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UArizona researchers working on a less toxic treatment for deadly breast cancer

After decades of research and two previous drug development attempts, things are looking promising for a team of University of Arizona researchers working on a less toxic treatment for a specific type of breast cancer.

25 Oct 2022

New evidence on how intermittent fasting impacts women's reproductive hormones

Intermittent fasting has been shown to be an effective way to lose weight, but critics have worried that the practice may have a negative impact on women's reproductive hormones.

25 Oct 2022

Researchers set sights on a new therapeutic target for aggressive breast cancer

Researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have set their sights on a new therapeutic target for an aggressive form of breast cancer with limited treatment options.

25 Oct 2022

Sexual side effects of cancer treatment discussed less frequently with female patients

A new study finds that sexual side effects of cancer treatment are discussed far less frequently with female patients than with male patients, even when the treatment directly affects sex organs.

24 Oct 2022

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy protects infants from SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a recent study under review at the Nature Portfolio journal and currently posted to Research Square* preprint server, researchers evaluated the efficacy of maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination against infection of infants with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

24 Oct 2022

An analysis of excess mortality rates during COVID-19 pandemic in countries with aging populations

Researchers explore the association between excess mortality and various factors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 Oct 2022

Booster vaccinations in the elderly lead to impaired neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 and atypical B cells

Researchers examine neutralizing antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 in elderly individuals who received one mRNA booster dose.

23 Oct 2022

Study reconsiders the recommended age for screening women with family history of breast cancer

A new study released in the American Cancer Society journal Cancer reconsiders guidelines for when to start screening with mammograms if a woman has a mother, sister, or daughter who was diagnosed with breast cancer.

21 Oct 2022

Clinical-pathological links between SARS-CoV-2 placentitis, stillbirth and maternal COVID-19 vaccination

Drucilla J. Roberts, MD, from the Mass General Department of Pathology and colleagues recently published a literature review in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, titled SARS-CoV-2 Placentitis, Stillbirth and Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination: Clinical-Pathological Correlations.

21 Oct 2022

Breakthrough discovery is a 'major step forward' in understanding cervical cancer

Scientists have discovered that cervical cancer can be divided into two distinct molecular subgroups – one far more aggressive than the other – as part of the largest 'omics' study of its kind, led by researchers at UCL and the University of Southampton.

21 Oct 2022

Analgesic use after COVID-19 vaccination does not negatively affect antibody responses

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, University of Arizona researchers assessed the relationship between antibody responses and analgesic usage after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination.

20 Oct 2022

Study finds differences in childbearing between racial/ethnic groups across educational levels

College-educated Black women in the United States give birth to fewer children than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to a new study coauthored by Yale sociologist Emma Zang.

20 Oct 2022

Male mice three times more likely than females to survive E. coli infection

Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a new way of looking at sex-biased diseases that is rooted in evolutionary biology.

20 Oct 2022

Mayo Clinic scientists awarded $12.1 million NCI grant for breast cancer research

A team of researchers from Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded a five-year, $12.1 million Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant in breast cancer from the National Cancer Institute.

20 Oct 2022

5 things to know about Montana’s ‘born alive’ ballot initiative

Montana voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to approve a ballot initiative declaring that an embryo or fetus is a legal person with a right to medical care if it survives an abortion or delivery.

20 Oct 2022

Shopping vouchers aid in cessation of smoking among pregnant women

The offer of up to £400 of shopping vouchers to stop smoking during pregnancy as an addition to usual stop smoking support is highly effective, finds a trial published by The BMJ today.

20 Oct 2022

Pregnancy-associated homicides linked to lethal combination of intimate partner violence and firearms

Women in the US are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or soon after childbirth than to die from the three leading obstetric causes of maternal death (high blood pressure disorders, hemorrhage, or sepsis), say experts in The BMJ today.

20 Oct 2022

Study shows increased risks of death in offspring born to mothers with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

A disorder that can trigger abnormally high blood pressure in pregnancy is associated with increased risks of death in offspring from birth to young adulthood, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

20 Oct 2022

When COVID-19 hit, life expectancy plummeted worldwide

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, researchers estimated life expectancy (LE) changes in 29 high- and middle-income countries since 2020, when the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began.

20 Oct 2022

Link between shorter sleep in later life and multiple diseases

Human physiological processes rely heavily on sleep for proper functioning. A recent PLOS Medicine journal study determined the relationship between sleep duration of older people, i.e., 50, 60, and 70 years of age, and the incidence of multimorbidity. Significantly, the study utilized follow-up data for twenty-five years for the analysis.

19 Oct 2022

Women's Health News

UArizona researchers working on a less toxic treatment for deadly breast cancer

New evidence on how intermittent fasting impacts women's reproductive hormones

Researchers set sights on a new therapeutic target for aggressive breast cancer

Sexual side effects of cancer treatment discussed less frequently with female patients

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy protects infants from SARS-CoV-2 infection

An analysis of excess mortality rates during COVID-19 pandemic in countries with aging populations

Booster vaccinations in the elderly lead to impaired neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 and atypical B cells

Study reconsiders the recommended age for screening women with family history of breast cancer

Clinical-pathological links between SARS-CoV-2 placentitis, stillbirth and maternal COVID-19 vaccination

Breakthrough discovery is a 'major step forward' in understanding cervical cancer

Analgesic use after COVID-19 vaccination does not negatively affect antibody responses

Study finds differences in childbearing between racial/ethnic groups across educational levels

Male mice three times more likely than females to survive E. coli infection

Mayo Clinic scientists awarded $12.1 million NCI grant for breast cancer research

5 things to know about Montana’s ‘born alive’ ballot initiative

Shopping vouchers aid in cessation of smoking among pregnant women

Pregnancy-associated homicides linked to lethal combination of intimate partner violence and firearms

Study shows increased risks of death in offspring born to mothers with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

When COVID-19 hit, life expectancy plummeted worldwide

Link between shorter sleep in later life and multiple diseases

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

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