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RSSArchived Women's Health News Stories - March 2008

Date Title Comments Rating
2008-03-31 Decreased sexual satisfaction in postmenopausal women not clearly associated with cardiovascular disease 0 None
2008-03-31 Too many women still dying from breast cancer 0 None
2008-03-28 Keeping in good shape in old age is harder for women 0 None
2008-03-26 MRI's high false positive rate has little impact on women's choice of preventive mastectomy 0 None
2008-03-26 HRT increases breast cancer recurrence 0 None
2008-03-25 Middle-age women alerted to link between alcohol and breast cancer 0 None
2008-03-25 Standard low-dose birth control pill can actually help women conceive 0 None
2008-03-25 Obesity may keep some women from getting screened for cancers 0 None
2008-03-24 Hyperactive girls face "serious" problems in adulthood 0 None
2008-03-24 The body's fight with cervical cancer 0 None
2008-03-24 Equality in breast cancer care study 0 None
2008-03-24 Attractive women want it all! 0 None
2008-03-24 Breast cancer gene carriers' risk 'amplified' by additional genes 0 None
2008-03-23 Abortion puts women at risk of mental health problems 0 5
2008-03-23 Depressed women have more sex 0 None
2008-03-20 Young girls who are hyperactive face problems as adults 0 None
2008-03-20 Physical therapy helps symptoms of urinary incontinence in women 0 None
2008-03-20 Comprehensive sex education might lead to less teen pregnancy 0 None
2008-03-20 African-American women less likely to reduce drinking during pregnancy 0 None
2008-03-19 Baby leave blighted by gender bias 0 None
2008-03-19 Women's sexual disorders get medical attention in new Stanford program 0 None
2008-03-19 Women on mixed psychiatric wards suffer abuse from male patients 0 None
2008-03-19 HRT users and non-HRT users benefited equally from the exercise 0 None
2008-03-18 Drunkorexia - the next thing to worry about! 0 None
2008-03-18 Breast cancer in black women may be connected to neighborhood conditions 0 None
2008-03-17 Pain-free and drug-free labour? Get real! 0 None
2008-03-17 Gene variant increases breast cancer risk 0 None
2008-03-17 Breast cancer more aggressive among overweight or obese women 0 None
2008-03-17 Adolescent girls with ADHD are at increased risk for eating disorders 0 None
2008-03-14 SWHR statement on CDC report on young women and STDs 0 None
2008-03-14 New clues to prevent spread of ovarian cancer 0 None
2008-03-14 Aspirin cuts asthma risk in women 0 None
2008-03-14 Overweight or obese women can improve quality of life with 10 to 30 minutes of exercise 0 None
2008-03-14 Leicester medical team announces 'predictor' for pregnant women who may have miscarriages 0 None
2008-03-14 After-school programs can increase physical activity of adolescent girls 0 None
2008-03-13 Programme of fertility treatment for developing countries 0 None
2008-03-12 Current recommendations for weight gain during pregnancy should be revised, says expert 0 None
2008-03-11 A quarter of teenage girls in the U.S. have a sex-related disease 0 None
2008-03-11 Poor sleep more dangerous for women 0 None
2008-03-11 Maternal obesity not strongly linked to obesity in offspring says study 0 None
2008-03-11 Better management of ovarian cancer 0 None
2008-03-11 Advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients with BRCA live longer, may respond better to treatment 0 None
2008-03-10 Gardasil reduces abnormal Pap test results 0 None
2008-03-10 Guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy should be revised 0 None
2008-03-10 Girls and women with Rett syndrome have higher fracture risk 0 None
2008-03-10 Cruciferous vegetables may lower risk for breast cancer 0 None
2008-03-06 Women are treated less frequently than men with statins, aspirin and beta-blockers 0 None
2008-03-06 Risks of long-term hormone therapy continue to outweigh benefits 0 None
2008-03-06 New way to assess a woman's risk for invasive breast cancer 0 None
2008-03-06 Exercise doesn't stop the clock on aging, but it seems to slow it down 0 None
2008-03-06 New test to assess risk of ovarian cancer 0 None
2008-03-06 Folic acid consumption before and during pregnancy 0 None
2008-03-06 Five steps to get on track with preventive screenings 0 None
2008-03-06 Cancer risk slightly higher for women in discontinued hormone treatment trial 0 None
2008-03-05 Cancer risk from HRT remains long after treatment has stopped 0 None
2008-03-04 New genetic marker of risk for breast cancer discovered 0 None
2008-03-04 Predicting microbicide use in women 0 None
2008-03-04 Depression linked to subsequent pregnancy in black teens 0 None
2008-03-03 New blood test for early stage ovarian cancer 0 None
2008-03-01 Brain differences between women and men 0 3.3
2008-03-01 New online information resource on bladder problems 0 None

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