http://www.mail.com/subjects/19730-sexual-reproductive-health.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/19730-sexual-reproductive-health.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2162566-hpv-vaccine-cut-infection-half-teen-girls.html ATLANTA (AP) — A vaccine against a cervical cancer virus cut infections in teen girls by half in the first study to measure the shot's impact since it came on the market. The results impressed health experts and a top government top health official called them striking. The research released Wednesday echoes studies done before the HPV vaccine became avai... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:17:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2162566-hpv-vaccine-cut-infection-half-teen-girls.html 2013-06-19T22:17:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2149906-un-world-population-to-reach-81-billion-2025.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations forecast Thursday that the world's population will increase from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025, with most growth in developing countries and more than half in Africa. By 2050, it will reach 9.6 billion. India's population is expected to surpass China's around 2028 when both countries will have population... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:56:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2149906-un-world-population-to-reach-81-billion-2025.html 2013-06-13T21:56:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2148894-expert-dying-woman-irish-abortion.html DUBLIN (AP) — A miscarrying woman who died in an Irish hospital should have had her blood poisoning detected much sooner and been offered an abortion to improve her odds of survival, an experts' report concluded Thursday in a case that is forcing Ireland to modernize its abortion laws. The 108-page report into the October death of Savita Halappanavar docu... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:40:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2148894-expert-dying-woman-irish-abortion.html 2013-06-13T20:40:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2147776-ny-judge-fed-plan-morning-after-pill-sales.html NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama's administration can go forward with its new plan to make the morning-after pill available to buyers of any age without prescriptions, but it needs to do it promptly or face potential sanctions in the long-running dispute over access to the emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. The finding by U.S... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:02:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2147776-ny-judge-fed-plan-morning-after-pill-sales.html 2013-06-13T02:02:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2147156-irish-pm-abortion-activists-send-letters-blood.html DUBLIN (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny says anti-abortion activists in his predominantly Roman Catholic country are inundating his office with threatening packages and letters condemning him as a baby-killer, some written in blood. "I am now being branded ... around the country as a murderer, that I'm going to have on my soul the death of 20 millio... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:25:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2147156-irish-pm-abortion-activists-send-letters-blood.html 2013-06-12T21:25:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2147380-lawmaker-low-rate-pregnancy-rape.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A House Republican drew a sharp response during debate on an abortion bill when he said that the number of pregnancies resulting from rape is very low. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., later sought to clarify his remark, saying he intended to say that later-term abortions linked to pregnancies caused by rape are infrequent. Democrats on the H... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:46:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2147380-lawmaker-low-rate-pregnancy-rape.html 2013-06-12T18:46:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2145256-otc-morning-after-pill-sales-coming-yet.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for the morning-after pill to move next to the condoms on drugstore shelves right away — but after a decade-plus fight, it appears it really will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama administration has agreed to let the Plan B One-Step brand of emergency contraception sell over the counter to anyone of any age. ... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:26:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2145256-otc-morning-after-pill-sales-coming-yet.html 2013-06-12T07:26:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2143232-feds-morning-after-pill-appeal-officially-hold.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration's appeal in the legal fight over morning-after pills has been officially put on hold until a judge weighs a new plan to allow girls of all ages to buy the contraceptives without a prescription, according to a government letter filed Tuesday. Lawyers with the Department of Justice and those for the plaintiffs who su... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:24:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2143232-feds-morning-after-pill-appeal-officially-hold.html 2013-06-11T23:24:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2135300--court-ruling-morning-after-pill.html CHICAGO (AP) — Don't expect to see morning-after pills for all ages on drugstore shelves anytime soon. A federal appeals court decision allowing girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without a prescription won't immediately change access. Labels first need to be revised to remove age restrictions, and the government could file another appeal to ... