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HKUMed team estimates a moderate link between antipsychotic use and breast cancer by over 30%

A research team from the Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research (CSMPR), Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) conducted the world's first systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies with over two million individuals and estimated a moderate association between antipsychotic use and breast cancer by over 30%.

9 Sep 2022

Distribution of platinum after chemotherapy may help predict resistance to ovarian cancer treatment

A team of researchers from Japan has discovered that the distribution of platinum within a tumor following platinum-based chemotherapy treatment of ovarian cancer may predict whether the tumor will be resistant to further treatment.

9 Sep 2022

Vaccination hesitancy more prominent among pregnant women of lower socioeconomic status

A questionnaire of 1,899 pregnant women nationwide representing all 50 states reveals that during the Covid-19 pandemic if a pregnant woman had lower socioeconomic status and/or were African American, she was less likely to have the intention of taking a Covid-19 vaccine or actually receiving it.

9 Sep 2022

Research on the antimicrobial effects of human milk oligosaccharides

In a recent review published in the journal Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, researchers discussed the latest advances in the antimicrobial properties of human milk.

9 Sep 2022

Supplementary folic acid associated with higher risk of COVID-19 diagnosis and mortality

In a recent study published in the journal BMJ Open, researchers investigated the impact of folic acid supplements and methotrexate, in combination or individually, on disease severity and mortality in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.

8 Sep 2022

Prenatal exposure to air pollution increases risk of childhood allergic rhinitis and asthma

In a recent study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, researchers assessed the impact of prenatal exposure to air pollution on immune perturbations.

8 Sep 2022

Infections during pregnancy may not pose great risk to the baby's brain, study shows

Infections in pregnant women have been linked to an increased risk of neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism, in the child later in life. But it does not seem to be the infections themselves that cause autism, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show in a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

8 Sep 2022

Researchers review role of melatonin in pregnancies complicated by placental insufficiency

A new study explores the role of melatonin in pregnancy.

8 Sep 2022

Animal models for studying the impacts of hormonal contraception

In a recent study published in the Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology journal, researchers assessed the impact of hormonal contraceptives (HC) on the brain and stress.

8 Sep 2022

Significantly enlarged gray matter volume in neuropsychiatric long-COVID syndrome

In a recent study published in the journal Psychiatry Research, researchers found larger gray matter volumes (GMVs) in patients with neuropsychiatric long COVID syndrome.

8 Sep 2022

Children of women with gestational diabetes and obesity more likely to develop ADHD

Children of women with gestational diabetes and obesity may be twice as likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared to those whose mothers did not have obesity, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

8 Sep 2022

The effects of taurine supplementation on biomarkers of oxidative stress in women aged 55 to 70

Researchers investigated the effects of supplementing taurine on the biomarkers of oxidative stress in females.

8 Sep 2022

Study highlights the importance of having a dedicated women-specific heart center

Cardiac conditions in women are underdiagnosed, undertreated, and under-researched compared to men. In an important prospective study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, published by Elsevier, investigators report that attending a multidisciplinary dedicated women's heart center can increase the likelihood of an accurate diagnosis and significantly improve clinical and psychological outcomes of women reporting chest pain due to insufficient heart-muscle blood flow (myocardial ischemia) but not diagnosed with obstructive coronary artery disease.

7 Sep 2022

Persistent cardiac symptoms in individuals with mild initial COVID-19

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers conducted serial cardiac assessments in individuals with mild initial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who had no history of cardiac disease and significant comorbidities.

7 Sep 2022

Greater physical activity, lower sedentary time likely to reduce breast cancer risk

Boosting physical activity levels and curbing sitting time are highly likely to lower breast cancer risk, finds research designed to strengthen proof of causation and published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

7 Sep 2022

Mothers' experience of stress during pregnancy affects children's emotional development

Pregnant people who had bigger fluctuations in stress from one moment to the next - also called lability - had infants with more fear, sadness and distress at three months old than mothers with less stress variability, reports a new Northwestern University study that examined how a child's developmental trajectory begins even before birth.

7 Sep 2022

Poor diet, food insecurity more common among women with women with disabilities

Women with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to rate their diet as poor and are more likely to experience food insecurity compared to women without disabilities, according to a new study led by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health.

6 Sep 2022

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HKUMed team estimates a moderate link between antipsychotic use and breast cancer by over 30%

Distribution of platinum after chemotherapy may help predict resistance to ovarian cancer treatment

Vaccination hesitancy more prominent among pregnant women of lower socioeconomic status

Research on the antimicrobial effects of human milk oligosaccharides

Supplementary folic acid associated with higher risk of COVID-19 diagnosis and mortality

Prenatal exposure to air pollution increases risk of childhood allergic rhinitis and asthma

Infections during pregnancy may not pose great risk to the baby's brain, study shows

Researchers review role of melatonin in pregnancies complicated by placental insufficiency

Animal models for studying the impacts of hormonal contraception

Significantly enlarged gray matter volume in neuropsychiatric long-COVID syndrome

Children of women with gestational diabetes and obesity more likely to develop ADHD

The effects of taurine supplementation on biomarkers of oxidative stress in women aged 55 to 70

Study highlights the importance of having a dedicated women-specific heart center

Persistent cardiac symptoms in individuals with mild initial COVID-19

Greater physical activity, lower sedentary time likely to reduce breast cancer risk

Mothers' experience of stress during pregnancy affects children's emotional development

Poor diet, food insecurity more common among women with women with disabilities

Metabolic signature could be a potential target for new breast cancer therapies

Air pollution linked to COVID-19 risk among pregnant, low-income New Yorkers

Study: Premenstrual mood symptoms represent a key public health issue globally

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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