, La., was among the group of activists who stood outside the clinic and along County Line Road on Saturday. Green,... (The Clarion-Ledger)
According to a 2008 Planned Parenthood report, McCain has also voted against related measures dealing with reproductive health, including a 2003 vote against requiring insurance companies to cover oral contraceptives (birth control) and a 2005 vote against providing emergency contraception for rape survivors. He has indicated support for the global gag rule, opposition to comprehensive sex education, and opposition to federal funding to prevent teen pregnancies. (Suite101.com)
Mahoney, the Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, argues that because Obama's health care plan would include expanded access to "reproductive health services" - including abortion - the Illinois senator will effectively mandate that taxpayers, among them people of faith that are strongly against abortion, pay for the procedure. "Senator Obama is pretty clear that he is not opposed to taxpayer funded abortions," Mahoney said in an interview Tuesday afternoon. (CBS News)
These two groups are more likely to use family planning and other reproductive health services than any other segment of the population, and would be better equipped to protect themselves from HIV if their access to reproductive health services and education was expanded ... However, the current bill before the Senate fails to call for or even acknowledge the need to strengthen critical linkages between family planning and reproductive health services and HIV prevention efforts. (allAfrica.com)
"It's simply tragic that so many leaders in poor countries and their aid donors have allowed reproductive health programs to falloff the radar, especially at a time when population issues are also front and center of climate change, and the food and fuel crises," said Joy Phumaphi, the World Bank vice president for human development, and a former health minister of Botswana. She warned that falling birth rates would not be achieved through better health programs alone. (Xinhuanet, China)
"It's definitely going to be viewed as a lower priority," said Dr. Sheryl Vanderpoel, a reproductive health expert at the World Health Organization. WHO has traditionally been focused on family planning and preventing sexually transmitted diseases rather than helping solve infertility problems. (MSNBC -- Health)
But a European reproductive health conference was warned once children know, they may want to seek out their biological parent. A UK patient group urged parents to be open from children from the start. (BBC News -- Health)
Reproductive health should be made widely accessible. The G8 will take concrete steps to work toward improving the link between HIV/AIDS activities and sexual and reproductive health and voluntary family planning programs, to improve access to health care, including preventing mother-to-child transmission, and to achieve the MDGs by adopting a multisectoral approach and by fostering community involvement and participation. (White House News Releases)
In September 2007, The Tribune Company's "The Swamp" reported that presidential candidate Obama endorsed the opening of a controversial new Planned Parenthood facility in Aurora Illinois, saying, "The proposed center will serve the growing population in a part of the state where access to a full range of reproductive health care services is lacking.". On Monday, The Swamp reported that Planned Parenthood returned Obama's consistent endorsements of the group's efforts by throwing their full... (Newsmax)
The researchers told a European reproductive health conference that it was likely the problems were caused by DNA damage in sperm. Miscarriage risk. (BBC News -- Health)
The study, of 198 families, is being detailed at a European reproductive health conference in Barcelona. There has been concern that donor conception children may have more emotional problems than those conceived naturally, that parents may behave less positively towards them or that the child may not feel fully accepted as part of the family. (BBC News -- UK)
Bismarck Tribune - Life - Blind faith: Ruling is a testament to remarkable womans legacy. WASHINGTON He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting a blazing orange sun she drew a few years after the tragedy. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
For instance, more than half of women who had abortions in the United States from 1990 to 2003 were already mothers, according to a report from the Guttmacher Institute, a U.S.-based non-profit organization that focuses on sexual and reproductive health. The organization said that nearly half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, and that 40 per cent of those end in abortion. (Globe and Mail)
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Squalid scene the Canberra house from which four children who were found home alone were removed last month. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Behind the flowery front and under the guise of reproductive health, this clinic, like the one in north Houston and Huntsville, will serve to feed abortions into the Fannin abortion center and then into the massive facility (ambulatory surgery center) soon to be finished, where even later term infants can be killed. This attraction, a business that wants to be more attractive to all socioeconomic groups, is a wolf in sheep's clothing and much of its money is funded by our public dollars. (Woodlands Villager, TX)
Student support A survey of 13 Mount Si High School students conducted during the first week of June found that teens expressed interest in basic health care, access to medication, counselors, reproductive health care services, STD testing and information about preventative medicine. "It is amazing how much it helps to just have someone listen," one teen said during the interview. (King County Journal Newspapers, WA)
The unit promotes home testing and educates people about reproductive health, malaria, shelter and medical care. This program has saved lives, Mainga said. (Newport Daily News, RI)
The institute's researchers conduct studies in such areas as cardio-vascular disease, emerging infections, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, dermatology, reproductive health, vaccine development, respiratory disorders, inherited illnesses and neonatology. LA BioMed is an independent institute that is academically affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The institute is located on the campus of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance. (EurekAlert!)
Therefore, minority neighborhoods are more likely to require the services of a reproductive health clinic such as PP.. No grand conspiracy, simply supply-and-demand. (Human Events Online)
"The increase in abortions in this age group fits the pattern in women aged under 18 generally, that is, a higher proportion of pregnancies are terminated," Said Kaye Wellings, professor of sexual and reproductive health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. More government-backed sexual health counseling and contraception services was called for at present to protect the young girls, and the main goal is to reduce the number of pregnancies in young women. (Xinhuanet, China)
She was almost 30, already a leading expert on fertility and women's reproductive health. She had a large circle of friends and colleagues, a thriving career as a micro-surgeon and no shortage of suitors. (MSNBC -- Health)
She conducted research on issues including the reproductive health system, communal land rights and the prevention of HIV-AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Now coordinator of Atma Jaya's and the Association of Indonesian Catholic Higher Education's libraries, Ai Lien is still vigorous in conducting research on social-related issues. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
He advised them to vigorously organize sensitization and advocacy programmes that would help to promote healthy life style, especially in the area of sexual and reproductive health. According to Mr. Larbi the national prevalence rate of the HIV has been stabilized with a percentage of 1. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Betsy August M.D. presented a girls-only workshop on female reproductive health issues. SHS students Zack Rosen and Rebecca Remis presented the documentary film Invisible Children about child soldiers in Northern Uganda. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
She was 30, already a leading expert on fertility and women's reproductive health. Traveling alone on vacation in Europe, she fell ill and checked herself into a hospital in Amsterdam. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Mrs. Agbotui, was speaking as a resource person at a two-day life saving skills training workshop, organised by CENCOSAD, working in partnership with the Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights Project (ARHRP), on Monday in Cape Coast It was attended by Project Officers of ARHRP southern zone partner organizations and those of CENCOSAD, and nurses working with the Project ... She advised men to be involved in sexual and reproductive health issues and expressed joy that males were involved in the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Marketing itself under the happy face of providing "reproductive health" services, Planned Parenthood provides 1-of-5 abortions done in the country. Although the overall number of abortions performed each year has dropped, the percent done by Planned Parenthood has increased, translating in absolute numbers to almost 300,000 annually. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
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