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Abviva, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ABVV), a biomedical company engaged in the development and commercialization of breast cancer related applications of Mammastatin, today provided further details about worldwide patent protection for its breast cancer risk assessment technology. The Company previously announced that the Japanese Patent Office issued two patents on the core technology that may be [...]
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), today expressed deep appreciation and delight that Mark Mallory, Mayor of Cincinnati, and Ohio State Senator Eric Kearney declared May 21 “My Black is Beautiful Day” in Cincinnati and Ohio. The Proclamations hailed the significant contributions P&G has made in empowering African American women to embrace their beauty, health and [...]
General Mills Inc. today unveiled a re-designed version of its successful, Spanish-language, lifestyle web site for women, QueRicaVida.com, at a Miami gala event attended by more than 100 Hispanic editors, reporters and bloggers from around the country. Several Latina celebrities, including actress Adamari Lopez, Despierta America! morning show host Karla Martinez, and Univision Network health [...]
The co-director of the Women’s Heart Initiative at one of the leading healthcare systems in the Northeast says women must do more to identify the early signs of heart disease and be more aggressive in seeking treatment. Dr. Maribel Hernandez, Cardiologist/Electrophysiologist at Main Line Health’s Lankenau Heart Center says recent comments by broadcaster Barbara Walters, [...]
The Overlapping Conditions Alliance today launched the Campaign to End Chronic Pain in Women, an advocacy campaign fighting to end discrimination and improve care for women suffering from chronic pain. The Campaign aims to improve the quality of women’s lives by raising awareness about chronic pain conditions that disproportionately impact women, as well as the [...]
Teva Women’s Health, Inc. today presented data that demonstrated patients treated with a standard or low dose of ENJUVIA® (synthetic conjugated estrogens, B) tablets experienced statistically significant reductions in how often they were awakened at night by hot flashes compared to patients treated with placebo. The data was presented today at the 58th Annual Clinical [...]
Data from pivotal Phase III clinical trials demonstrate that a higher proportion of pre-menopausal women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) receiving flibanserin 100mg reported both an improvement in their condition and a meaningful benefit from their treatment, compared to placebo. Flibanserin is an investigational compound being developed by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the [...]
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) announced the launch of a new website www.ETIQ.info to improve access to credible information about menopause and management of common symptoms. The site presents a thorough and balanced look at menopause and advances in estrogen therapy including the newer generation of bioidentical estrogen therapy options [...]
When it comes to sex, more than half of men and women don’t recognize the brain as an important female sexual organ, according to a new survey.* “The root of a woman’s desire is complex, but it is thought to start with her brain. The brain is the center for thoughts and emotions, but it [...]
For more than a decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has made women’s gender-specific health care needs a major priority. VA researchers are looking at a broad range of health conditions related to women Veterans, including chronic diseases, reproductive health, cancer, mental health issues, military occupational hazards, and amputations. Today, there are more than [...]