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:16:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2135300--court-ruling-morning-after-pill.html 2013-06-06T23:16:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2133210-court-to-allow-girls-to-buy-morning-after.html NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has decided to permit girls of any age to buy generic versions of emergency contraception without prescriptions while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales. The order Wednesday was met with praise from advocates for girls' and women's rights and scorn from social conservatives and other ... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:27:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2133210-court-to-allow-girls-to-buy-morning-after.html 2013-06-06T07:27:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2132686-court-girls-buy-morning-after-pill.html NEW YORK (AP) — Girls of any age can buy generic versions of emergency contraception without prescriptions while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. The order, the latest in a series of rulings in a complex back-and-forth over access to the drug, was met with praise from advocates for... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:34:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2132686-court-girls-buy-morning-after-pill.html 2013-06-06T04:34:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2131950-mexico-finds-breast-feeding-woes-rate-drops.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Despite the well-known advantages to breast milk and vigorous campaigns around the world championing breast as best, Mexican mothers say the bottle is better. In a dramatic decline over the past six years, today only one in seven mothers in Mexico breast-feeds exclusively in the first six months, the standard recommended by the World He... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:03:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2131950-mexico-finds-breast-feeding-woes-rate-drops.html 2013-06-05T23:03:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2132302-morning-after-over-counter-pill-sales-allowed.html NEW YORK (AP) — Generic versions of emergency contraception can be sold without a prescription or age restrictions while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales, an appeals court said Wednesday. The brief order issued by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan permitted two-pill versions of emergency contraception to ... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:31:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2132302-morning-after-over-counter-pill-sales-allowed.html 2013-06-05T22:31:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2128698-ill-woman-denied-abortion-recovers-c-section.html SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — An ill Salvadoran woman who delivered a baby without a brain through a cesarean section after being denied a medical abortion is recovering well and has had her tubes tied as she requested, doctors said Tuesday. The 22-year-old woman was stable and remained in intensive care because of her fragile health, doctors said. "Th... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:58:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2128698-ill-woman-denied-abortion-recovers-c-section.html 2013-06-04T22:58:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2127712-archdiocese-expected-to-appeal-ohio-teacher-case.html CINCINNATI (AP) — A jury found an Ohio archdiocese discriminated against a teacher fired after becoming pregnant via artificial insemination, leaving legal experts expecting an appeal they say could have a much wider legal impact. Christa Dias, who was fired from two schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati in October 2010, was awarded more... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:54:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2127712-archdiocese-expected-to-appeal-ohio-teacher-case.html 2013-06-04T10:54:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2126922-jury-finds-ohio-teacher-fired-while-pregnant.html CINCINNATI (AP) — A Catholic school teacher who was fired after she became pregnant through artificial insemination was awarded more than $170,000 Monday after winning her anti-discrimination lawsuit against an Ohio archdiocese. A federal jury found that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati discriminated against Christa Dias by firing her in Octob... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:09:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2126922-jury-finds-ohio-teacher-fired-while-pregnant.html 2013-06-04T00:09:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2126342-hpv-growing-upper-throat-cancer.html ATLANTA (AP) — Doctors have known for some time that a sexually spread virus can cause some types of oral cancer. But actor Michael Douglas' comments on his own throat cancer in a newspaper story Monday threw a spotlight on a subject not often discussed. And it raises a lot of questions: —What virus can cause oral cancer? HPV, the human papillomavirus. It... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:26:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2126342-hpv-growing-upper-throat-cancer.html 2013-06-03T22:26:23Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2125486-michael-douglas-oral-sex-throat-cancer.html LONDON (AP) — Actor Michael Douglas taught the world at least one thing Monday: oral sex can sometimes cause cancer. In an interview published in the Guardian newspaper, Douglas appeared to blame his own battle with throat cancer on oral sex — although that interpretation was later disputed by one of his representatives. The Guardian q... