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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)