FRIDAY, July 13 (Healthday News) -- Twenty percent of American women had no health insurance in 2010, up from 15 percent in 2000, a new report reveals. read more..
Here's a question we never thought we'd ask: Are boobs getting too big? The average bra size for women in the U.S. has grown from a 34 B to a 36 C--while that may sound fun to some, it turns out it may cause several health-related problems: http://bit.ly/KqyQxT
Are Boobs Getting Too Big?
The average bra size for American Women has grown from a 34 B to a 36 C--a trend that's not as fun as it sounds. read more..
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Only 38 percent of the 16 million American Women aged 15 to 25 who are sexually active were screened for chlamydia in the prior year, putting them at risk for chronic pain, life-threatening pregnancies and infertility, U.S. health experts said on Tuesday. Chlamydia is the most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease in the United States, with 1.3 million new cases reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2010. But because the infection often has no symptoms, the actual rate of new infections may be more than twice that, or nearly 2. ... read more..
TUESDAY, March 13 (Healthday News) -- Far too few sexually active young women are getting tested for chlamydia, an oversight that could lead them down a perilous path to severe health consequences, including infertility, later in life. read more..
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| President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) |
What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal. read more..
