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Baltimore City Council Approves Bill Requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers To Disclose Lack Of Abortion, Birth Control Services
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0800
The Baltimore City Council voted 12-3 to approve a bill requiring the city's crisis pregnancy centers to display signs in English and Spanish informing patients that the centers do not "provide or make referral for abortion or birth control services," the Baltimore Sun reports.
Senate Health Committee Likely To Hold Hearing On New Mammogram Guidelines
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0800
Roll Call reports that 22 senators have written the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee asking its leaders to hold hearings on controversial new mammogram guidelines. "The letter came less than a week after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended looser guidelines for breast cancer screenings.
Recent Releases In Global Health
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0800
Kaiser Family Foundation HIV/AIDS Resources In advance of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, the Kaiser Family Foundation has updated resources that shed light on the epidemic's impact worldwide, and the U.S. policy role in addressing the challenges. These resources include an updated fact sheet on the
Senate HELP Committee To Examine New Mammogram Recommendations
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0800
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing to examine the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recently revised breast cancer screening guidelines, including the recommendation that women begin biennial mammograms at age 50 instead of annual mammograms beginning at age 40, CQ HealthBeat reports.
UCF Study Shows Young Girls Worry About Body Image
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800
Even before they start school, many young girls worry that they are fat. But a new study suggests watching a movie starring a stereotypically thin and beautiful princess may not increase children's anxieties. Nearly half of the 3- to 6-year-old girls in a study by University of Central Florida psychology professor Stacey Tantleff-Dunn and doctoral student Sharon Hayes said they worry about being fat.
Ipsen Initiates An Advanced Endometrial Cancer Program With BN83495, Its First-in-Class Steroid Sulfatase Inhibitor First Patient Dosed In Phase II
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0800
Ipsen (Paris:IPN) announced the initiation of an international, multi-center, controlled, randomized Phase II clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BN83495, its investigational first-in-class steroid sulfatase (STS) inhibitor, in advanced endometrial cancer. BN83495 is currently being studied in several clinical studies in patients with hormone dependent cancers.
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