This February, American Heart Month, Discovery Familia joins this important cause by launching the “Escucha tu Corazon” (Listen To Your Heart) initiative to raise awareness and educate Hispanic women about heart disease, including their risk factors. The national initiative includes special on air programming, Public Service Announcements (PSAs), a microsite specifically created to provide information [ Read More ]
Since its very beginnings, Facebook seems to have had a love-hate relationship with its users. Now, another controversy has emerged following the release of an American Academy of Pediatrics report addressing a new phenomenon described as “Facebook Depression.” In the report, Facebook Depression is defined as “depression that develops when preteens and teens spend a [ Read More ]
Halaven(R) (eribulin), a novel treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have progressed after at least two chemotherapeutic regimens for advanced disease, is now available under national reimbursement in Italy. Prior therapy should have included two common types of chemotherapy, an anthracycline and a taxane, unless patients were not suitable for [ Read More ]
As the United States marks the 39th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, a new survey shows that the vast majority of Americans support significant abortion restrictions. The Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll found that 79 percent of Americans say that they would not allow abortion after the first three months of pregnancy. [ Read More ]
More people would like to cut down on or give up chocolate than smoking this year, according to the Interflora New Year’s Resolution Survey. While nine per cent of people in the survey said that quitting smoking was their New Year’s resolution, more people said they willbe cutting out or cutting down on their chocolate [ Read More ]
Women’s Health January/February 2012 issue includes in-depth health features focusing on women – the alarming issue of young women suffering from strokes and a piece on women’s immune systems causing harm. See below for these health highlights with the full tip sheet below. Women’s Health January/February 2012 articles include: COVER STAR: MARISA MILLER, page 36: [ Read More ]