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Wide use of prescription painkillers found in US women of childbearing age, CDC reports
ATLANTA – Prescription painkillers are used widely by U.S. women of childbearing age, a federal report released on Thursday found,…
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Britain launches billboards against female genital mutilation
LONDON – Two survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) have launched Britain’s first billboard campaign to raise awareness and encourage…
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College, Cancer and a Double Mastectomy: All Before My 22nd Birthday
Colleen Cappon was 21 years old and had just started her senior year at State University of New York Cortland…
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Actress Tori Spelling is back in the hospital nearly three weeks after giving birth to her fourth child, son Finn…
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Extended hormone use risky for women
New research suggests that long-term use of any type of hormones to ease menopause symptoms can raise a woman’s risk…
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Egg donors often recruited unethically, study finds
Many agencies and clinics that use websites to recruit women to donate their eggs to those with fertility problems do…
Read MoreIUDs, implants urged for teen girls’ birth control
Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or…
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Pharmacies Mislead Teens on Morning-After Pill
Women who live in low-income neighborhoods are more likely than their wealthier counterparts to get misinformation about emergency contraception from…
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FDA to let women try new breast cancer drugs earlier
Regulators are moving the goal posts in testing new drugs for breast cancer in the hopes of giving more women…
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