We don't want this to be a Democratic or Republican issue, but an issue for all women. STDs are more likely than some other diseases to go untreated, and can lead to infertility and poor pregnancy outcomes, Morella said. Both have played major roles in increasing funds for women's health research. Morella recently helped NIH obtain a 7.1 percent budget increase, and she expanded Medicare coverage for bone density testing for the diagnosis and prevention of osteoporosis. Mikulski urged conference participants, as they set the women's health research agenda for the 21st century, to look more closely at the behavior of doctors.
Many physicians still don t recommend that their patients have mammograms.
Both Morella and Mikulski encouraged the audience to work with them.