- Date: Nov 16, 2011
Rural communities are wonderful places to live and work, which is why nearly 62 million people – nearly one in five Americans – call them home. These small towns, farming communities and frontier areas are places where neighbors know each other, listen to each other, respect each other and work together to benefit the greater good. They are also some ... More
- Date: Oct 26, 2011
Boys should be routinely vaccinated against the human papillomavirus or HPV in an effort to protect them from oral, anal and penile cancers, and to extend protection of girls from cervical cancer, U.S. vaccine advisers said on Tuesday.... More
- Date: Oct 14, 2011
The American Cancer Society, in partnership with the Iowa Cancer Consortium, the Family Planning Council of Iowa, and many others, wants to know why Iowa women decide to get, or not get, a mammogram. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you're a woman in Iowa, age 40+, help improve the health of future women in our state by visiting ... More
- Date: Sep 27, 2011
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – In preparation for World Contraception Day, HealthyWomen, the nation's leading independent health information source for women, released a nationwide survey of women that explores an issue faced by most couples at some point in their relationship: How do they know when they are done having children and what contraception will they use to avoid an unplanned ... More
- Date: Sep 6, 2011
Federal family planning programs reduced childbearing among poor women by as much as 29 percent, according to a new University of Michigan study.
The work by U-M economist Martha Bailey is the first known study to assess the short- and long-term effects on U.S. fertility rates of early federal family planning programs that started in 1964 as part of ... More
