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Eating too much black licorice can lead to heart issues, FDA warns ahead of Halloween

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is encouraging people to be careful how much black licorice they eat if they are planning to snack on the candy over Halloween.

31 Oct 2017

Researchers investigate how component of soy may suppress breast cancer development

A University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is engaged in a series of studies to investigate how genistein, a component of soy foods, might suppress the development of breast cancer.

31 Oct 2017

Continued Paracetamol exposure during pregnancy linked to ADHD in offspring

A new study has found that long term or continued use of acetaminophen or paracetamol during pregnancy is linked to a doubled risk of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. The study entitled, “Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Risk of ADHD” was published in the latest issue of the journal Pediatrics.

30 Oct 2017

HPV vaccination and screening combination can decrease cancer risk by more than 90%

Every year there are around 400 new cases of cervical cancer and a total of approximately 800 cancers associated with HPV (human papilloma virus). Two measures could reverse this trend: the nonavalent HPV vaccination co-developed at MedUni Vienna's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology under the supervision of Elmar Joura and HPV screening by means of smear tests as secondary prevention.

30 Oct 2017

Discovery may provide insight into how Zika virus gets transmitted from mother to fetus

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil, report that the Zika virus is transmitted from mother to fetus by infected cells that, ironically, will later develop into the brain's first and primary form of defense against invasive pathogens.

27 Oct 2017

Review emphasizes need for more hypertension research in females

Women account for half of all cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) in the U.S., yet the majority of hypertension research focuses on men.

26 Oct 2017

Regional anesthesia for breast cancer surgery patients associated with better outcomes

Physicians believe that the use of regional anesthesia is associated with lower levels of inflammation and a better immune response in breast cancer surgery patients.

26 Oct 2017

Updated guidelines offer support for appropriate, safe use of accelerated partial-breast irradiation

Cleveland Clinic researcher Chirag Shah, M.D., led the development of updated guidelines for the appropriate and safe utilization of accelerated partial-breast irradiation. The guidelines are published online in the journal, Brachytherapy.

26 Oct 2017

Pregnancy does not incur greater risk of relapse for breast cancer survivors

A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that pregnancy does not incur a greater risk of relapse for survivors of breast cancer.

26 Oct 2017

Poor mental health sees hundreds of thousands of people leaving their jobs every year

Poor mental health causes up to 300,000 people to leave their jobs every year, according to a review called “Thriving at Work.”

26 Oct 2017

Majority of women at higher risk for breast cancer decline MRI screenings, study finds

Some women, because of genetic predisposition, personal, or family history, have a higher than average lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. For those women, earlier magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is recommended for cancer screening.

26 Oct 2017

Women can focus on modifiable risk factors to prevent breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women (except for skin cancers). One in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime with an estimated 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer in 2017.

25 Oct 2017

New blood test can reliably detect breast cancer in women with dense and non-dense breast tissue

A new study published in PLOS ONE demonstrates that Videssa® Breast, a multi-protein biomarker blood test for breast cancer, is unaffected by breast density and can reliably rule out breast cancer in women with both dense and non-dense breast tissue. Nearly half of all women in the U.S. have dense breast tissue.

25 Oct 2017

Women have higher mortality risk than men in the first year after heart attack

Heart attacks pose a greater threat to women than to men. A team at the Technical University of Munich has determined that in the first year after a heart attack women are subject to a significantly higher mortality risk than men with similar case histories.

25 Oct 2017

The painful side of positive health care marketing

Lori Wallace sits on a couch with her 11-year-old son and his new pet snake. It burrows under his armpit, as if afraid. Wallace is sure it’s not.

25 Oct 2017

Long-term risk of premature death in men and women strongly associated with depression, study reveals

A Stirling County study, published in Canadian Medical Association Journal, suggests that depression remains strongly associated with a higher risk of early death in both men and women.

25 Oct 2017

Scientists develop new method for enhancing breast reconstruction with autologous fat

5.000 women develop breast cancer every year in Austria. Surgical removal of the tumour continues to be a crucial part of successful treatment but frequently results in loss of breast tissue, making partial mastectomy necessary in 80% of cases.

25 Oct 2017

New trial to assess effectiveness of self-management program for women with pelvic organ prolapse

A new £1.1million trial led by the University of Stirling will assess whether a self-management program could help to improve the lives of women who suffer pelvic organ prolapse.

25 Oct 2017

New York bans vaping, e-cigs from everywhere that smoking is

Governor of New York Andrew M. Cuomo has signed a legislation that prohibits electronic cigarette smoking in areas and regions where smoking tobacco products are banned. This is an addition to the Clean Indoor Air Act. This bill - S.2543A/ A.516A, is meant to prevent the exposure to the harmful chemicals from the e-cigarettes to people around these smokers.

24 Oct 2017

Case report of a 21 year old woman sweating blood

She had a rare condition called hematohidrosis where she was sweating blood and her tears too contained blood. The dermatologists published the report of her rare case while protecting her identity, this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

24 Oct 2017

Women's Health News

Eating too much black licorice can lead to heart issues, FDA warns ahead of Halloween

Researchers investigate how component of soy may suppress breast cancer development

Continued Paracetamol exposure during pregnancy linked to ADHD in offspring

HPV vaccination and screening combination can decrease cancer risk by more than 90%

Discovery may provide insight into how Zika virus gets transmitted from mother to fetus

Review emphasizes need for more hypertension research in females

Regional anesthesia for breast cancer surgery patients associated with better outcomes

Updated guidelines offer support for appropriate, safe use of accelerated partial-breast irradiation

Pregnancy does not incur greater risk of relapse for breast cancer survivors

Poor mental health sees hundreds of thousands of people leaving their jobs every year

Majority of women at higher risk for breast cancer decline MRI screenings, study finds

Women can focus on modifiable risk factors to prevent breast cancer

New blood test can reliably detect breast cancer in women with dense and non-dense breast tissue

Women have higher mortality risk than men in the first year after heart attack

The painful side of positive health care marketing

Long-term risk of premature death in men and women strongly associated with depression, study reveals

Scientists develop new method for enhancing breast reconstruction with autologous fat

New trial to assess effectiveness of self-management program for women with pelvic organ prolapse

New York bans vaping, e-cigs from everywhere that smoking is

Case report of a 21 year old woman sweating blood

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