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Weekly News Round-Up – 12/6/09
A hearing (see link for testimony downloads) was held on the controversial new breast cancer screening recommendations. Testimony from Diana B. Petitti [PDF], Chair of the Task Force that released the recs, is of particular interest to read. She expl...
A Profile of Vanderbilt’s Nurse-Midwives, Their Practice and Role in Medical Education
I believe I have mentioned Vanderbilt’s Nurse-Midwives previously; the current issue of Vanderbilt Magazine has an excellent profile of their practice; I learned some things about their work despite being already somewhat familiar with them and...
At Our Bodies Our Blog: Cervical Cancer Scrreening Guidelines, Stupak
This week at Our Bodies Our Blog, I posted a bit about ACOG’s new cervical cancer screening guidelines, and linked to a bunch of organizations with information about the Stupak amendment in the health reform legislation related to yesterdayR...
An Appeal from Our Bodies Ourselves
At Our Bodies Our Blog today, Christine and I have an appeal to blog readers to give if able to our fundraising campaign. While I know finances have been especially tight for many, many people, this means that times have been hard for many organizati...
World AIDS Day Tues Dec 1 – Free HIV Testing in Nashville
Tuesday, December 1 is World AIDS Day. To mark the day in Nashville, Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee is offering free HIV screening at their D.B. Todd Blvd location. Details here. An event is also being held at The Belcourt, described...
At Our Bodies Our Blog: Prempro Lawsuits, Cosmetic Surgery, & the Fabulous Judy Norsigian
At Our Bodies Our Blog today, I have a bit about the outcomes of some recent lawsuits related to Prempro (estrogen+progestin HRT) and breast cancer. Earlier this week, I pointed to a recent issue of the journal “Clinical Risk” which is fo...
