The following is a summary of selected women’s health-related blog entries.~ “Progressive and Pro-Choice: Obama’s Latest Team Members,” Amie Newman, RH Reality Check: Newman reports that two of President-elect Barack Obama’s latest appointments to his incoming administration “offer much hope to advocates of women’s rights.

Share and Enjoy:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers […]

The Tennessean on Monday published an editorial and an opinion piece examining issues related to embryonic stem cell research. ~

Share and Enjoy:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

President-elect Barack Obama is expected to reverse the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research implemented by the Bush administration, prompting opponents of such research to express concerns about possible implications, the AP/Google.com reports. In addition, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.

Share and Enjoy:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share […]

Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a heart health evaluation should become the norm when considering estrogen replacement, new research suggests.

Share and Enjoy:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Systematic use of pelvic lymphadenectomy (removal of the lymph nodes) does not improve disease-free or overall survival in women with early-stage endometrial cancer, according to a randomized trial published online November 25 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The first site of metastasis for endometrial cancer is often the pelvic […]

In issuing the proposed HHS conscience rule, President Bush wants to “change the rules so anyone employed anywhere that gets federal funding could refuse to conduct a health-related service, sale, referral or research that he or she considers in conflict with personal moral or religious beliefs,”

Share and Enjoy:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where […]

A new study in the journal Family Relations examined the effects of a mother’s psychological control on the risk for depression of African American adolescents. Researchers found that girls whose mothers played mental games with them like making them feel guilty or withdrawing expressions of love reported much higher levels of depressive symptoms and lower […]

A new study in the Journal of Marriage and Family examined differences in the amount and type of time that single, cohabiting, and married mothers spend with their children. Cohabiting and married mothers spend similar amounts of time caring for their children. Results show that single mothers spend less time with their children than married […]

Disparities in cervical cancer survival can be traced to differences in access to care for certain racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups, according to a University of Miami Miller School of Medicine study of more than 5,300 Florida women. A team of researchers at the Miller School found that racial, ethnic and socioeconomic factors led […]

Researchers in Norway found there was a 22 per cent higher rate of detected breast cancer among women who had mammograms every two years compared to women screened every six years raising the possibility that some breast cancers just regress naturally without treatment. The study was the work […]