Archive for August, 2008
Framing Technique Can Be Used As A Public Relations Strategy In Cases Of Sexual Assault
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Fitness Health Daily In Spring 2006, when three White Duke University lacrosse players were charged with raping a Black female student from nearby North Carolina Central University, Duke University officials ... Read more..WEHI’s Immunologist Erika Cretney Wins L’Oreal Fellowship
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Fitness Health Daily WEHI immunologist, Dr Erika Cretney, has been honoured with a L'Oreal Australia For Women in Science Fellowship. Dr Cretney was one of just four Fellowship winners selected ... Read more..Penn. Gov. Rendell Plans To Request Federal Abstinence-Only Funds
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Yahoo | No Comments »
Fitness Health Daily Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) plans to apply for federal funding to support abstinence-only sex education programs for organizations and schools in the state, the Philadelphia Inquirer ... Read more..Uganda Facing Challenges With Its Efforts To Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
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Fitness Health Daily Mother-to-child HIV transmission rates remain high in Uganda, despite services made available by the government to prevent MTCT, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Government figures estimate 20,000 children contract the ... Read more..Sen. Clinton’s Campaign Journey Sparks New Women’s Movement, Boston Globe Reports
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Yahoo | No Comments »
Fitness Health Daily Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention "brought into sharp relief the passion for women's issues her campaign engendered -- and ... Read more..A Proclamation By The President Of The United States Of America: National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, 2008
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Yahoo | No Comments »
Fitness Health Daily During National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, we remember those whose lives have been affected by this deadly disease, and we underscore our commitment to battling ovarian cancer ... Read more..Exclusive Breastfeeding Increases Child’s Risk For Vitamin D Deficiency; Black, Darker-Skinned Children Already Have Increased Risk
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Yahoo | No Comments »
Fitness Health Daily Exclusive breastfeeding can increase a child's risk of developing rickets because breast milk alone does not provide adequate levels of vitamin D, a critical ingredient that helps ... Read more..New York Times Examines New Ovarian Cancer Test
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Yahoo | No Comments »
Fitness Health Daily The clinical laboratory company LabCorp is offering a new blood test aimed at detecting ovarian cancer at an early and still treatable stage, but the test is ... Read more..New Concepts In Contraception
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Fitness Health Daily Latest research into dual-purpose contraceptives and non-hormonal contraception was presented at a major scientific conference in Melbourne. Laureate Professor John Aitken* from the University ... Read more..Postpartum Smoking Relapse May Be Prevented By Newly-Defined Factors
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Yahoo | No Comments »
Fitness Health Daily Although many women quit smoking during pregnancy to protect their unborn children from the effects of cigarettes, half of them resume the habit within a few months ... Read more..