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Sheela Patel, Founder and Director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Center (SPARC), a community organization in India, gives a keynote presentation, View from Women in Vulnerable Habitats on Issues of Habitat and Health, at the 18th International Congress on Womens Health Issues: Cities and Womens Health: Global Perspectives. The [...]

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Dr. Vivian Pinn, Associate Director for Research on Womens Health at the National Institutes of Health, speaks at the 18th International Congress on Womens Health Issues: Cities and Womens Health:  Global Perspectives.  The address was given on April 9, 2010 at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Birth control implants include the Implanon, which is a single capsule placed under the skin, and the IUD, or intrauterine device, which is placed inside the uterus. Consider the benefits of these long-term birth control methods with helpful information from a board-certified ob-gyn in this free video on women’s health.
Expert: Dr. Josh Vogel
Contact: www.wilmingtonhealth.com
Bio: Dr. [...]

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Saint Thomas Heart is dedicated to raising awareness of heart disease in women. That’s why it’s partnered with the American Heart Association and the Go Red for Women movement. Join the employees of Baptist Hospital, Middle Tennessee Medical Center, and Saint Thomas Hospital as we go red for women and bring heart disease to the [...]

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Neeta Shah, MD, Vice President of Women’s Health at the North Shore-LIJ Health System discusses critical topics on the health of women.
In episode #5 Dr. Shah discusses breast cancer awareness. Her guest is Dr. Karen Kostroff, Chief of Breast Surgery at the North Shore-LIJ Health System.
Learn more about North Shore-LIJ’s women’s health services at [...]

The causes of breast pain can include premenstrual syndrome or the rarer fibrocystic breast disease. Identify breast pain causes with helpful information from a board-certified ob-gyn in this free video on women’s health.
Expert: Dr. Josh Vogel
Contact: www.wilmingtonhealth.com
Bio: Dr. Joshua Vogel has been a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist for more than 13 years.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC
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A sold-out crowd of more than 2,000 was at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Wednesday for the Women’s Health and the Environment conference.
Duration : 0:1:18

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Neeta Shah, MD, Vice President of Women’s Health at the North Shore-LIJ Health System discusses critical topics on the health of women.
In episode #13 Dr. Shah talks about gestational diabetes, the causes and risk factors and how to manage the condition for both mother and baby. Her guest is Marie Frazzitta, MSN, manager of [...]

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This is Manorama, a community health worker from the Indian NGO Action India demonstrating an educational banner which she uses for sensitivizing Indian women about women’s health and rights. The person she is adressing is Laura Corradi, an Italian professor of environmental health, sociology and gender issues at the university of Calabria. The translation is [...]

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Katherine C. Finney, M.D.
General OB/GYN
UNMC OLSON CENTER
OMAHA NEBRASKA
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“There is in every true woman’s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.”
-Washington Irving
Teresa Heinz Kerry sponsored her annual Women’s Health & The Environment Conference on April 20.
The conference was held in Teresa’s [...]

Come join in as Khun Rapheephan, a gynecologist from Bangkok Hospital Samui and Khun Nok discusses women’s health…
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