New Laws Will Expand Licensing Of Midwives- May 5, 2005 On July 1, Virginia will enact standards for midwives who are not nurses, in an effort to better regulate home births.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35561-2005May4.html?nav=rss_health/women Silicone Implants Backed by FDA Panel- May 5, 2005 A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended yesterday that silicone gel breast implants made by Mentor Corp. be allowed back on the market for wider use -- a surprise decision that came a day after the same panel rejected the application of a rival company.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50947-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_health/women Procedure On Women In Labor Adds Risk- May 5, 2005 One of the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States -- an incision many pregnant women receive to reduce the risk of tissue tears during delivery -- has no benefits and actually causes more complications, according to the most comprehensive analysis to evaluate the practice.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35515-2005May4.html?nav=rss_health/women Digene's Ads Take Their Case to Women- May 5, 2005 Digene Corp., the maker of the country's only approved test for HPV, the leading cause of cervical cancer, is adopting a tactic that is becoming popular among profit-starved biotechs: Advertise directly to consumers. -The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52466-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_health/women A Weekly Shot of News and Notes- May 5, 2005 PIERCE 'EM YOUNG People might be able to avoid earlobe keloids by getting their ears pierced before age 11, finds a study in the May 2 issue of Pediatrics. Keloids -- lumps of firm, flesh-colored skin made of fibrous tissue -- often form on the front or back of the earlobes at the site of piercings; they can also develop after injuries. They're most common in African Americans.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32717-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women Red Flags About Md. Man Ignored- May 5, 2005 Obstetrician-gynecologist Jeffrey M. Levitt needed a job, and Stuttgart, Ark., needed an OB-GYN. So the country town about an hour southeast of Little Rock was prepared to overlook the warning signs.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44901-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/women Conceptual Sound- May 5, 2005 Mood Music Couples struggling with infertility have a new -- albeit untested -- option: a "sound therapy program" that claims to enhance the odds of conception by reducing stress. The $29.95 double CD set, called Conceive, is made by Pharmonics, a New York-based musical therapy production company. The CDs, available online, are being marketed to childless couples trying to get pregnant. But fertility experts said there is no science to support the program's claim.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32716-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women A Weekly Shot of News and Notes- May 5, 2005 MENOPAUSE, CONT'D Worried that women may turn too quickly to treat the symptoms of menopause, a National Institutes of Health expert panel last week suggested that those without severe problems simply wait out their bodily changes. The panel is charged with clarifying the state of knowledge following several years of alarming, and sometimes contradictory, research findings. Key conclusions:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8257-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/women Detecting Breast Cancer- May 5, 2005 Those aren't daisy petals or spokes on a wheel. Each strip radiating out from the center ring shown above is an electronic sensor, part of Z-Tech's experimental Breast Cancer Detection System. The sensors are placed over each breast while a patient lies on her back in a doctor's office, as shown in the inset photo. Low-level electrical currents are then transmitted painlessly through the breasts in a 15-minute procedure.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32718-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women Researcher Fabricated Data in Studies on Women- May 5, 2005 A researcher well known for his studies on women, menopause, aging and body weight fabricated data for more than a decade, falsified applications for federal grants and tried to cover up his misconduct, federal officials announced yesterday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45611-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_health/women |