During National Women's Health Week, we reaffirm our commitment to making women's health a priority.
"It has been clear for a long time that the medical and scientific community think this should be fully over the counter and is safe for women of all ages to use, " said Dr. Susan Wood, who resigned as FDA's women's health chief in 2005 to protest Bush administration foot-dragging over Plan B.
Professor KAREN BECKWITH (Gender Politics, Case Western Reserve University): This offers Elizabeth Edwards and John Edwards the opportunity to emphasize issues of health care, of women's health, other issues related to women that may strengthen his campaign.
"When would we ever accept rules telling Americans at home not to ever discuss women's health and women's choices, and how in the name of democracy and freedom can we impose those rules on others, which would be illegal in the United States, " Clinton said.
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And, in contrast, President Obama has consistently been committed to protecting women's health because he knows that women are capable of making their own choices when it comes to their health care.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, who speaks for Labour on women's issues, said the statements by Mr Hunt "show the health secretary has given no serious consideration to women's health".
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"This is great news for Texas women and further proves that Planned Parenthood's case attempting to derail the Texas Women's Health Program lacks merit, " Gov. Rick Perry said in a statement.
During National Women's Health Week, I encourage women, and all Americans, to make their own health a priority and support each other in these efforts.
In a 2008 study published in the Journal of Women's Health, one in 10 women who underwent various cardiovascular health screenings didn't have their waists measured.
The experts behind the system hope it will enable the health service to respond to women's health needs more effectively.
He has hidden from the extremely conservative positions he's taken on issues ranging from women's health care to foreign policy.
National Women's Health Week is also an opportunity for women of all ages, ethnicities, and economic circumstances to take simple, everyday steps to embrace healthier lifestyles.
During National Women's Health Week, we recommit to changing that reality and increasing access to health services that help women and girls get the care they need.
The research, from the government-funded Women's Health Study, included 39, 876 women 45 years and older who were free of COPD before they were randomly assigned to take a placebo, vitamin E supplements (600 IU every other day) or aspirin (100 mg per day), either alone or in combination.
Part of the response to Jolie's story has been an ongoing discussion about women's health, something that "means the world" to the actress.
"Unfortunately this amendment, which was introduced at the last minute, is not about protecting women's health, it is about undermining a pregnant women's ability to receive emergency treatment in life threatening circumstances, " she said.
While drug firms such as Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) and Lilly are focusing on drugs for diabetes and heart disease, Wyeth's Poussot touts a new antibiotic and two women's health drugs.
Cindy Pearson, head of the National Women's Health Network, says it's important for women to know abut the increase.
Scientists from the Centre for Research on Women's Health in Toronto led the study which looked at women with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation.
She said the result was in clear contrast to the Women's Health Institute trial of combined progestogen and oestrogen therapy in women with a uterus.
And in turn, millennials have joined efforts to defeat Mississippi's "personhood" amendment, to protect funding for women's health services and to reject anti-choice candidates in the 2012 election.
Tuesday's FDA announcement, which pertains to an application from Teva Women's Health, Inc.
"There are so many options for hysterectomies now that patients should discuss the pros and cons of all of them with their doctors, " said the study's lead author, Jason Wright, an associate professor of women's health at Columbia University.
Results from another Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study showed a modest decrease in breast cancer risk in women who used calcium when compared with women who didn't use calcium.
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"The Texas Attorney General's office will continue to defend the Texas Legislature's decision to prohibit abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving taxpayer dollars through the Women's Health Program, " Abbott's communications director, Lauren Bean, said.
In the first study, published in the journal Neurology, Dr. Kurth and his colleagues looked at 27, 798 female health professionals ages 45 and older, including 3, 568 who had migraines, from the Women's Health Study.
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No federal money pays for abortions offered by Planned Parenthood, a women's health clinic.
But opponents, including Clinton, said the legislation did not include sufficient exceptions to protect women's health.
As pro-choice groups see it, this represents a triumph for religious prejudice over women's health.
Teva Women's Health, which makes Plan B, said it would begin over-the-counter sales in a few months.
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