Female Health

Roundup: Common Ground, Michelle Obama and the Mommy Stamp, Television & Teen Sex

The Common Ground Myth? Cristina Page, at Birthcontrolwatch.org, has a great post up written by Reverend Debra Haffner. If you're interested in the concentric circles of religion and sexuality, you really should read Reverend...

Sex education call for younger girls

MENARCH or menstruation is taking place at an earlier age among girls and therefore education on reproductive health needs to target younger females. Attributing the trend to an improvement in diet, United Nations Population...

Push for male participation

MALE involvement in reproductive health has a positive impact on family life and enhances performance at the workplace. This is one of the main reasons the United Nations Population Fund, in collaboration with the International...

Gratitude 2009

It’s been pointed out to me that every Thanksgiving (or possibly more often) I take the time to blog about how I make the best mashed potatoes in the world. Well, this year I’m not going to. Even though it’s true. And I’m also...

Anti-ouch pouch helps recovering patients

RAVENA ? The old-fashioned skill of sewing is making a comeback in at least one area high school and, in addition to making clothing for themselves, students have used their newly acquired skills to work on a community project.

Angelina Jolie pregnant again?

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Are Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt pregnant again? Rumours are circulating around Hollywood that Angelina Jolie is three months pregnant with her seventh child. US magazine In Touch claims the...

Racial Disparities In Breast Cancer Care May Be Reduced By The Implementation Of A Tracking And...

Alerting surgeons when their breast cancer patients did not attend a follow-up consultation with a medical oncologist was associated with a reduction in racial disparities in adjuvant therapy, according to a non-randomized...

Mum-to-be loses baby in Howdon stabbing

Nov 26 2008 by Ben Guy, The Journal A PREGNANT woman has lost her unborn child after she was stabbed in a fight. An argument is said to have broken out between two young couples at Brinkburn Street, East Howdon, Wallsend, on...

Jessica Reed: Reclaim your virginity

Could you describe what virginity is? I know I can't. Is a virgin someone who never kissed, or never touched? Is the loss of virginity about sharing one's sexuality for the first time, therefore creating a new bond with another...

Jackie Leach Scully: In so many discussions of ethics and belief today, fantasy takes the place...

When did evidence go out of fashion? One session focused on the technique of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), where genetic testing is used to screen embryos produced in vitro for particular conditions, before deciding...