Posts Tagged ‘women’s health’
Weekend delivery safe for high-risk babies
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Weekday delivery is no safer for babies born with a birth defect than weekend or evening deliveries, new research shows. Continue…
Friday, February 10, 2012 18:03 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Feb 10, 2012 13:35 - 0 Comments
No consensus on mastectomy follow-up
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — A new study reveals substantial differences—by surgeon and institution—in the rates of follow-up surgeries for women who have undergone a partial mastectomy to treat breast cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 9, 2012 12:03 - 0 Comments
Prenatal thyroid drugs don’t boost kids’ IQ
CARDIFF (UK) — Children of mothers screened and treated for reduced thyroid function during pregnancy show no signs of improved IQ, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 9, 2012 9:42 - 0 Comments
Gene variant linked to endometriosis
YALE (US) — Researchers may have identified a genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition that causes millions of women chronic pelvic pain and infertility. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 8, 2012 15:09 - 0 Comments
Umbilical cord care may save infants’ lives
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Cleaning umbilical cord stumps with a cheap antiseptic can dramatically reduce newborn deaths in poor countries. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 3, 2012 16:00 - 0 Comments
For better mammogram readings, direct the gaze
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A new technique called “subtle gaze direction” could lower the learning curve for reading mammograms, researchers say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 2, 2012 18:02 - 2 Comments
Birth control shot risky for the obese?
USC (US) — A small study suggests obese women may increase their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by using the Depo-Provera birth control shot. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 1, 2012 11:54 - 0 Comments
Triggers differ for addicted men, women
YALE (US) — The areas of the brain associated with craving have different triggers in cocaine-dependent men and women, a finding that suggests they may benefit from different treatment options. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 20, 2012 12:16 - 0 Comments
Most women can skip frequent bone tests
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Older women who receive normal bone mineral density scores may not need to be screened again for 10 years, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 19, 2012 9:22 - 2 Comments
Breast cancer survivors benefit from mindfulness
U. MISSOURI (US) — Mindfulness-based stress reduction may ease recovery for breast cancer survivors, researchers say. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 12, 2011 12:23 - 0 Comments
Assault risk for women who binge drink in college
U. BUFFALO (US) — Young women who steer clear of alcohol while they’re in high school often change their ways when they go to college—and may be at higher risk of sexual assault as a result, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 22, 2011 7:50 - 4 Comments
High IQ in girls tied to adult drug use
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Girls with high childhood IQs are more than twice as likely to take illegal drugs in their 30s, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 17, 2011 13:28 - 1 Comment
How estrogen turns on genes in breast cancer
USC (US) — New research has determined the key process by which estrogen, the female sex hormone, activates genes in breast cancer cells, a finding that could eventually lead to new treatments for the disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 4, 2011 8:41 - 1 Comment
Risk varies for women in breast cancer families
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) / STANFORD (US) — Mothers, sisters, and daughters from breast cancer families with known genetic mutations do not all share the same high risk of developing the disease. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 2, 2011 10:36 - 5 Comments
Vitamin D: No cure-all for older women
BROWN (US) — Postmenopausal women receive no additional mortality benefit from vitamin D after controlling for health risk factors such as abdominal obesity, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 1, 2011 11:34 - 0 Comments
Single test for many cancer mutations
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — More patients with ovarian cancer carry mutations predisposed to cancer—and in more genes—than previously thought. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 30, 2011 20:35 - 2 Comments
Drugs via nipple treat breast cancer
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A better route for delivering drugs to fight early breast cancer may be the most direct: through the nipple. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2011 11:15 - 1 Comment
Bone med: Mixed blessing for breast cancer
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — A drug commonly used to protect bone boosts disease-free survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients—but may have an adverse effect on younger women. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2011 10:37 - 1 Comment
Mammogram rates for immigrants rising
PENN STATE (US) — Fewer immigrant women receive mammograms than native-born American women, but more immigrant women are getting them now compared to a decade ago. (more…)
