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Women's feelings and behaviors concerning contraception are conflicted, yet many don't seek out methods that could better satisfy their needs, according to a new survey conducted on behalf of Schering-Plough by Harris Interactive®.

Murder of women by strangulation is a serious problem in South Africa. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public health compared four South African cities for the period 2001 to 2005, and report information about the prevalence and timing of attacks, and give details about the victims. Most cases of strangulation are committed by men against women, as it requires a large disparity in strength between attacker and victim.

USA Today on Monday examined a division among some Republicans in Kansas, as well as how the Republican Party's nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin (Alaska) for vice president has affected this division. According to USA Today, Republicans in Kansas "come in two shades of red that often clash.

More than 330,000 lives were lost to HIV/AIDS in South Africa from 2000 and 2005 because a feasible and timely antiretroviral (ARV) treatment program was not implemented, assert researchers from the Harvard School of Public health (HSPH) in a study published online by the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) (http://www.jaids.com/).

A new study in the October issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, a CDC journal, examined rates of unplanned pregnancies, prenatal care and other reproductive health factors among women living in Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, the San Antonio Express-News reports. The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women's Health is based on surveys of about 1,000 women in hospital maternity wards in both cities. The surveys were conducted in 2005 over a 12-week period. read more

An Internet-based "living quilt" is scheduled to be launched on Wednesday in New Orleans to increase awareness of the effect of HIV/AIDS on women in the South, particularly minorities, the AP/New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The

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