Archive for the Women's Health Category
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New Test Far Better Than Pap Smears In Cervical Cancer Screening
A recent Italian study led by Guglielmo Ronco, a cancer epidemiologist at the Centre for Cancer Prevention in Turin, has determined that a new cervical cancer test beats out the accuracy of the conventional pap smears we undergo annually. Researchers ...
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Tomato Safety During Salmonella Outbreak
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, since April at least 383 people in 30 states have been infected with a rare form of salmonella. The largest number of cases being in Texas, New Mexico and Illinois. Salmonella ...
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National Women’s Health Week
According to the U.S. Health and Human Services and copied from their site, “The 9th annual National Women’s Health Week will kick off on Mother’s Day, May 11, 2008 and will be celebrated until May 17, 2008. National Women’s Check-Up Day ...
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Where Does Your State Rank for Depression?
Mental Health America has released information regarding their first-of-its-kind study that ranks all 50 states in the US and the District of Columbia when it comes to depression and suicide. Researchers uncovered statistical links between mental-illness rates, health insurance, education ...
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Cash Incentives to Discourage Sex-Selective Abortions in India
According to UNICEF (The United Nations Children’s Fund), close to 7,000 girls are aborted every day in India and there is only 927 females for every 1,000 males (which is a far lower number than the worldwide average of 1,050 ...
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