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Men Get Breast Cancer, Where Is Their Detection Recommendation?

Men Get Breast Cancer, Where Is Their Detection Recommendation?

11/19/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire A recent study recommends that women start getting routine mammograms after the age of fifty. This has caused a great deal of uproar. Cynthia Nixon is a breast cancer survivor, and she is only forty... (Continue reading)

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New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Cause Obama Officials to Run For Cover.

New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Cause Obama Officials to Run For Cover.

11/19/09-by Paula Brooks The Obama administration distanced itself Wednesday from new recommendations on breast cancer screening called for earlier this week by a federally appointed task force after concerns among women caused lawmakers of both sides of the isle to attack... (Continue reading)

Our Bodies and our Boobs – the Fight is On…

Our Bodies and our Boobs - the Fight is On...

Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health and rights in recent decades; unless we stand together and stop it, this will provide license for our rights to... (Continue reading)

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Learning The Lockstep Tango -Time to Tune up DEMS

Learning The Lockstep Tango -Time to Tune up DEMS

 By Melanie Nathan -  If there is one thing to come out of healthcare reform’s ultimate house bill, is the need for the Democrats to take lessons in the “Lockstep Tango” and who would be better teachers than the experts... (Continue reading)

The Rapes Must Stop Now

The Rapes Must Stop Now

Tell the U.N.: To: Ban Ki-moon (U.N. Secretary General) Sponsored by: CARE go to http://change.org To: Ban Ki-moon (U.N. Secretary General)  Just weeks ago in the West African country of Guinea, countless women were brutally raped in a public stadium when soldiers stormed a peaceful protest.... (Continue reading)

Obama Reauthorizes HIV/AIDS Law, Promises To End Travel Ban On Monday

Obama Reauthorizes HIV/AIDS Law, Promises To End Travel Ban On Monday

10/30/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Today, President Barack Obama extended and strengthened the coverage of HIV/AIDS in the United States by signing into law the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act. In doing so, President Obama recognized that the disease is... (Continue reading)

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DEMS – CALL OUT- Sarah Palin on Facebook lies….

DEMS - CALL OUT- Sarah Palin on Facebook lies....

Quoting: The Democratic Party Site – CALL OUT:   “A lot of folks use Facebook to stay in touch with friends and family. For Sarah Palin, it’s a great way to spread lies about health insurance reform.  A few months back,... (Continue reading)

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Rep Baldwin Has Introduced Bill To Expand Funding To Treat HIV/AIDS

Rep Baldwin Has Introduced Bill To Expand Funding To Treat HIV/AIDS

10/01/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Representative Tammy Baldwin is hoping to increase funding to a segment of the population hit by the HIV/AIDS virus by increasing the amount of money that government spends on getting these individuals treatment. Currently, the Ryan... (Continue reading)

The Next HIV/AIDS Panel To Be Held In Minneapolis

The Next HIV/AIDS Panel To Be Held In Minneapolis

10/01/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Friday, October 2 will see another HIV/AIDS forum held by the White House. This time, the forum will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Zuhrah Shrine Event Center. These events are RSVP, but that... (Continue reading)

H.I.V. – AIDS Prevention and the Male Circumcision of infants

H.I.V. - AIDS Prevention and the Male Circumcision of infants

8/24/09-by MELANIE NATHAN Circumcision will be discussed this week at the C.D.C.’s National H.I.V. Prevention Conference in Atlanta, which will be attended by thousands of health professionals and H.I.V. service providers. When I visited South Africa in 2000, I remember reading an... (Continue reading)

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Lesbians causing Swedish sperm bank crisis

Lesbians causing Swedish sperm bank crisis

8/22/09-by Paula Brooks Reports coming from Sweden are saying that a shortage of healthy sperm and a spike in demand from lesbian couples has caused a backlog of artificial insemination requests at Swedish fertility clinics, that is forcing couples seeking the... (Continue reading)

White House Announces National HIV/AIDS Community Discussions

White House Announces National HIV/AIDS Community Discussions

8/22/09-by Paula Brooks President Obama announced Friday the launch of the National HIV/AIDS Community Discussions, a series of events to be held across the country beginning with an event being held in Atlanta to be held next week as part of... (Continue reading)

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Study Shows More Mental Health Issues For Lesbians and Gays

Study Shows More Mental Health Issues For Lesbians and Gays

8/14/09 8:25 AM ET- by Paula Brooks A recently done study by researchers at UCLA has found that nearly twice as many gay, lesbian and bisexual Californians sought mental health or substance abuse treatment last year than did straights. The study, which... (Continue reading)

HIV Travel and Immigration Restrictions May Be Lifted

HIV Travel and Immigration Restrictions May Be Lifted

A 22-year-old ban that has prohibited individuals testing positive for HIV from immigrating or traveling to the U.S. may be lifted according to sources at the Centers for Disease Control and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Officials at... (Continue reading)

1979 Swine Flu Exposé on 60 Minutes Starring Mary Tyler Moore

1979 Swine Flu Exposé on 60 Minutes Starring Mary Tyler Moore

Mike Wallace talks to President Ford, Judy Roberts (injured by the 1976 swine flu vaccine, paralyzed similar to Gardasil injury), Dr. David Sencer, Mary Tyler Moore, and others about the Swine Flu vaccine of 1976. The admitted lack of safety... (Continue reading)

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