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Womens Health

The Gardasil Vaccine Series - An Interview with Merck & Co., Inc.

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Merck & Co, Living News, Genital Warts, Vaccine Side Effects, Medical News Today, Pap Test, Cdc, Gardasil, Health News, Vaccines, Jama, Cervical Cancer, Pharmaceutical Industry, Women in Government, Pharmaceutical Lobby, Human Papillomavirus, Girls's Health, Fda, Health Care, Women's Health, The Washington Post, Source Watch, Vaers, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

I recently spoke with a Media Relations person at Merck regarding the efficacy and side effects of Gardasil, the new HPV vaccine. Here's what she had to say.

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Women: Sleep Might Improve Your Willpower

newsweek.com | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Food Addiction, Women, Cookies, Women's Health, Willpower, Well-Being, Health, Eating, Anxiety, Overeating, Wellness, Sleep, Living News

Your head says it's time to lose a few pounds, but your hand reaches for another cookie. Why is it that even when we want to be good, we end up being ...

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The Gardasil Vaccine -- Introduction to a Series

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Glaxosmithkline, HPV Vaccine, Stds, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Living News, Merck, Genital Warts, Harvard School of Public Health, Pap Test, Gardasil Vaccine, Teenage Sexuality, Fda, Center for American Progress, Ceravix, Human Papillomavirus, Girls's Health, Women's Health, Dissident Voice, Ins, New England Journal of Medicine, Health News, Cervical Cancer, Lucinda Marshall, Healthcare, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

As the nation's attention is riveted on the discourse about health care reform, another debate is taking place around the Gardasil vaccine.

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Mercy Corps, Nicholas Kristof Encourage Book Clubs To Fundraise And Get Active

Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Women's Rights, Half the Sky, Women's Issues, World Hunger, Women's Health, Books, Women and Politics, Nicholas Kristof, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Book Clubs, Mercy Corps, Impact News

Nicholas Kristof and his wife and co-author Sheryl WuDunn take on the cause of female inequality in their new book Half The Sky. They argue that signi...

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Estrogen Does NOT Cause Breast Cancer: Debunking Common Myths About The Hormone

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Estrogen, Women's Health, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Metabolism, Breast Cancer, Hormones, Bioidentical Hormones, Verbal Memory, Goddess, Health, Living News
Rebecca Booth, MD

While the attempt to objectify the effects of hormone replacement therapy is admirable, inappropriate interpretations have resulted in unprecedented fear of "all things estrogen."

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From Heartbreak To Heart Attack: What You And Your Loved Ones Need To Know

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Healing Power of Living With a Whole -Heart, Checklist and 6 Tips, Mortality Rates, The Vital Exhaustion Syndrome, Author, Women's Health, Dr. John Graham, Featured Contributor, Men's Health, University of New Mexicao, The Good News, Health, Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

Chronic, half-hearted living is associated with a syndrome called "Vital Exhaustion," which, turns out to be the predecessor to a heart attack.

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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Stigma, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Council on Contemporary Families, Merck, Gardasil, Public Health, Fda Approval, Men's Health, Fda, Sexuality, Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Women's Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing, Sexually Transmitted Infections, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Living News
Abby L. Ferber

Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?

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Woman Denied Health Care Insurance After Rape Tells Her Story (Video)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Christina Turner, Huffpost Investigative Fund, Hiv, Preexisting Condition, Rape, rapeisnotapreexistingcondition.com, Sexual Assault, Gender Equality, Insurance Industry, Rapisnotaprexistingcondition, Anderson Cooper, Women's Health, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health Reform, Com, Politics News

Christina Turner was drugged and raped by two men in 2002. After taking anti-HIV drugs prescribed by her doctor as a preventative measure, Turner was ...

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Michelle Obama And Jill Biden Speak Out, Wear Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness (PHOTOS)

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 10.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Michelle Obama Breast Cancer Awareness, Michelle Obama, Jill Biden Style, Jill Biden, Women's Health, Health, Moschino, Slideshow, Michelle Obama Moschino, Michelle Obama Style, Breast Cancer Awareness, Style News

*Scroll down for photos and full remarks* By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON ? First lady Michelle Obama is tying breast cancer awa...

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EmpowHer Launches Free Health Events Database for Women

Francine Hardaway | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, empowher.com, Health 2.0, Women's Health, Patient Empowerment, Empower Her, Health Advice, Empowher, Free Health Events Database, Health Events, Living News
Francine Hardaway

We've all but lost the idea of reforming health care in our efforts to reform health insurance. But wise policymakers know that the best way to get results is to give people tools to practice prevention and wellness.

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Women Have The Most To Lose if Health Reform Fails

Julie Menin | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Women, Women's Health, Health Care, Politics News
Julie Menin

Women are a majority of the country's population. And yet, the messaging from the Obama administration on what women stand to gain and lose in the health care debate has been terrible.

