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  • What’s the Diagnosis? Latinos, Media & Health: A Series of Three Reports – Report

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    What's the Diagnosis? A Series of Three Reports on Latinos, Media & Health Summary of Key Findings June 1998 Overview: A Series of 3 Reports Latinos are disproportionately affected by some of the most serious health problems facing our country. They are more likely to be uninsured and face problems getting health care when needed. Young Latinos, in particular, are confronting very high rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Latinos have also…

  • Kaiser Family Foundation

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    The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2001/02 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program Kaiser Media Fellowships program sitevisit to Seattle, WA and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Sunday, August 4--Friday, August 9, 2002 Accommodations : Sunday, August 4-Wednesday, August 7/Seattle: W Seattle Hotel, 1112 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 Wednesday, August 7-Friday, August 9/Vancouver: Metropolitan Hotel, 645 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 2Y9 Sunday, August 4-Seattle, WA 6:15pm: Drinks 7:00pm: Dinner--Studio 3, 2nd floor, W Seattle…

  • The Kaiser Media Mini-Fellowships in Health for 1997-2001

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    Prior to 2003, travel and research grants were awarded to print and broadcast journalists and editors to report on health policy and public health issues for publication/broadcast. For details of the mini-fellowship awards for 1997-2001, see below. Click here to see Mini-Fellows' Work Fourteen journalists were awarded Kaiser Media Mini-Fellowships in 2001/2002, to research and report on the following issues: Constance Alexander, freelance writer and independent producer, WKMS-FM: End-of-life issues in rural western Kentucky.Jenni Bergal,…

  • Emerging Issues in Reproductive Health

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    is an ongoing media briefing series for journalists organized by the Kaiser Family Foundation. This quarterly series provides in-depth, balanced, cutting-edge information on controversial and underreported issues in reproductive and sexual health. Briefings have covered topics such as: One Year Later: Medical Abortion after FDA Approval; Condom Ads on TV; Unwrapping the Controversy; and Microbicides...So, What are They? And Why Should You Care? By providing accurate, in-depth information for journalists, the briefing series aims to…

  • What You Need To Know On The Pill : The Latest Research and Birth Control s Other Coming Attractions

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    It seems that almost every week the media reports on a new study about the Pill. Forty years after the first birth control pill was approved, research continues into everything from how effective oral contraceptives are to what impact they may have on risk for breast cancer, cervical cancer, or stroke. The Pill is the most widely used reversible contraceptive today and most new birth control methods also rely on hormones just like it. Yet…

  • Clinical Drug Trials Helpful or Harmful? Dilemma of Using Drugs to Prevent Diseases in People Who are at Risk but Otherwise Healthy, Especially When the Drugs Have Serious Side Effects

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    Host: Nick Adams; Reporter: Joe Palca Reprinted with permission of National Public Radio NOAH ADAMS, host: Any doctor will tell you that preventing a disease is better than treating one. But disease prevention can be tricky. Virtually anything you do to lower the risk for one disease raises the risk of something else. For example, even a daily jog to prevent heart disease puts you at greater risk for sprained muscles and twisted ankles. As…

  • The HPV Test: Coming Soon to a Doctor’s Office Near You?  Is It Better than the Pap Smear for Detecting Cervical Cancer?

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    The HPV Test: Coming Soon to a Doctor's Office Near You? Is It Better than the Pap Smear for Detecting Cervical Cancer? The most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S. is one most Americans have never heard of: the human papillomavirus or HPV, the cause of almost all cervical cancer. Now that leading medical journals report that high-risk strains of HPV can be detected, there is debate over the best approach to fighting cervical…

  • The HPV Test: Coming Soon to a Doctor’s Office Near You? Is It Better than the Pap Smear for Detecting Cervical Cancer? – Agenda

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    Are Schools Just Saying No The HPV Test: Coming Soon To A Doctor s Office Near You? Is It Better Than the Pap Smear for Detecting Cervical Cancer? Thursday, February 17, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Broadway Millennium Hotel 44th and Broadway, New York City 9:30 a.m.Registration 9:50 a.m.Welcome/Introductions Tina Hoff, Director of Public Health Information and Communications, Kaiser Family Foundation, will provide an overview of the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S. --…