Archive for the ‘Drugs’ Category

Videos Comment On Health Reform Abortion Language, Unsafe Abortion In Kenya

The following summarizes select women’s health-related videos. Stupak, Sebelius Discuss Reform Vote: On Thursday’s “Good Morning America,” Sebelius countered Rep. Bart Stupak’s (D-Mich.) claims that the Senate health reform bill would lessen restrictions on federal funding of abortion…

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Chile Has Enough Food, Fuel For Citizens, President Says

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that the country has enough food and fuel to meet citizens’ needs, Dow Jones Newswires reports. She said the government has adequate resources to enable business recovery and to help rebuild houses, and she wants the private sector to play a major role in the rebuilding effort…

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Foreign Donors Must Coordinate More With Haiti’s Government, Haitian Prime Minister Says

Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive “demanded more information on Wednesday about foreign aid pouring into the earthquake-stricken country and urged that his government not be sidelined in reconstruction efforts,” Reuters reports…

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In Immune-Altered Mice Intestinal Bacteria Drive Obesity And Metabolic Disease

Increased appetite and insulin resistance can be transferred from one mouse to another via intestinal bacteria, according to research being published online this week by Science magazine…

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2nd European Lung Cancer Conference

Rapid advances in drug development, genetics and multidisciplinary treatment have brought the field of oncology to a critical moment, says Dr. Rafael Rosell from the Catalan Institute of Oncology in Badalona, Spain, co-chair of the second European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC), which will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 28 April to 1 May 2010…

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Colo., ‘Personhood’ Measure Fails To Qualify For Ballot; Colo., Wyo., Finalize Bills On Violence Against Pregnant Women

The following summarizes recent action in Colorado and Wyoming related to a “personhood” initiative and bills addressing crimes against pregnant women…

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Newsweek Opinion Piece Examines Efforts To Destigmatize Abortion Through Personal Stories

In an opinion piece, Newsweek reporter Sarah Kliff examines abortion-rights supporters’ efforts to lessen stigma surrounding the procedure by focusing on women’s personal abortion stories. “In the nearly four decades since Roe v. Wade, in magazines and blogs, in tweets and T-shirts, thousands of women have publicly told some form of their abortion story,” Kliff [...]

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Editorial Criticizes Idaho Bill To Increase ‘Conscience’ Protections For Health Care Workers

“Last week, 21 Idaho senators injected themselves into private, painful decisions about conception, abortion and euthanasia” by advancing a bill (SB 1353) that would shield health care professionals from liability if they “decline to provide services that violate their conscience,” an Idaho Statesman editorial states…

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Obama Pushes Reconciliation, Action On Health Care Overhaul

In his White House speech Wednesday afternoon, President Barack Obama outlined his updated health overhaul plan and endorsed a legislative maneuver meant to move the congressional efforts on health care reform forward…

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Abortion Language In Health Care Bills Continues To Rankle Both Sides

The Washington Times: “Pro-life advocates say the Democrats’ health care bill would send millions of dollars to community health care centers without restrictions to keep the money from being used to fund abortions, potentially expanding access to the procedure…

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