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The American Cancer Society now recommends that women begin annual mammogram screenings at age 45 instead of age 40, and that providers reduce the frequency of screening to every two years after age 54.
Women in prison often eat to relieve stress or boredom. The resulting weight gain can make other physical and emotional problems worse. In one prison, spinning helps keep the pounds and rage at bay.
The nation鈥檚 internists urge doctors to quit performing the invasive exam for most women, but gynecologists argue that it is important.
Staffed by midwives and bolstered by Obamacare, low-tech birth centers away from hospitals are up almost 60 percent since 2010.
The new law is only the second in the country that allows women to get a year鈥檚 prescription at one time.
Essure has generated more than 5,000 complaints of serious side effects.
RAND Corp. researchers find that more women are going into anesthesiology and getting paid better, but they still trail their male counterparts.
Research in JAMA concludes that even after accounting for factors such as experience, age and research, women do not get promoted as often to full professor jobs in academic medical centers.
Congress faces budgetary decisions, worrying advocates for medical research, teen pregnancy prevention and other federal initiatives.
Since the Roe v. Wade decision, Ohio has been a trendsetter in passing laws that restrict abortion. That鈥檚 why it is especially unusual that in a small Ohio town just south of Cleveland, a new clinic that performs abortions opened its doors.
Republican candidates on the campaign trail say they have defunded Planned Parenthood in their states already. But a lot depends on how they define 鈥渄efund.鈥
Pregnancy questions included in many wellness program questionnaires hit a nerve, and advocates are asking the Obama administration to ban these types of queries as part of a pending Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rule.
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