An article published in JAMA reports that after theimplementation of Medicare Part D, cost-related medication nonadherencemay have improved overall.In 2003 Congress passed the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement andModernization Act to help the millions of elderly and disabledAmericans who had insufficient or no insurance coverage for outpatientmedications.

The Endocrine Society has released new clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of hirsutism in premenopausal women. The guidelines appear in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), a publication of The Endocrine Society.Hirsutism is defined medically as excessive terminal hair that appears in a male pattern in women.

Sixty-five percent of American women between the ages of 25 and 45 report having disordered eating behaviors, according to the results of a new survey by SELF Magazine in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Population level tobacco control interventions have the potential to benefit more disadvantaged groups and to reduce health inequalities, suggests a new systematic review published ahead of print in the journal Tobacco Control.Reducing social inequalities in smoking and its health consequences is a public health and political priority.

The good news for black women: They have less than half the chance of developing urinary incontinence as do white women, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Health System.The bad news: When they get it, the condition tends to be worse than in white women.

Tobacco use is one of the major causes of premature deaths in the world. More than five million people die each year due to tobacco related illnesses. Given the fact that consumption of tobacco products is on the rise, especially among youngsters in the developing countries, there exists strong potential for growth of smoking cessation aids in Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa and Latin America.

In the first study to assess mammography in women 80 and older, researchers found that having regular mammograms significantly decreases the risk of being diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer, but only about one-fifth of women in this age group receive them regularly.

AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) thanked the cosponsors and supporters of the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, which is expected to pass the U.S. House of Representatives today. The bill prevents massive increases in costs for people in Medicaid by stopping harmful cuts proposed by the administration.

A video dance game that's wildly popular among the teen set can help older women lose weight, lower their blood pressure, improve their coordination, and sharpen their concentration -- all while thoroughly enjoying themselves -- according to a study that will be presented here, at the American Geriatrics Society's Annual Scientific Meeting, on May 3. The meeting is the premier conference on aging research.

Among the growing number of obese older adults, those who are moderately and severely obese, but not those who are mildly obese, run a significantly increased risk of having disabilities serious enough to need long-term care, according to a study that will be presented here, at the American Geriatrics Society's Annual Scientific Meeting, on May 1. The meeting is the premier conference on aging research.

A video dance game that's wildly popular among the teen set can help older women lose weight, lower their blood pressure, improve their coordination, and sharpen their concentration -- all while thoroughly enjoying themselves -- according to a study that will be presented here, at the American Geriatrics Society's Annual Scientific Meeting, on May 3. The meeting is the premier conference on aging research.

Pfizer Inc announced that on May 8, 2008, it will launch Champix® Tablet 0.5mg/1mg (varenicline tartrate), a novel smoking cessation aid for smokers with nicotine dependence in Japan, which has one of the highest rates of smoking among developed nations.Champix was developed as the first non-nicotine drug designed for smoking cessation in the United States and will be the first oral smoking cessation aid available in Japan.

Australia's medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), has issued further advice on its website for women exposed to diethylstilboestrol.Diethylstilboestrol, or DES (also known as stilboestrol), is a synthetic oestrogen which was used between 1940 and the early 1970s to prevent miscarriage in women with a previous poor pregnancy outcome.

Arguments began on Monday in a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs that alleges the agency is unequipped to provide medical services to treat the mental health problems of soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the New York Times reports.

New medical treatments will be lost forever unless the rate of species loss is reversed, warn scientists.

Study: Masturbation May Prevent Prostate Cancer FOXNews - 6 hours ago Men who frequently masturbate appear to have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer , Australian researchers have reported. Researchers from the Cancer ...

The Chicago Tribune recently profiled the Jo-Ray House, a home for HIV-positive men in Chicago. Jo-Ray was founded in 2003 by Ida Byther-Smith, who was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1991. Byther-Smith has qualified for grants from the

Only one girl, who was 14, during the last six months has utilized a program at an independently operated health care center at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, that provides students in grades six through eight with a range of contraception and counseling for sexually transmitted infections, officials said recently, the AP/Google.

The Washington Post on Monday examined the Philippine government's "rejection" of contraception and how its support for only "natural" family planning methods correlates with increasing poverty in the country.

Pregnancy Is Possible After Cancer Treatment Science Daily (press release) - 2 hours ago