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 writes…

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

ReShape Medical™, Inc. announced that it has initiated a U.S. Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study to assess the safety and effectiveness of its non-surgical, dual-balloon device for weight loss. The ReShape Balloons are designed to be a treatment for the millions who want support with weight loss, without the invasiveness of surgery…

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (”CTI”) (Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) announced that CTI received a statement on March 1, 2010 from the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) leadership that the phase III GOG-212 clinical trial of CTI’s OPAXIO™ used as maintenance therapy for ovarian cancer remains a high priority and enrollment will continue…

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: CPIX) announced that results from a clinical trial of Caldolor® (ibuprofen) Injection will be presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in New Orleans, Louisiana…

For the approximately 7.5 million Americans affected by psoriasis, the thick, red, scaly, itchy plaques it causes only scratch the surface when it comes to the overall implications of this disease…

In the U.S. and around the world, the popularity of minimally invasive cosmetic procedures continues to increase. Soft tissue injectables, also known as dermal fillers, are popular procedures that improve the appearance of aging and sun-damaged skin by restoring lost volume and filling lines…

A new study, led by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, demonstrates that acupuncture may be an effective therapy for joint pain and stiffness in breast cancer patients who are being treated with commonly used hormonal therapies. Results were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology…

In a leap toward making stem cell therapy widely available, researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that endothelial cells, the most basic building blocks of the vascular system, produce growth factors that can grow copious amounts of adult stem cells and their progeny over the course of weeks…

The thousands of bacteria, fungi and other microbes that live in our gut are essential contributors to our good health. They break down toxins, manufacture some vitamins and essential amino acids, and form a barrier against invaders. A study published in Nature shows that, at 3.3 million, microbial genes in our gut outnumber previous estimates for the whole of the human body…