Posts Tagged ‘women’s health’
Health & Medicine - Jul 29, 2010 12:11 - 0 Comments
Device detects preterm labor in pregnancy
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—An invention designed to pick up very early signs that a woman is going into labor too soon could help doctors prevent premature births, its inventors say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 21, 2010 8:44 - 0 Comments
Dual screening pinpoints cancer in women
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Combining a common colon cancer screening test with novel optical technology may allow doctors to more accurately detect the presence of colon cancer, particularly in women. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 20, 2010 12:10 - 0 Comments
Do wrist fractures hasten disability in women?
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Wrist fractures, the most common upper extremity fractures in older adults, may play a role in the development of disability, particularly in women, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 19, 2010 8:58 - 2 Comments
‘Pear’ pounds take a toll on memory
NORTHWESTERN (US)—The key to the relationship between a woman’s weight and memory? Location, location, location. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 8, 2010 15:35 - 4 Comments
Female sex drive soars as fertility declines
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—As more women wait until their 30s and 40s to have children, they are more willing to engage in a variety of sexual activities to capitalize on their remaining childbearing years, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 6, 2010 11:59 - 1 Comment
Filling up: Food on every corner
BUFFALO (US)—The greater the number of restaurants within a five-minute walk of a woman’s home, the higher her body mass index (BMI). (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 2, 2010 10:29 - 3 Comments
How moms-to-be tame their immune systems
CALTECH (US)—The concept of pregnancy makes no sense—at least not from an immunological point of view. A fetus is made of cells and tissues that are biologically distinct from its mother—precisely what the immune system is meant to search out and destroy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 29, 2010 16:46 - 1 Comment
New peak heart rate formula for women
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Women who measure their peak heart rates for exercise will need to do some recalculating—as will physicians giving stress tests to patients. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 9, 2010 10:58 - 0 Comments
Sea sponge drug battles breast cancer
U. LEEDS (UK)—A new chemotherapy agent, based on a natural extract from a sea sponge, can extend the lives of women with advanced breast cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 8, 2010 12:04 - 0 Comments
Estrogen at heart of eating disorders?
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—Scientists have discovered a possible biological culprit in the development of eating disorders during puberty: a type of estrogen called estradiol. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 1, 2010 15:08 - 1 Comment
BPA in plastics raises breast cancer risk
YALE (US)—Exposure in the womb to chemicals common in plastics, including BPA, can increase an offspring’s risk of breast cancer, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 18, 2010 10:27 - 0 Comments
Tan addicts worry about wrinkles, not cancer
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Young women in a recent study were more likely to cut back on indoor tanning based on concerns about getting leathery, wrinkled skin, rather than worries about skin cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 6, 2010 11:26 - 3 Comments
Chickens fed flaxseed survive ovarian cancer
U. ILLINOIS (US)—Chickens consuming a diet rich in flaxseed experienced a decreased severity of ovarian cancer and increased survival rates. The finding is significant because ovarian cancer in humans develops in a similar way. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 24, 2010 11:01 - 2 Comments
Estrogen’s memory boost fades with age
YALE (US)—While hormone therapy appears to enhance memory for women just entering menopause, new research suggests it is of little cognitive benefit to older women and leaves them at increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 17, 2010 11:43 - 0 Comments
Why some teens start having sex (again)
INDIANA U. (US)—The reason a teen girl resumes having sex after a period of abstinence depends largely on the length of the abstinence and why she became abstinent in the first place. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 2, 2010 12:42 - 3 Comments
Sharp spike in diabetes during pregnancy
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Two to three times more pregnant women may soon be diagnosed and treated for gestational diabetes due to new guidelines for assessing risky blood sugar levels. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 19, 2010 12:34 - 3 Comments
Poverty raises risk of postpartum depression
U. ROCHESTER (US)—More than half of low-income urban mothers show signs of depression at some point between two weeks and 14 months after giving birth, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 3, 2010 16:36 - 2 Comments
Soy does little to stop bone loss
IOWA STATE (US)—Consuming modest amounts of soy protein has little effect on bone loss in postmenopausal women, researchers report. (more…)
