Researchers Look At Potential Benefits, Risks Of Exclusive Breastfeeding During First 6 Months Of Life

A review of existing studies on breastfeeding, published Thursday online in BMJ (British Medical Journal), suggests some findings that contradict the WHO’s 2001 recommendation that mothers “exclusively breastfeed for the first six months of their infants’ lives,” Nature News reports (Gilbert, 1/14)…

Panel Set To Consider No-Cost Coverage Requirements For Women's Preventive Services Under Health Reform Law

On Nov. 16, a panel of experts convened by the nonpartisan Institute of Medicine is set to hold its first meeting to consider what types of services should be included among the preventive services that new private health plans must cover without cost-sharing by consumers, as required by a provision in the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), the AP/Yahoo! News reports…

Panel Set To Consider No-Cost Coverage Requirements For Women's Preventive Services Under Health Reform Law

On Nov. 16, a panel of experts convened by the nonpartisan Institute of Medicine is set to hold its first meeting to consider what types of services should be included among the preventive services that new private health plans must cover without cost-sharing by consumers, as required by a provision in the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), the AP/Yahoo! News reports…

Media Outlets Examine How Maternal Health, Efforts To Reduce Global Poverty Will Be Central To Next Week's MDG Summit

Media outlets continued to look ahead to next week’s U.N. Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Summit, with a focus on two of the central themes to be addressed at the meeting – maternal health and poverty. “Reducing maternal mortality is viewed as critical for meeting” the MDGs, AOL News reports in a piece that examines the progress and challenges to achieving this goal…

Report Highlights 'Failures' Of Colo. Abstinence-Only Programs

Colorado policymakers need to give more attention to comprehensive sex education programs, according to a report released last week that details the “failures” of the state’s abstinence-only sex education programs, the Denver Daily News reports…

Next Page »