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Health & Legislation
Mandatory Contraception Debate May Head to Supreme Court
Jan 28, 2013
| Business of Medicine, Human Interest, Public Health & Prevention, The Daily Dose, Women’s Health
A new article in The New York Times details the controversy surrounding the contraceptive coverage requirement in the Affordable Care Act. “In a flood of lawsuits, Roman Catholics, evangelicals and Mennonites are challenging a provision in the new health care law that requires employers to cover...
Evidence-Based Lifestyle
Study Shows More Women Dying from Smoking
A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine measures “temporal trends in mortality across three time periods (1959–1965, 1982–1988, and 2000–2010), comparing absolute and relative risks according to sex and self-reported smoking status…” Researchers found “The risk of...
evidence-based research
Study Finds Flu Vaccine Safe During Pregnancy
Jan 17, 2013
| Infectious Diseases, Ob/Gyn, Public Health & Prevention, The Daily Dose, Women’s Health
Concern for pregnant women at risk for severe influenza illness during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic led to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine assessing the safety of influenza vaccination of pregnant women. The study showed an increased risk of fetal death among pregnant women with a...
Iron Deficiency in Newborns
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The Harms of Breast Cancer Activism
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