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Videos Discuss Reproductive Coercion, Preventive Services 30 Jul 2010 at 5:00am The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. GRITtv Explores Reproductive Coercion: GRITtv recently examined dating violence and reproductive coercion among teenagers... N.J. Family Planning Clinics Cut Services Following Christie's Budget Veto 30 Jul 2010 at 4:00am New Jersey's family planning clinics are reducing hours and eliminating services after Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Friday vetoed a bill (S 2139) to restore $7.5 million in funding for women's health services that was cut from the state budget, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports... D.C. Health Dept. Pushes Female Condoms In HIV Outreach Initiative 29 Jul 2010 at 6:00am The Washington, D.C., health department has launched a campaign to promote use of the female condom as a way to help curb the spread of HIV in the city, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. A 2009 study found that about 3% of the city's population over age 12 is HIV-positive... More Research Needed To Address Female Sexual Dysfunction, Report Says 29 Jul 2010 at 6:00am Women who experience sexual dysfunction or female orgasm disorder do not have enough treatments or medications to address the issue, according to a report published recently in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Live Science/MSNBC reports. According to Live Science/MSNBC, one out of every four women has trouble reaching orgasm during sex... Richard Graham, MP For Gloucester, To Visit Terrence Higgins Trust's Centre F... 28 Jul 2010 at 7:00am Richard Graham, Conservative MP for Gloucester, will be visiting HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) on Friday 30 July at 11.00am. The centre provides a dedicated range of sexual health services, including one-hour HIV testing, one to one counselling, and support groups for people living with HIV... New York Times Examines Questions Left Unanswered By Microbicide Trial 28 Jul 2010 at 7:00am The New York Times examines a set of questions raised by news out of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 last week that a microbicide gel containing the antiretroviral (ARV) tenofovir used by women before and after sex helped reduce their risk of HIV infection by 39 percent. "After more than a dozen microbicide failures, [the news of the trial] was a huge relief ... Hormonal Birth Control Alters Scent Communication In Primates 28 Jul 2010 at 5:00am Hormonal contraceptives change the ways captive ring-tailed lemurs relate to one another both socially and sexually, according to a Duke University study that combined analyses of hormones, genes, scent chemicals and behavior. Contraception alters the chemical cues these scent-reliant animals use to determine genetic fitness, relatedness and individuality... Successful Microbicide Trial Prompts Questions About Future Research, Use 28 Jul 2010 at 5:00am Following results of a trial in which a microbicide gel lowered a woman's risk of HIV by 39%, health experts are considering how to make the treatment more effective and what its applications might be, the New York Times reports (McNeil, New York Times, 7/26)... Experts Concerned About Increase In HPV-Related Head And Neck Cancers 28 Jul 2010 at 5:00am The human papillomavirus increasingly is being identified as the cause of head and neck cancers, prompting some physicians to guess that the genesis of the cancers might be oral sex, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. David Brizel, an oncologist at Duke University who specializes in head and neck cancers, said, "A third of head and neck cancers we see nowadays are [related to] HPV... Blogs Comment On Global HIV Policy, N.J. Family Planning Bill, Other Topics 28 Jul 2010 at 5:00am The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries... 63% Of Women Report Sexual Problems With Orgasm Proving Biggest Issue In Teen... 28 Jul 2010 at 4:00am Almost two-thirds of females attending a general urology practice reported that they suffered from sexual dysfunction, according to a paper in the August issue of BJUI. Dysfunction rose with age in all categories except orgasm, with more than half of women aged from 18 to 30 reporting orgasm problems, significantly higher than women aged 31 to 54... DIATHERIX Laboratories Launches STD And HSV Test Panel 28 Jul 2010 at 4:00am DIATHERIX Laboratories, adds a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) panel and Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) panel to its line up of highly sensitive, rapid response diagnostic panels. The HSV panel identifies herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 and the STD panel identifies 10 sexually transmitted diseases simultaneously, many of which cannot be accurately identified by current testing methods... N.J. Gov. Vetoes Family Planning Funding Bill 27 Jul 2010 at 5:00am On Friday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) vetoed a bill (S 2139) that would have restored $7.5 million in state funding for family planning centers, which he cut from the state budget, the Bergen Record reports. Democratic lawmakers have said they intend to overturn Christie's veto... Interest Groups Lobby For, Against Inclusion Of Birth Control On List Of No-C... 27 Jul 2010 at 4:00am Interest groups are seeking to influence the Obama administration's decision on whether to include birth control on the supplemental list of women's preventive services that health insurers will be required to cover without out-of-pocket costs for the consumer, CQ Weekly reports (Ethridge, CQ Weekly, 7/26)... NIH's Fauci Discusses Research On Microbicidal Gel, HIV Prevention 27 Jul 2010 at 4:00am Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, hailed the development of a microbicidal gel that has shown promise in combating HIV infection in clinical tests, but said that scientists "must continue to pursue a range of HIV prevention modalitites," CQ HealthBeat reports...     HealthBusinessBuilder.com Build your Health Business Fast!