Aspirin Merits Testing For Prevention Of Cervical Cancer In HIV-Infected Women

Research conducted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center global health investigators and cancer specialists in New York, Qatar and Haiti suggests that aspirin should be evaluated for its ability to prevent development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women…

Leading Breast Cancer Researcher And Study Co-Author Rowan T. Chlebowski Explains Seemingly Contradictory Findings On Estrogen And Breast Cancer

Rowan T. Chlebowski, M.D., Ph.D., a principal investigator at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed), provided his assessment of the seeming contradictions between a previous Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study and a new abstract to be presented June 4 at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology. The abstract reports on the National Cancer Institute of Canada MAP…

16 Countries Make New Commitments To Help Women And Children

Sixteen countries announced new commitments to dramatically reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality, as part of the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health. “Political and financial support for action on women’s and children’s health is reaching new and encouraging heights…

An Increased Distrust Of Health Care System Is Associated With Lower Utilization Of Breast And Cervical Screenings Among Women

Published today in the American Journal of Public Health, a new study reports an increased distrust of the U.S. health care system as a barrier for women from receiving preventive screening measures of breast and cervical cancer…

Cultural Sensitivity Is Key To Quality Care

Awareness and sensitivity to a patient’s cultural background can improve physician-patient communication and positively affect patient health, according to a new Committee Opinion released by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College)…

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