Lancet World Report Examines How U.N. Women Agency Will Work To Address Global Health Issues

A Lancet World Report article examines how many are looking to the new U.N. agency tasked with advancing women’s equality and rights to help improve the health of women in developing countries. According to the journal, U.N…

Women's Health Policy Report Highlights Studies From Recent Breast Cancer Conference

The following summarizes findings reported last week at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. ~ Anthracyclines: New research suggests that anthracyclines — a class of chemotherapy drugs commonly used to treat breast cancer — could cause more harm than benefits for breast cancer patients because they can be damaging to the heart, the Wall Street Journal reports…

WHO Report Highlights Gender Disparities, Cites AIDS As Leading Cause Of Women's Deaths

Women around the world are “denied a chance to develop their full human potential” because of a lack of essential health care throughout their lives, according to a World Health Organization report released Monday, Reuters reports.

Advocates Call For Increased U.S. Investment In Global Health

A report released Thursday (.pdf) by a group of global health advocates outlines ways the U.S. can work toward increasing access to health care throughout the world, Inter Press Service reports. They call “for doubling U.S.

Daily Women's Health Policy Report Summarizes Opinion Pieces On Supreme Court Nomination

Several newspapers recently published opinion pieces on President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Summaries appear below.~ William Kelley,

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