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Mont. Court Suspends Order for Woman to Undergo Hysterectomy

Montana's highest court has halted an order for a woman with cancer to undergo a hysterectomy and will allow her lawyer to appeal a ruling that she is mentally incompetent and is unable to make her own medical decisions. District Judge Karen Townsend ruled last week that the woman, referred to in court documents as L.K.,...

Elders Enjoying More Sex but Risking More Disease

A recent flurry of scientific reports should remove any lingering suspicion that older people automatically lose their sex drive the minute they hand in their retirement papers. That's the good news. The bad news is that too many of these turned-on elders are also contracting sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV,...

Catherine Bach Helps 'EmpowHER' Women

(Dec. 9) -- When Catherine Bach was Daisy Duke on "The Dukes of Hazzard," she made millions of men's hormones go wild. But when she experienced hormonal turbulence a few years back, it was a different story. "I spent five years trying to have a baby, and I did all sorts of fertility drugs," she told AOL News. "I was very...

FDA Approves Ella, a 5-Mornings-After Contraception Pill

(Aug. 13) -- If the morning-after contraception pill Plan B proved controversial, the newly approved "ella" should prove five times as much. The Food and Drug administration today gave the green light to ella, which boasts of being able to prevent unwanted pregnancies for up to five days after sexual intercourse. Also...

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05/29/12 The Lupron Lows Source: Babble It's been eight days since I started injecting my stomach with .10cc of Lurpon every evening.
05/29/12 Is there a link between breast cancer and pregnancy? Source: CTV News Vancouver-area doctors say they're concerned about the number of women diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy and suggest the connection warrants more research.
05/29/12 Repros says FDA needs Proellex safety analysis Source: Product Design and Development Repros Therapeutics Inc. said Tuesday it will have to run a safety analysis of its drug Proellex before it can resume human testing.
05/29/12 Hormone therapy 'not recommended' Source: CBS - WTHI News 10 - Terre Haute IN The task force that sparked controversy with its breast cancer screening recommendations a few years ago -- and PSA prostate-cancer screening pronouncements last week -- is weighing in on hormone replacement therapy.
05/29/12 The Vagina's Media Moment Source: Fishbowl LA - Mediabistro.com The Los Angeles Times has a great article examining the media's new willingness to use the correct name for female genitalia.