<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Women</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/women?nav=rss_health/women</link><description>Women</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[New Laws Will Expand Licensing Of Midwives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35561-2005May4.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35561-2005May4.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  On July 1, Virginia will enact standards for midwives who are not nurses, in an effort to better regulate home births.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procedure On Women In Labor Adds Risk]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35515-2005May4.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35515-2005May4.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One of the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States  --  an incision many pregnant women receive to reduce the risk of tissue tears during delivery  --  has no benefits and actually causes more complications, according to the most comprehensive analysis to evaluate the practice.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Weekly Shot of News and Notes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32717-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32717-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    PIERCE 'EM YOUNG  People might be able to avoid earlobe keloids by getting their ears pierced before age 11, finds a study in the May 2 issue of Pediatrics. Keloids  --  lumps of firm, flesh-colored skin made of fibrous tissue  --  often form on the front or back of the earlobes at the site of piercings; they can also develop after injuries. They're most common in African Americans.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceptual Sound?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32716-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32716-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Mood Music  Couples struggling with infertility have a new  --  albeit untested  --  option: a "sound therapy program" that claims to enhance the odds of conception by reducing stress. The $29.95 double CD set, called Conceive, is made by Pharmonics, a New York-based musical therapy production company. The CDs, available online, are being marketed to childless couples trying to get pregnant. But fertility experts said there is no science to support the program's claim.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Detecting Breast Cancer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32718-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32718-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Those aren't daisy petals  or spokes on a wheel. Each strip radiating out from the center ring shown above is an electronic sensor, part of Z-Tech's experimental Breast Cancer Detection System. The sensors are placed over each breast while a patient lies on her back in a doctor's office, as shown in the inset photo. Low-level electrical currents are then transmitted painlessly through the breasts in a 15-minute procedure.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pregnant Question: How to Exercise?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32723-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32723-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Among the many benefits of serving as Crew Chief is the opportunity to investigate fitness matters I would never pursue for my own benefit  --  for instance, the question of exercising during pregnancy, one of the queries we receive most frequently during our online chats. An Internet search on the topic yields pages of information, much of it (I learned) misleading, alarmist or wrong.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cramp Relief With 'E']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32722-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32722-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    The Study  About 40 percent of women of childbearing age endure severe menstrual  cramps. Treatment is trickier now that Vioxx and other painkillers have been linked to cardiovascular risks. A new study in the British Journal of Gynecology shows that taking 200 IU of vitamin E twice daily for several days a month may dramatically ease menstrual pain. But the treatment is not risk-free.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Survivors, Supporters Stride Toward Victory]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30263-2005May2.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30263-2005May2.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The joy on people's faces as they crossed the finish line for a charity walk belied the struggles participants had seen or experienced in battling breast cancer.]]></description><author> Bill Broadway</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors Are Warned on Fetus Care]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10411-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10411-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration issues guidelines advising physicians and hospitals that they are obligated to care for fetuses "born alive" naturally or in the process of an abortion.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Establishing Proof]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64052-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64052-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It took 15 years to discover the link between oxygen and blindness -- 15 years in which a mysterious disease haunted America's best hospitals.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silicone Implants Backed by FDA Panel]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50947-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50947-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended yesterday that silicone gel breast implants made by Mentor Corp. be allowed back on the market for wider use  --  a surprise decision that came a day after the same panel rejected the application of a rival company.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lung Cancer Puzzle]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45100-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45100-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Though headlines more frequently focus on cancers of the breast, prostate or colon, last week's announcement that ABC News anchor Peter Jennings has lung cancer is a reminder that this form remains the most deadly of all malignancies.]]></description><author> Gregory Mott</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Flags About Md. Man Ignored]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44901-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44901-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Obstetrician-gynecologist Jeffrey M. Levitt needed a job, and Stuttgart, Ark., needed an OB-GYN. So the country town about an hour southeast of Little Rock was prepared to overlook the warning signs.]]></description><author> Cheryl W. Thompson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Panel Debates Silicone Breast Implants]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44837-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44837-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Questions linger thirteen years later about how often the devices can break inside women's bodies and how bad those breaks are.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics Panel Finds Conflict With Senator's Job as Physician]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28320-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28320-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Republican Tom Coburn will fight the ruling, arguing that the panel's decision contradicts the Founding Fathers' desire for lawmakers to retain ties to their communities.]]></description><author> Jeffrey H. Birnbaum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Breast Cancer Crew]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26550-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26550-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  While driving along the George Washington Parkway to Bethesda's National Naval Medical Center a few years back, Doris Parker, now 49, of Alexandria used to admire the crew teams on the Potomac. Seeing them practice in the early mornings was a highlight of her trips to prepare for reconstructive breast surgery after a mastectomy.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Weekly Shot of News and Notes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8257-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8257-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    MENOPAUSE, CONT'D  Worried that women may turn too quickly to treat the symptoms of menopause, a National Institutes of Health expert panel last week suggested that those without severe problems simply wait out their bodily changes. The panel is charged with clarifying the state of knowledge following several years of alarming, and sometimes contradictory, research findings. Key conclusions:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Georgeanna Jones Dies at 92; In Vitro Fertilization Pioneer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5761-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5761-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Georgeanna Seegar Jones, 92, part of the husband-and-wife team whose Norfolk clinic produced the first baby via in vitro fertilization in the United States, died March 26 of cardiac arrest at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. She had Alzheimer's disease.]]></description><author> Joe Holley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digene's Ads Take Their Case to Women]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52466-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52466-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Digene Corp., the maker of the country's only approved test for HPV, the leading cause of cervical cancer, is adopting a tactic that is becoming popular among profit-starved biotechs: Advertise directly to consumers. <br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researcher Fabricated Data in Studies on Women]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45611-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45611-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A researcher well known for his studies on women, menopause, aging and body weight fabricated data for more than a decade, falsified applications for federal grants and tried to cover up his misconduct, federal officials announced yesterday.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item></channel></rss>