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"Planned Parenthood's medical standards and guidelines pertaining to cervical cancer screenings are based on guidelines from U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSF), ACOG, and the American Cancer Society (ACS)," said Sara Shirrell, Director of Public Affairs at Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley, adding that protocols will remain the same while the new recommendations are being evaluated. ACOG has said that the reason for the change is that growing evidence has demonstrated that the r  

Sex education will be coming from the pulpit with local faith leaders seeking to reduce teen pregnancy by hosting sex education classes in their churches. "Gaston County has a worse teen pregnancy rate than the state, and the state is worse than the United States and the United States is worse than the rest of the developed world," said Gastonia Faith Network facilitator Bill Seabrook. In 2008, Gaston County had an estimated 473 pregnancies in teen girls ages 15 to 19 and 11 pregnancies among girls ag  

Making it a crime for a woman to actively seek someone to help her abort a fetus. The bill stems from a Utah teen paying a man to kick and punch her in her abdomen in an attempt to abort her fetus. The man was charged, but a state judge said the young woman could not be.  

THE Aussie macho culture is being blamed for the prevalence of couple infertility, with male sperm suffering the effects of boozy lifestyles and poor diet. As record numbers of Gold Coast couples resort to IVF, specialists are now realising that up to 50 per cent of infertility cases are related to men. Smoking, drinking, obesity and poor nutrition have the worst effects on sperm but so do jobs such as long-distance truck driving and pilots where men sit on testes all day.  

Online commenters on both sides of the debate are weighing in on a lawsuit where a woman alleges a Flint abortion doctor and his assistant held her down and forced her to have an abortion after she screamed for them to stop. "Nobody wins in this scenario ... how sad," wrote one commenter, dubbed Nohitta. Some of the comments came from pro-lifers who criticized the doctor and those that practice abortions.  

An anesthetic drug sprayed on the penis before sex can prolong erection and is seen as a cure for premature ejaculation, according to researchers. In a clinical trial of the compound called PSD502 in 256 men in the U.S., Canada and Poland, researchers found it delayed ejaculation by an average of 108 seconds. The findings were presented at a medical meeting in San Diego on Thursday.  

A TEAM of psychology students from the University of Exeter wants to hear from pregnant women about their experiences. The students are conducting research on the changes in mood and daily routine that women experience during pregnancy. They are inviting pregnant women to take part in their study, which they hope will further our understanding of the emotional and behavioural changes that women experience during these nine months.  

Once Congress stops re-enabling the Hyde Amendment, the mandates in Reid's Section 1303 will force the federal government to supply the coverage for abortion where state exchanges have none. It will give the federal government an entree into broader health-insurance offerings, and that will have one ironic effect: it will crowd out those few private insurance plans that offer elective abortion coverage. Where Stupak's opponents insisted that his language would create a "price signal" that would encourage  

New research suggests it may become possible for pre-pubescent boys stricken by cancer to prepare for the future when they may be infertile but still want to become natural fathers. Scientists in the Netherlands found that testicular stem cells can be cultured and multiplied, potentially creating sperm. This raises the prospect that men made infertile by childhood cancer treatments could impregnate women by having the cells implanted in their testicles.

this is a big step forward.   -Van Pelt

 

Using a blood test to pinpoint the optimal timing of breast MRI scans in women with irregular menstrual cycles could reduce the need for repeat scans, U.S. researchers say. Previous studies have found that performing breast MRI scans during the follicular phase (days 3 to14) of the menstrual cycle minimizes breast tissue enhancement. "In practice, many clinicians scan premenopausal women who lack normal menstrual cycles without regard to the timing of their hormonal cycle. This can result in non-diagn

In practice, many clinicians scan premenopausal women who lack normal menstrual cycles without regard to the timing of their hormonal cycle. This can result in non-diagnostic exams and repeat scans   -Richard L Ellis