Women Health News

Medindia's Press Release’ section provides the latest press release on Women Health from across the world for the global audience. This page links to 1975 Women Health press releases.

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Releases Supplementary Advisory; Articles are based upon Pennsylvania data targeting the complications of pregnancy and childbirth

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 16 The complications of pregnancy and childbirth have been targeted in the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's 2009 December Supplementary Patient Safety Advisory. The special issue provides gynecologists, obstetricians, ...

Women Turn to Natural Menopause Remedies for Safe, Effective Relief

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 When a woman starts going through menopause, her entire life can change without warning. Menopause symptoms can cause undesirable reactions in the body that runs the gamut from hot flashes and weight gain to mood ...

Although Most Unmarried Young Adults Want to Avoid Pregnancy, Many Don't Use Contraception, Know Little About It, and Think It Doesn't Make Much Difference

New Research Focuses on Unmarried Young Adults' Attitudes and Behavior Regarding Pregnancy, Contraception, and Related Issues WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly all unmarried young adults ages 18-29 believe pregnancy is ...

Congress Passes Funding for Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative

Statement from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Senate yesterday passed a package of spending bills for FY 2010, which included a historic ...

University of Michigan Health System Receives $15 Million Gift, The Largest Ever for Women's Health

Regents will be asked to approve naming the women's hospital -- located within the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Women's Hospital complex -- after Ted and Jane Von Voigtlander ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ ...

North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Consumer Survey Suggests Need for Improved Communication between Women and Their OB/GYNs About Osteoporosis

CLEVELAND, Dec. 14 According to a new survey distributed by The North American Menopause Society (NAMS), while 98 percent of women who participated consider bone strength to be an important health concern, nearly half (45 percent) of these women ...

Chinese-American Women & Korean-American Women at Highest Risk for Developing Diabetes During Pregnancy

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 11 More than 10 percent of women of Chinese and Korean heritage may be at risk for developing diabetes during pregnancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 16,000 women in Hawaii that appears in ...

Cutting-Edge Surgery, Seamlessly Performed

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 A Southern California fetal surgery institute, one of only a handful in the United States, has posted enormously successful rates in treating a dangerous disorder that affects 10 percent of unborn identical twins. ...

AUL Action: Senate Health Bill Now Leads to Unprecedented Federal Abortion Funding

"A vote to table the amendment is a vote against the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment. A majority of Senators effectively endorsed the abortion lobby's goal of mainstreaming abortion as health care." -- Charmaine Yoest WASHINGTON, ...

Sushi & Breastfeeding Join Birth Defects & Preterm Birth as Leading Concerns of Moms

March of Dimes Polls Moms On Their Fears; Doctors Discuss Their Top Concerns WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Moms worry. Even before they become moms. From the minute they start thinking about whether they want to have a ...