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What Women Want & Need to Know #5: Breast Cancer Awareness

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:32:54 +0000

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 Women’s Health Institute website, http://whi.northshorelij.com/index.html

Duration : 0:9:40

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Congress on women’s health

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:31:17 +0000

As senators debate health care reform, there is one provision they agreed upon – making sure mammograms and preventative screening tests for women are covered.

Duration : 0:0:46

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“You”

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:36:05 +0000

You highlights the clear choice on women’s issues between Governor Jon Corzine and Bush Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie. While Corzine has fought for women on the issues that matter- passing paid family leave legislation and supporting insurance coverage for mammograms, autism, and minimum maternity stay- Christie would be wrong when it matters most- supporting policies that would allow insurance companies to drop this critical coverage, opposing paid family leave, and even standing against a woman’s right to choose.

Duration : 0:0:33

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