Still, those who had an abortion had a higher overall readmission rate both before and after the procedure than women who gave birth.Some researchers — as well as political opponents of abortion — have suggested that aborting a fetus can take a serious psychological toll on women, although doctors who do the procedures argue that’s [...]

Researchers found that teachers at schools with the behavior program reported fewer displays of aggression, teasing and rejection among their students.Catherine Bradshaw, who worked on the study, said the decreases in undesirable behaviors were modest, but that they come at an important time in kids’ development.If we wait until the rates of bullying are their [...]

Boehner, the top U.S. Republican, said Obama should reverse the rule, which requires health insurance plans, including those offered by Catholic charities, hospitals and universities, to provide birth control to women.Boehner said if the president refuses to rescind the measure, Congress will do so itself through the legislative process.The rule has drawn fire from religious [...]

The controversy centers on a provision in the 2010 healthcare law that requires health insurance to cover basic birth control services for women – even at Catholic charities, hospitals and universities. Boehner said Obama should reverse the rule and Catholic bishops contend the policy infringes on religious liberty because the church does not condone birth [...]

While the absolute dollar amount of those grants has steadily grown, it has not kept pace with the surge in donations Komen has received, a Reuters analysis of the group’s financial statements shows.Komen has come under heavy public scrutiny since it moved last week to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, a women’s health network that [...]

The fish at issue, AquaBounty Technologies’ AquAdvantage salmon, is currently classified as a new animal drug for the purposes of FDA review.The FDA considers any genetically altered animal a new animal drug for approval purposes. The petition calls for the salmon to be classified as a food additive instead, which would require a more rigorous [...]

But disparities among racial and ethnic groups continued to persist, with black and Hispanic teens experiencing pregnancy and abortion rates two to four times higher than their white peers, the Guttmacher Institute, the nonprofit sexual health research group that conducted the analysis, said.The Guttmacher researchers looked at government statistics on teen-age sex, pregnancies and births, [...]

The move by a coalition headed by the Center for Reproductive Rights attempts to override a decision by U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius that maintains the requirement of a prescription for girls age 16 and younger.The group asked to add Sebelius as a defendant to an existing federal lawsuit that has [...]

The study, of nearly 4,000 Taiwanese men with ED, hints at a connection between eczema and impotence.And the researchers suggest that doctors be more attentive to sexual complaints from men with eczema — known medically as atopic dermatitis.But an allergy expert not involved in the study said that while the findings are interesting, there are [...]

Boehner, the top U.S. Republican, said Obama should reverse the rule, which requires health insurance plans, including those offered by Catholic charities, hospitals and universities, to provide birth control to women.Boehner said if the president refuses to rescind the measure, Congress will do so itself through the legislative process.The rule has drawn fire from religious [...]