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Guys: How To Help Your Loved One Beat Breast Cancer

John W. Anderson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Women's Health, Health, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Wellness, Breast Cancer Awareness, Relationships, Living News
John W. Anderson

You're a guy, and your loved one has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. She could be your wife, your mom, your sister, your daughter, your friend, your coworker. What the heck are you going to do?

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Women's Health Named Ad Age's Magazine Of The Year

Ad Age | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Rodale, Women's Health, Magazines, Women's Health Magazine, Media News

Its free website, for example, leads visitors to two of them, Fit Coach and the Abs Diet for Women, which charge membership fees. The brand's third an...

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Maria Shriver's Report on American Women: After the Cheery Headline, Gloomy Trends

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Gloria Steinem, David Gregory, Women's Health, Jobs, Women, Maria Shriver, Sexism, Media News
Jesse Kornbluth

Does "The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything," instigated by Maria Shriver, describe a 50/50 nation? Parity between the sexes? I don't think so.

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The Secret Dialog Of Women

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Lose Weight, Women's Rights, Comfort Eating, Women, Living News, Women's Issues, Weight Gain, Healthy Diet, Healthy Body, Mindful Eating, Diet, Childhood Eating Problems, Women and Body Image, Over-Eating, Stress Eating, Communication Between Men and Women, Eating Matters, Body Image, Women's Health, Health, Yo-Yo Dieting, Living in the Moment, Diet Advice, Eating Mindfully, Weight Loss, Health Tips, Women and Power, Powerful Women, National Eating Disorders Association, Eating Disorder Prevention, Living News
Susan Harrow

Weight loss coach Kathrine Brown's mission is helping women of power and influence who are holding themselves back. She does this by detecting the subtle sabotaging dialogs that decrease their power.

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Roman Polanski Undergoing Medical Tests

AP | Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Women's Health, Roman Polanski Sick, Roman Polanski, Entertainment News

PARIS — One of Roman Polanski's lawyers says the jailed filmmaker is undergoing medical tests, though his current condition "is not of exception...

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Would You Buy an Overweight Barbie?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Skinny, Barbie, Model, Anorexia, Eating Disorders, Obesity, Womens Health, Ralph Lauren, Victoria's Secret, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

The average woman in the U.S. is 5'4" and around 142 lbs. She is not modeling anything.

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A Woman's Nation: Reclaim Your Right To Birth Right

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Maternal Death, Women's Health, A Woman's Nation, Health, Ina May Gaskin, Cesarean Section, Christiane Norrthrup, C-Section, Healthcare, Living News
Christiane Northrup, MD

I have spent the last 30 years educating women about the wisdom of their bodies, including their innate ability to birth normally. Yet our so-called healthcare system...sees the female body and its processes (like labor) as an accident waiting to happen.

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Health Insurance Companies Tell Women: You're a Pre-Existing Condition

Allyson Kapin | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Womens Health, Health Care, Women's Rights, President Obama Heath Care Reform, Women's Health, Heath Care Reform, Politics News
Allyson Kapin

Health Insurance companies have waged a war against women and people who need them the most in the United States.

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Industry-Wide Intervention at Executive Level Needed

Emme | Posted 10.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Emme Model, Thin, Karl Lagerfeld, Womens Health, Model, Women's Issues, Ralph Lauren, Magazines, Style News
Emme

The controversy around ex-Ralph Lauren model, Filippa Hamilton's ungainly distorted advertising campaign image this week has caused quite a stir. Sad to say, It's nothing new.

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Breaking the News

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Women and Politics, Women's Health, Media News
Reporters Uncensored

By Matt Ferrero Starting this week, Reporters Uncensored TV will be launching a new series on social innovators. We will be bringing to your attent...

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India: Too Many Women Dying in Childbirth (VIDEO)

Human Rights Watch | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Health, Women's Rights, Childbirth, India, Maternal Mortality, Women, Health, World News
Human Rights Watch

Despite National Commitment, Many Unable to Access Services By Aruna Kashyap, South Asia Researcher in the Women's Rights Division (Lucknow, India)...

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WISE Muslim Women Standing Up

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Philippines, Women's Rights, Equality, Islam, Muslim Women, Fgm, Gender Equality, Muslim, Female Genital Mutilation, Women's Health, Islamic, Clitoridectomy, Female Genital Cutting, World News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Along with over 200 other Muslim women from 55 countries, I attended panels and seminars, all focused on educating and empowering Muslim women and promoting their rights from an Islamic perspective.

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Real Men Eat Field Turf

Rabbi Jennifer Krause | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Drug Ads, Erectile Dysfunction, Nfl, Women's Health, Prostate Cancer, Men's Health, Health, Breast Cancer, Washington Redskins, Breast Cancer Awareness, Sports, Living News
Rabbi Jennifer Krause

This past Sunday, the NFL upped the ante on what it means to be a Real Man and on what it means to be a person.

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