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Just think about it: Giving natural movement to a patient with quadriplegia

Paralysis is often the result of nerve damage that prevents commands from the brain being relayed to muscle to cause movement...

22 May 2015

Greater evidence-based help needed for depressed workers - New report from The Work Foundation

A report from Lancaster University’s Work Foundation recommends that in order to improve both productivity and health and wellbeing among those of working age, more concerted action must be taken to support people with depression to stay in and to return to work...

21 May 2015

Skipping meals linked to abdominal weight gain and diabetes risk in mice

The researchers assessed glucose production to check for insulin resistance in the mice that gorged and then fasted and found that they had indeed developed insulin resistance in their livers, which is an indicator of prediabetes...

21 May 2015

Non-coding micro RNA molecule may control chemotherapy resistance among ovarian cancer patients

A molecule that helps control gene expression may play a role in controlling chemotherapy resistance among patients with the most common form of ovarian cancer.

21 May 2015

Australian survey reveals that most people never been told about risk of overdiagnosis

A national survey reveals that only one in ten Australians report being told about the risk of overdiagnosis by their doctors, according to research published today in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

21 May 2015

Abcodia raises £5.25 million funding to launch ovarian cancer screening test, ROCA

Abcodia today announced that it has raised £5.25 million funding from existing and new investors to bring the world’s most sensitive and specific ovarian cancer screening test, ROCA to market.

20 May 2015

Specific bacterial community in female genital tract induces inflammation, increases HIV risk

A team led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard has found that the most common bacterial community in the genital tract among healthy South Africa women not only is significantly different from that of women in developed countries but also leads to elevated levels of inflammatory proteins.

20 May 2015

Leeds scientists examine benefits of hyaluronic acid in helping improve IVF success rates

Scientists from the University of Leeds are investigating whether a molecule usually found in moisturisers and skin creams could improve IVF success rates in the UK.

20 May 2015

Women born preterm have higher risk of preterm delivery, study finds

Women who were born preterm have a higher risk of giving birth to preterm children, according to a study, published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, from researchers of the CHU Sainte-Justine and the University of Montreal.

19 May 2015

Current menopausal hormone therapy users at increased risk of experiencing GI bleeding

Current users of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) are more than twice as likely than non-users to develop lower gastrointestinal bleeding and ischemic colitis, especially if they use the therapy for longer durations, according to a study at Digestive Disease Week 2015.

19 May 2015

Pre-pregnancy maternal weight has significant impact on baby's immune system

Almost 60 percent of women of childbearing age in the United States are overweight or obese. Obesity is a major public health issue, and has been linked to health problems like heart disease, cancer and hypertension. It can complicate pregnancy by increasing the mother's risk of having gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, preterm birth or a baby with birth defects. Maternal obesity is also linked to several adverse health outcomes for the infant that can persist into adulthood, such as type-2 diabetes, heart disease and mortality.

19 May 2015

Linkam and Cambridge IVF work on the development of new protocols for sperm testing

IVF is becoming increasingly important as fertility and birth rates fall in developed countries. Ensuring patients get the right treatment is important both from an emotional and financial perspective...

From Linkam Scientific Instruments 18 May 2015

Information needs of cancer survivors differ depending on the type of cancer

Judging by the nature and topics of their information seeking, cancer patients' information needs appear to differ depending on the type of cancer they have and where they are in their survivorship.

18 May 2015

Buckeye Health Plan receives Dorland Health Case in Point Award

Buckeye Health Plan announced today that it's been awarded a Dorland Health Case in Point Award for its Pregnancy Specialty Care Management Program. The Case in Point Platinum Awards recognizes successful case management programs that focus on the continuum of care coordination.

17 May 2015

Mifepristone-eribulin combination clinically active in triple-negative breast cancer patients

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated, a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs that treat severe metabolic, oncologic and psychiatric disorders by modulating the effects of cortisol, today announced results of a multi-center Phase 1/2 dose-escalation study of mifepristone and chemotherapy drug eribulin (Halaven) that show it is well tolerated and clinically active in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

15 May 2015

Immunotherapy for kidney cancer - Phase 3 update from Argos Therapeutics at ASCO

Argos is developing AGS-003, which is a fully personalized immunotherapy designed to induce a durable memory T-cell response specific to each patient’s cancer...

14 May 2015

Rejection by attractive suitor makes women to distance themselves from unattractive man

It's portrayed in movies again and again - a character gets rejected by someone attractive and then falls willingly into the arms of someone perhaps less attractive.

14 May 2015

Hand-grip strength could be used as a predictor of stroke and heart attack

The authors of the study say grip strength was a stronger predictor of death than systolic blood pressure and that a grip test may provide a simple and cost-effective way of identifying people at high risk of heart attack or stroke...

14 May 2015

Public health advisories reduce rate of codeine dispensed to postpartum women

Public health advisories from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada were associated with significant reductions in the rate of dispensing of codeine to postpartum women, according to a study in the May 12 issue of JAMA.

14 May 2015

Uninsured, low-income women in non-expansion states less likely to receive breast, cervical cancer screenings

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers recently conducted a study that found low-income and uninsured women in states that are not expanding their Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid coverage are less likely to receive breast and cervical cancer screenings compared to states that are implementing expansions.

14 May 2015

Women's Health News

Just think about it: Giving natural movement to a patient with quadriplegia

Greater evidence-based help needed for depressed workers - New report from The Work Foundation

Skipping meals linked to abdominal weight gain and diabetes risk in mice

Non-coding micro RNA molecule may control chemotherapy resistance among ovarian cancer patients

Australian survey reveals that most people never been told about risk of overdiagnosis

Abcodia raises £5.25 million funding to launch ovarian cancer screening test, ROCA

Specific bacterial community in female genital tract induces inflammation, increases HIV risk

Leeds scientists examine benefits of hyaluronic acid in helping improve IVF success rates

Women born preterm have higher risk of preterm delivery, study finds

Current menopausal hormone therapy users at increased risk of experiencing GI bleeding

Pre-pregnancy maternal weight has significant impact on baby's immune system

Linkam and Cambridge IVF work on the development of new protocols for sperm testing

Information needs of cancer survivors differ depending on the type of cancer

Buckeye Health Plan receives Dorland Health Case in Point Award

Mifepristone-eribulin combination clinically active in triple-negative breast cancer patients

Immunotherapy for kidney cancer - Phase 3 update from Argos Therapeutics at ASCO

Rejection by attractive suitor makes women to distance themselves from unattractive man

Hand-grip strength could be used as a predictor of stroke and heart attack

Public health advisories reduce rate of codeine dispensed to postpartum women

Uninsured, low-income women in non-expansion states less likely to receive breast, cervical cancer screenings

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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