Women's health refers to health issues specific to human female anatomy. These often relate to structures such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to, or most notable in, the female. Women's health issues include menstruation, child birth, menopause and breast cancer.

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Journal of Women's Health, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes clinical and research papers on health issues affecting women throughout their lifespan, and on gender differences in illness and treatment response. Includes original papers and review articles; editorial commentary; and pro/con discussions on controversial issues.

Online since 1996 http://www.obgyn.net OBGYN.net is the largest global website devoted entirely to obstetrics, gynecology and women's health. If you go there doctors answer women's health questions and publish current women's health information including information on the following conditions, pregnancy, birth, infertility, IVF, hysterectomy and alternatives, fibroids, gynecologic cancer, HPV, and many more topics.

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Women's Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

States Drop No-Cost Cancer Screenings Due To Budget Woes, Study Finds
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:00:00 -0800
Low-income women in at least 20 states no longer have adequate or convenient access to cancer screening services, including mammograms and Pap tests, as a result of the economic recession and diminished levels of health coverage, according to a recent study by the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports...
Washington Post Opinion Piece Calls For Action Against Sexual Violence In Congo
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:00:00 -0800
In a Washington Post opinion piece, documentary filmmaker Mary Lou Hartman discusses the "unfathomable violence that is being unleashed against the women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo" and calls for the passage of two federal bills that could reduce funds available to groups that perpetuate sexual violence in the nation...
Women's Health Policy Report Highlights Studies From Recent Breast Cancer Conference
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:00:00 -0800
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...
Blogs Comment On Omnibus Spending Bill, Abstinence-Only Funding, Other Topics
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:00:00 -0800
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries...
Opinion Pieces Examine Issues Related To Breast Cancer Screening
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:00:00 -0800
Two recent opinion pieces examined issues related to preventive screenings for breast cancer. Summaries appear below...
VA Struggles To Provide Better Care For Increasing Numbers Of Younger, Female Veterans
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:00:00 -0800
New patients using Veterans Affairs health services are more likely to be younger and women. The Associated Press reports on a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsville, W.Va., that is increasingly seeing women in their twenties who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. "The hospital sees nearly twice as many women it did before the Sept. 11 attacks...

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