Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Related MedlinePlus Topics: Diabetes, Obesity
Over the last decade, the maternal mortality rate has dropped by 50 percent in some former Soviet bloc and Balkan countries, according to a U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) report released Thursday, Agence France-Presse/France24 reports.
Demographers across the U.S. are seeing signs that women are delaying pregnancy because of the current economic recession, the Kansas City Star reports. Although 2009 birth rates will not be available for some time, Carl Haub, senior demographer at the Population Reference Bureau, said he believes the economy is causing a drop in U.S. births this year.
Worldwide Rates Of Abortion And Unintended Pregnancy Falling
Posted by jeni 39 days ago (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
According to a new report from a sexual health organization, worldwide rates of abortion and unintended pregnancy are falling in both the developed and the developing world, primarily due to increased use of contraceptives, but significant disparities remain in that in the developed world abortions are mainly carried out safely and legally, whereas in the developing world they are not: wo
Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Topics: Breast Cancer, Mastectomy
Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop 2% Annually
Posted by mamie 53 days ago (http://www.forbes.com)
But mortality still higher among black women than white women, U.S. report says
Dr. Gary S. Berger, Medical Director of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, released the most comprehensive study ever performed of tubal reversal surgery and its resulting outcomes. The Tubal Reversal Pregnancy Report 2009 involved more than 5000 women.
In a speech Monday on sex education in Texas, Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards said that grassroots support is essential to making improvements in reproductive health and education, the San Antonio Express-News reports.
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