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  1. Information for Pregnant Women Working in Education Information for Pregnant Women Working in Education, Child Care, and Health Care Settings Concerning 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus ...
  2. Text Messages from CDC – Medicare I know it’s officially spring, but I wanted to remind you that H1N1 flu (also known as swine flu) is still a risk and you should take steps to stay healthy. Even though the H1N1 outbreak in the U.S. was mild over the winter, the World Health Organization still considers H1N1 a pandemic. Luckily for us, […]...
  3. Study indicates stress may delay women getting pregnant A study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Oxford supports the widespread belief that stress may reduce a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant. The study is the first of its kind to document, among women without a history of fertility problems, an association between high levels of a substance […]...
  4. Pregnancy and 2009 H1N1 Flu: Protect Yourself, Protect Your Baby Pregnant women can get seriously ill with the 2009 H1N1 ...
  5. Progesterone reduces rate of early preterm birth in at risk women A National Institutes of Health study has found that progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, reduced the rate of preterm birth before the 33rd week of pregnancy by 45 percent among one category of at risk women....
  6. Women sought for NIH study of infertility disorder Young women in the Washington, D.C., area who have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are encouraged to take part in a study at the National Institutes of Health on the possible role of the adrenal glands in the disorder. MedicareCard.com has been serving consumers for several years with a primary emphasis on Medicare information and assistance. […]...
  7. Women exposed to DES in the womb face increased cancer risk A large study of the daughters of women who had been given DES, the first synthetic form of estrogen, during pregnancy has found that exposure to the drug while in the womb (in utero) is associated with many reproductive problems and an increased risk of certain cancers and pre-cancerous conditions. The results of this analysis, […]...
  8. Baby Name Playroom App With the Social Security Administration’s Baby Name Playroom App, you can browse or search over 130 years of baby name data. Save and share your favorite names, view baby name popularity trends, play a trivia game, and view family-related services and info....
  9. VOICE HIV prevention study in women A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an oral tablet or vaginal gel containing antiretroviral drugs can prevent HIV infection in women is being modified because an interim review found that the study cannot show that one of the study products, oral tenofovir, marketed under the trade name Viread, is effective....
  10. Cigarette smoking implicated in half of bladder cancers in women Current cigarette smokers have a higher risk of bladder cancer than previously reported, and the risk in women is now comparable to that in men, according to a study by scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The report was published on Aug. 16, 2011, in the Journal […]...
  11. HHS and Sesame Workshop Release 13 New Flu Prevention Radio PSAs Featuring Governors and Elmo Children and young adults continue to be disproportionately effected by H1N1...
  12. Medicare, Medicare Card, Study Finds Two Sling Surgeries, Equally Effective for Bladder Control in Women Two common operations for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) help women achieve similar levels of dryness, according to a team of urologists and urogynecologists who compared the treatments in a large U.S. trial supported by the National Institutes of Health. The study is being released online May 17, 2010, by the New England Journal of Medicine […]...
  13. Beach Safety Before heading to the beach, review some safety tips from USA.gov. MedicareCard.com has been serving consumers for several years with a primary emphasis on Medicare information and assistance. We started the medicare blog in order to provide the community with forum opportunities to express some of the ins and outs in dealing with the current […]...
  14. New drug regimens cut HIV spread from mother to infant Pregnant women who are unaware that they have HIV miss the chance for drug treatment that can benefit not only their own health, but could also prevent them from transmitting the virus to their infants. When HIV is not diagnosed until women go into labor, their infants are usually treated soon after birth with the […]...
  15. MedicareCard.com encourages women to take charge of their heart health On Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) The Heart Truth campaign will once again bring the Red Dress to life on the runway at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City, with the debut of the Red Dress Collection 2011. For the first time, the event will be held […]...