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Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., center, accompanied by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
By LAURIE KELLMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for...

Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group

Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they...

Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps

WASHINGTON (AP) — First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.

New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in...

Kate Moss criticized after skinny-is-good remark

LONDON (AP) — Eating disorder experts criticized Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on Web sites that encourage girls to avoid...

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights' scramble

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion...

Pelosi: Health bill would limit abortion access

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she agrees with critics who say an amendment included in the health care bill passed by the House would...

Mrs. Obama: health overhaul will help older women

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama sought to assure older women on Friday that efforts to overhaul health care won't undercut the benefits...

FDA approves new drug for heavy menstrual bleeding

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have approved a new drug as the first non-hormonal treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding.

The Food and Drug Administration says Lysteda...

Women face tough choices on abortion coverage

NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the...


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