November 5, 2008 – 8:32 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Yes We Did…
Left, right, or independent — yesterday’s election was a paradigm shift of tectonic proportion. Millions of women joined together, gave time, talent and treasure and changed the out come of thousands of local, state and national elections.
The millions of women who cast their votes yesterday did so under the hard-won ‘Grace’ of great [...]
October 9, 2008 – 8:56 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Please take the time to visit the Sister Study web site.
The Sister Study is the only long-term study of women aged 35-74 whose sister had breast cancer. It is a national study to learn [...]
October 1, 2008 – 11:38 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Some folks refer to their morning coffee as “Rocket Fuel.” If they are making their coffee with tap water, they may be speaking literally, not figuratively. They just don’t know it.
The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to rule that it will not set a drinking-water safety standard for perchlorate. This component of rocket fuel has [...]
September 25, 2008 – 9:19 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Overall, stroke is this country’s third-leading killer. About 700,000 Americans will have one this year, according to the American Stroke Association.
But 55-percent of all strokes and 60-percent of stroke deaths occur in women.
About 100,000 women die annually of stroke, 40,000 more than the number of men who die from it. The fact that risk goes [...]
September 18, 2008 – 10:22 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is inviting the public to comment on draft guidance that discusses FDA’s approach to regulating genetically engineered (GE) animals.
Although the guidance, released Sept. [...]
September 6, 2008 – 8:15 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Goal Is to Provide Signs of Possibility Of Adverse Effects
By JARED A. FAVOLE
WSJ.com, September 5, 2008 8:07 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday unveiled a report listing 20 drugs that the agency is investigating for potential side effects, as part of a new policy to warn patients and health-care professionals as early [...]
August 26, 2008 – 9:54 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Researchers and public health officials are FINALLY waking up, and stepping up, to ask tough questions about the cost effectiveness of administering a very expensive, and not thoroughly vetted vaccine to every girl and young woman in the free world. Is the use of Gardasil® as a preventive measure against cervical cancer, the correct utilization [...]
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August 21, 2008 – 1:04 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
FINALLY!
In June of 2006, my writing partner, Leslie Botha, and I, started writing articles cautioning women against the use of Gardasil® for girls and young women. We cited the limited nature of the clinical trials (the number, and ages of women tested) and the length of time from the clinical trials and the FDA [...]
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August 21, 2008 – 10:14 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
I was doing some research for a fiend whose child had just been “diagnosed” Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by a school nurse who suggested drug therapy. My first thought was a Kindergarten version of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’…dazed and compliant preschoolers.
In the past decade, ADHD, ”Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a neurobehavioral [...]
August 20, 2008 – 8:12 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Are Bikini-Clad Nubiles Really the Answer to School Budget Shortfalls
It’s Summer: Time to Clean Up the Bikini Car Wash
By Kimberly Gadette - WeNews commentator
Editor’s Note: The following is a commentary. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily the views of Women’s Enews.
(WOMENSENEWS)–Ah, the sights of summer: movie lines snaking ’round [...]
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