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Clash over abortion hobbles a health bill. Again. Here’s how.

The Affordable Care Act very nearly failed to become law due to an intraparty dispute among Democrats over how to handle the abortion issue. Now a similar argument between Democrats and Republicans is slowing progress on a bill that could help cut soaring premiums and shore up the ACA.

21 Mar 2018

Study identifies two genes associated with extreme nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

Most women experience some morning sickness during pregnancy, but about 2 percent of pregnant women experience a more severe form of nausea and vomiting.

21 Mar 2018

High numbers of women perpetrate online child sexual abuse than previously thought

Research by a team of academics at the University of Huddersfield alerted the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to the probability that the number of offenders who both view online images of children and who engage in contact or the physical sexual abuse of children is much higher than usually believed.

21 Mar 2018

Obesity kills taste buds and dulls taste sensation finds study

According to a new study from researchers at the Cornell University, obesity can actually dull the taste buds as has been suspected for a long time. The study appeared in the latest issue of the journal PLoS Biology yesterday (20th of March 2018).

20 Mar 2018

FDA could curb or ban tobacco in menthol or fruit flavoured cigarettes soon

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking deeper at the tobacco levels in the flavoured tobacco products closely. These menthol or fruit flavoured cigarettes are more appealing to young people who take up smoking, they find. These have also escaped the regulations regarding tobacco usage for years now.

20 Mar 2018

Alzheimer’s disease on the rise

A new report shows that Alzheimer’s disease cases and the costs of treatment and hospitalization due to this disease and deaths due to this condition are on the rise. The report finds that at present 5.7 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and of these 5.5 million are over the age of 65 years. Of these 3.4 million are women.

20 Mar 2018

Diabetes medication reduces chance of late miscarriage, premature birth among women with PCOS

The oral diabetes medication metformin seems to reduce the chance of a late miscarriage and premature birth among women with polycystic ovary syndrome but does not affect their rate of developing gestational diabetes, a multicenter study finds.

20 Mar 2018

Antibiotics could benefit women suffering from chronic bladder pain

Antibiotics can successfully help rid a patient of chronic urinary tract infection symptoms. This is the finding of a new clinical study led by Sheela Swamy of University College London in the UK.

20 Mar 2018

Study shows clear connection between cardiovascular fitness in middle age and dementia risk

Women who have a high cardiovascular fitness in middle age have a risk of developing dementia when older that is almost 90 percent lower than among women in average physical condition, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.

20 Mar 2018

Women in medicine shout #Metoo about sexual harassment at work

Annette Katz didn't expect to be part of a major social movement. She didn't set out to take on a major health organization. But that all began to change when a co-worker saw her fighting back tears and joined Katz to report to her union what amounted to a criminal sexual offense at a Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 2012 and 2013.

20 Mar 2018

Adjuvant AC chemotherapy found to be effective in treating HRD-positive breast cancer patients

People with tough-to-treat triple negative breast cancer, whose tumors also don't allow for double-strand DNA repair, fare better when treated with a common adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy combination, according to results from a SWOG clinical trial.

20 Mar 2018

Mother’s pre-pregnancy waist size may be linked to child's autism risk

A new study finds children born to mothers who had a larger waist size before pregnancy may be more likely to have autism than those whose mothers had a smaller pre-pregnancy waist.

20 Mar 2018

50% of Australians do not brush teeth twice a day

Brushing twice a day for at least two minutes is a basic hygiene rule. According to a new survey from the Australia’s Oral Health Tracker, only half of the Australian adults brush twice a day regularly. Australia’s Oral Health Tracker includes experts such as dental researchers, clinicians as well as policy and public health experts. This report comes on World Oral Health Day and is released by the ADA

19 Mar 2018

Oral micronized progesterone may reduce hot flashes, night sweats in perimenopausal women

Oral micronized progesterone may diminish hot flashes and night sweats in perimenopausal women, new research from Canada reports.

19 Mar 2018

Treating metastatic breast cancer with immunotherapy

Breast cancer, in the stage with distant metastases, is an incurable disease with a 5 years survival rate of about 5-10%. Immunotherapy has recently improved survival in metastatic breast cancer patients with breast cancer harboring the expression of HER 2 receptor.

19 Mar 2018

Women's Health News

Clash over abortion hobbles a health bill. Again. Here’s how.

Study identifies two genes associated with extreme nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

High numbers of women perpetrate online child sexual abuse than previously thought

Obesity kills taste buds and dulls taste sensation finds study

FDA could curb or ban tobacco in menthol or fruit flavoured cigarettes soon

Alzheimer’s disease on the rise

Diabetes medication reduces chance of late miscarriage, premature birth among women with PCOS

Antibiotics could benefit women suffering from chronic bladder pain

Study shows clear connection between cardiovascular fitness in middle age and dementia risk

Women in medicine shout #Metoo about sexual harassment at work

Adjuvant AC chemotherapy found to be effective in treating HRD-positive breast cancer patients

Mother’s pre-pregnancy waist size may be linked to child's autism risk

50% of Australians do not brush teeth twice a day

Oral micronized progesterone may reduce hot flashes, night sweats in perimenopausal women

Treating metastatic breast cancer with immunotherapy

Study reveals impact of prostate cancer on wives and partners of sufferers

Mediterranean diet appears to be good for postmenopausal women's bones and muscles

Docs worry there’s ‘nowhere to send’ new and expectant moms with depression

Obesity linked to increased DNA damage in breast epithelium of BRCA mutation carriers

Breastfeeding mothers who overeat may increase risk of health problems in offspring

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