Listen to the NLM Director’s Comments on screening for domestic violence. A Canadian study suggests screening for intimate partner violence (or domestic violence) does not impact its reoccurrence, or result in an improved quality of life for adult women – when screening is part of routine clinical care…
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The first clinical trials to test whether the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine can safely elicit a protective immune response in pregnant women has just been launched, and a trial to conduct the same test in HIV-infected children and youth will begin mid-October.By sciencedaily.com

Teenage boys in Sweden take less responsibility than girls for preventing the spread of chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections, according to a new study.By sciencedaily.com

HIV prevalence among African Americans is ten times greater than the prevalence among whites. This racial disparity in HIV prevalence has persisted in the face of both governmental and private actions, involving many billions of dollars, to combat HIV. In a new study, researchers examine factors responsible for the stark racial disparities in HIV infection [...]

The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. “By medicalnewstoday.com

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has announced its selection of Claudia Stravato, board member and retired executive director of the Texas Panhandle Family Planning and Health Centers in Amarillo, Texas, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. She is one of 10 extraordinary Americans to receive the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony [...]

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) this week applied for permission from the federal government to expand no-cost family planning services to uninsured women with incomes up to twice the federal poverty level, or about $21,000 annually, who do not qualify for existing subsidized health insurance programs, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports.By medicalnewstoday.com

The number of rapes reported to federal authorities is at a 20-year low, a trend victims’ advocates and crime researchers attribute to increased awareness, better DNA testing and improved collaboration between women and authorities, USA Today reports.By medicalnewstoday.com

October Is Talk about Prescriptions Month. Learn more by visiting the MedlinePlus health topics on medicines and drug safety. Also, check out the NIHSeniorHealth tutorial on taking medicines.
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When teenagers receive health education and information about contraception, the number of them having unintended pregnancies decreases, finds a large new review. Unintended pregnancy among adolescents is a common global problem. According to the review, in the United States, 9 percent of adolescents between 15 and 19 years old become pregnant each year. India has [...]

There is no doubt that modern contraception has enabled women to have unprecedented control over their own fertility.By medicalnewstoday.com

Know what to do about the flu. Learn about flu myths and facts, vaccination, prevention, and treatment at Flu.gov.
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According to a U.N. report released Tuesday, millions of children worldwide are subjected to trafficking, abuse, violence and child labor, United Press International reports (10/6).By medicalnewstoday.com

HIV prevalence among African Americans is ten times greater than the prevalence among whites. This racial disparity in HIV prevalence has persisted in the face of both governmental and private actions, involving many billions of dollars, to combat HIV. In the November 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from the University [...]

Since the recent well-publicized case of a female Hofstra University student who recanted rape allegations against five men, the question of how often “women falsely cry rape … has been flying around the Internet,” Slate columnists Emily Bazelon and Rachael Larimore write.By medicalnewstoday.com

The following summarizes recent women’s health-related blog entries. “Bart Stupak, Leader of Antiabortion Democrats: ‘Not Very Confident’ on Health Care,” Dan Gilgoff, U.S.By medicalnewstoday.com

Listen to the NLM Director’s Comments on NIH’s $5 billion investment. U.S. President Barack Obama told a National Institutes of Health (NIH) audience on September 30 that the $5 billion recently invested in NIH-managed medical research was an unprecedented investment in the future of the nation’s health…
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U.S. Government Adjusts Aid Terms To Groups Seeking Humanitarian Grants In Somalia The U.S. State and Treasury departments together with USAID have reached an agreement that will allow several aid agencies in Somalia to receive humanitarian grants upon meeting several conditions, “unlock[ing] millions of dollars in relief resources that had been on hold due to [...]

“While condoms are excellent at preventing the transmission of HIV, it’s often difficult for women to negotiate their use,” says principal investigator Betsy C. Herold, M.D., professor of pediatrics, of microbiology & immunology, and of obstetrics & gynecology and women’s health at Einstein. “It’s imperative that women have alternative strategies available to protect their own [...]

Among heterosexuals in the United Kingdom, HIV transmission can occur within networks of as many as 30 people, according to a new study.By sciencedaily.com