http://www.menopauseknowledge.com Menopause Symptoms and Menopause Natural Therapies Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:03:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Technorati and Ingboo have partnered together to provide an all new kind of subscription experience for Technorati content, including search results. Look for a blue Ingboo icon for a full range of subscription options. Feeds are also available for: Hottest Blogosphere Posts Latest Original Articles from Technorati The Technorati Blog ... http://www.menopauseknowledge.com/1616/new-search-results-from-technorati-and-ingboo/ http://www.menopauseknowledge.com/1615/give-menopause-support-for-mothers-day-64/ Washington, D.C., soon will become the first city in the U.S. to distribute female condoms at no charge, the Washington Post reports... http://www.menopauseknowledge.com/1614/washington-d-c-to-become-first-u-s-city-to-distribute-free-female-condoms/ A bill (SF 2645) in the Minnesota Legislature would require each school district to create an "abstinence-first" sex education curriculum with "age-appropriate" lessons on human sexuality and information about condoms and other contraceptives, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports... http://www.menopauseknowledge.com/1613/minn-legislature-considers-abstinence-plus-sex-education-bill-2/ "U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked International Women's Day Wednesday calling for gender equality and the empowerment of women, saying that until women and girls are liberated from poverty and injustice; peace, security and sustainable development stand in jeopardy," VOA News reports. Though the international community ... http://www.menopauseknowledge.com/1612/u-n-secretary-general-csw-mark-international-womens-day/ University of Alberta researcher Nese Yuksel says pharmacists could be integral to the education and screening of people for osteoporosis, as pharmacists are easily accessible and are playing a greater role in health promotion and disease prevention. According to Osteoporosis Canada, after the age of 50 one in four women ... http://www.menopauseknowledge.com/1611/in-fight-against-osteoporosis-pharmacists-can-play-key-role/ By 2015, mother-to-child HIV transmission will be virtually eliminated and deaths from malaria and tuberculosis will continue to decline if health investments for the diseases are maintained or scaled up, according to an annual results report published Monday by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Agence France-Presse/Africasia.com ... http://www.menopauseknowledge.com/1610/global-fund-releases-latest-impact-data-projections-for-improving-global-health-in-next-decade/ "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... http://www.menopauseknowledge.com/1609/editorial-criticizes-idaho-bill-to-increase-conscience-protections-for-health-care-workers/ Community support groups can reduce neonatal mortality, and lower rates of maternal depression-provided that the population coverage is wide enough and the programmes are appropriately designed. These are the conclusions of two Articles, published Online First in The Lancet. Participatory women's groups have shown promise in trials ... http://www.menopauseknowledge.com/1608/womens-group-support-can-improve-birth-outcomes/ Women aged 50 to 76 who take estrogen plus progestin may have an increased risk of lung cancer, according to a new study published in the pre-print online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology... http://www.menopauseknowledge.com/1607/prolonged-use-of-hrt-increases-incidence-of-lung-cancer-by-about-50-percent-new-study/