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:52:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2125486-michael-douglas-oral-sex-throat-cancer.html 2013-06-03T17:52:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2119556-c-section-oked-pregnant-woman-el-salvador.html SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A seriously ill Salvadoran woman whose struggle to get a medical abortion drew international attention received permission on Thursday to end the troubled pregnancy with a cesarean section. El Salvador's Health Minister on Thursday approved the C-section for the 22-year-old woman suffering from kidney failure and lupus, a ... Thu, 30 May 2013 23:20:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2119556-c-section-oked-pregnant-woman-el-salvador.html 2013-05-30T23:20:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2115560-teacher-fired-while-pregnant-testifies-ohio.html CINCINNATI (AP) — A teacher fired from Catholic schools after becoming pregnant through artificial insemination told jurors Wednesday she didn't know that the procedure violated church doctrine or that she could be fired for it. Christa Dias sued the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the schools over her dismissal, contending they fired her sim... Wed, 29 May 2013 22:22:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2115560-teacher-fired-while-pregnant-testifies-ohio.html 2013-05-29T22:22:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2114608-healthy-quintuplets-born-salt-lake-hospital.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman gave birth to a healthy set of quintuplets over the weekend with help from a team of eight doctors, one anesthesiologist and dozens of nurses ensuring the mother and the tiny babies survived. Guillermina and Fernando Garcia's five babies — three girls and two boys — weigh between 2 and 3 pounds each and are expected to s... Wed, 29 May 2013 00:25:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2114608-healthy-quintuplets-born-salt-lake-hospital.html 2013-05-29T00:25:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2112988-moms-obesity-surgery-help-break-cycle-kids.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Obese mothers tend to have kids who become obese. Now provocative research suggests weight-loss surgery may help break that unhealthy cycle in an unexpected way — by affecting how their children's genes behave. In a first-of-a-kind study, Canadian researchers tested children born to obese women, plus their brothers and sisters who were c... Mon, 27 May 2013 20:12:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2112988-moms-obesity-surgery-help-break-cycle-kids.html 2013-05-27T20:12:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2111968-crack-baby-scare-overblown-teen.html CHICAGO (AP) — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy. Some studies have linked pregnant women's cocaine use with children's behavior difficulties, attention problems, anxiety and worse school perf... Mon, 27 May 2013 05:06:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2111968-crack-baby-scare-overblown-teen.html 2013-05-27T05:06:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104726-hobby-lobby-tests-birth-control-coverage-mandate.html DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argued that businesses — not ju... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:23:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104726-hobby-lobby-tests-birth-control-coverage-mandate.html 2013-05-23T23:23:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2089470-tiny-preemies-boost-live-music-therapy.html CHICAGO (AP) — As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes. This is therapy in a newborn intensive care unit, and research suggests that music may help those born way too soon adapt to life outside the womb. Some tiny preemies are too small and fragile to be ... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:16:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2089470-tiny-preemies-boost-live-music-therapy.html 2013-05-16T08:16:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084490-turkish-womb-transplant-patient-loses-baby.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A hospital says a Turkish woman who was the first to get pregnant with a transplanted donor womb has had her pregnancy terminated. Derya Sert was born without a womb and had one transplanted in August 2011. The 22-year-old became pregnant after doctors placed an embryo into her womb, using one of her own eggs.  A statement from Akden... Tue, 14 May 2013 14:48:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084490-turkish-womb-transplant-patient-loses-baby.html 2013-05-14T14:48:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2082858-study-questions-bed-rest-prevents-prematurity.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies — bed rest — doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk. Doctors have known for years that there's no good evidence that bed rest offers any benefit for certain pregnancy complications, and it can cause side effects in t... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:27:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2082858-study-questions-bed-rest-prevents-prematurity.html 2013-05-13T21:27:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081134-us-government-files-morning-after-pill-appeal.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription. The legal paperwork asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan to postpone a federal judge's ruling that eliminated age limits on the pill while the government app... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:23:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081134-us-government-files-morning-after-pill-appeal.html 2013-05-13T21:23:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076956-judge-nyc-refuses-to-suspend-plan-ruling.html NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Friday refused to delay enforcement of his decision giving women of all ages broad access to morning-after birth control, calling the government's appeal frivolous, a "silly argument" and an insult to the intelligence of women. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn did agree to postpone implementation of his month-old de... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:04:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076956-judge-nyc-refuses-to-suspend-plan-ruling.html 2013-05-10T20:04:28Z