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New surgical guidelines have potential to reduce unnecessary breast surgeries, improve patient outcomes

New surgical guidelines announced today by the Society of Surgical Oncology and the American Society for Radiation Oncology have the potential to significantly reduce unnecessary breast surgeries, improve patient outcomes and empower women to make important decisions with their doctors about their breast cancer treatment.

10 Feb 2014

Women who survive stroke have worse quality of life than men

The good news: More people survive stroke now than 10 years ago due to improved treatment and prevention.

10 Feb 2014

Findings may help physicians choose precise treatments for women with advanced breast cancer

The first large-scale study testing all the DNA—the entire genome—of tumour cells from more than 400 women with advanced breast cancer has identified individuals with a good chance of benefiting from specific treatments already being tested in clinical trials.

10 Feb 2014

Young women smokers may have increased risk of developing common type of breast cancer

Young women who smoke and have been smoking a pack a day for a decade or more have a significantly increased risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer.

10 Feb 2014

Hot flashes, depression and anxiety affect thinking skills of midlife women with HIV

Hot flashes, depression, and most of all, anxiety, affect the thinking skills of midlife women with HIV, so screening for and treating their anxiety may be especially important in helping them function, according to a study just published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

9 Feb 2014

Some neurologic diseases associated with prenatal exposure to inflammatory immune responses

Johns Hopkins researchers report that fetal mice — especially males — show signs of brain damage that lasts into their adulthood when they are exposed in the womb to a maternal immune system kicked into high gear by a serious infection or other malady. The findings suggest that some neurologic diseases in humans could be similarly rooted in prenatal exposure to inflammatory immune responses.

7 Feb 2014

Experts release stroke-prevention guidelines for women

While stroke occurrences have been on a consistent decline in the United States since the early 1900s, more women are still dying from them than are men. To aid in curbing these deaths, first-of-their-kind stroke-prevention guidelines for women have been released with the help of one University of Alabama at Birmingham expert.

7 Feb 2014

Study: Women who take aspirin daily may reduce risk of ovarian cancer by 20%

Women who take aspirin daily may reduce their risk of ovarian cancer by 20 percent, according to a study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. However, further research is needed before clinical recommendations can be made.

7 Feb 2014

Reports indicate rural women more likely to have depressive mood and anxiety symptoms

Women living in rural communities are less likely than urban-dwelling women to receive sufficient mental health care, in large part due to limited access to services and societal stigma, according to medicine and public health researchers.

6 Feb 2014

Researcher tackles new way to slow down and perhaps prevent preterm labor

A Florida State University researcher is tackling a new and inventive way to slow down and perhaps prevent preterm labor.

6 Feb 2014

Women must visit obstetricians, primary care doctors after childbirth

Medical associations widely recommend that women visit their obstetricians and primary care doctors shortly after giving birth, but slightly fewer than half make or keep those postpartum appointments, according to a study by Johns Hopkins researchers.

6 Feb 2014

Researchers make first link between menopause, smoking and genetic variations in white women

New research is lighting up yet another reason for women to quit smoking. In a study published online in the journal Menopause, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report the first evidence showing that smoking causes earlier signs of menopause - in the case of heavy smokers, up to nine years earlier than average - in white women with certain genetic variations.

5 Feb 2014

Randomized trial shows injecting anesthetic near nerve bundle reduces troublesome hot flashes

Injecting a little anesthetic near a nerve bundle in the neck cut troublesome hot flashes significantly, shows a new randomized, controlled trial published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

5 Feb 2014

Population Council launches large new research program to benefit adolescent girls in Kenya

The Population Council announced today the launch of a large new research program designed to benefit adolescent girls in Kenya. The initiative will provide girls with access to interventions in the health, wealth creation, education, and violence-prevention sectors.

5 Feb 2014

New enroll America health law outreach targets young women with pets

The pet-themed ads are designed to appeal to these women and convince them to sign up for coverage and raise their awareness about the financial assistance for which they may qualify.

5 Feb 2014

Pfizer’s palbociclib Phase 2 trial achieves primary endpoint in patients with advanced breast cancer

Pfizer Inc. today announced that the randomized Phase 2 trial [PALOMA-1] of palbociclib achieved its primary endpoint by demonstrating a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) for the combination of palbociclib and letrozole compared with letrozole alone in post-menopausal women with estrogen receptor positive (ER+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-) locally advanced or newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer.

4 Feb 2014

Women with schizophrenia twice as likely to experience pre-term birth and pregnancy complications

Women with schizophrenia are nearly twice as likely to experience pre-eclampsia, pre-term birth and other serious pregnancy and delivery complications as women without the condition, a landmark study by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Women's College Hospital has found.

4 Feb 2014

Study finds cervicovaginal microbiota differs in women destined to have preterm birth

In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 3:15 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report that cervicovaginal (CV) microbiota differs in the late second and early third trimester in women destined to have a preterm birth.

4 Feb 2014

Patient controlled analgesia not equivalent to epidural analgesia for pain relief during labor

In a study to be presented on Feb. 7 at 1:30 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report findings which suggest remifentanil patient controlled analgesia is not equivalent to epidural analgesia for pain, pain appreciation scores, and overall satisfaction in women who request for pain relief during labor.

4 Feb 2014

Findings may help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments

New research findings may soon help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments by identifying which women at higher risk for preterm birth will be helped by progesterone injections.

4 Feb 2014

Women's Health News

New surgical guidelines have potential to reduce unnecessary breast surgeries, improve patient outcomes

Women who survive stroke have worse quality of life than men

Findings may help physicians choose precise treatments for women with advanced breast cancer

Young women smokers may have increased risk of developing common type of breast cancer

Hot flashes, depression and anxiety affect thinking skills of midlife women with HIV

Some neurologic diseases associated with prenatal exposure to inflammatory immune responses

Experts release stroke-prevention guidelines for women

Study: Women who take aspirin daily may reduce risk of ovarian cancer by 20%

Reports indicate rural women more likely to have depressive mood and anxiety symptoms

Researcher tackles new way to slow down and perhaps prevent preterm labor

Women must visit obstetricians, primary care doctors after childbirth

Researchers make first link between menopause, smoking and genetic variations in white women

Randomized trial shows injecting anesthetic near nerve bundle reduces troublesome hot flashes

Population Council launches large new research program to benefit adolescent girls in Kenya

New enroll America health law outreach targets young women with pets

Pfizer’s palbociclib Phase 2 trial achieves primary endpoint in patients with advanced breast cancer

Women with schizophrenia twice as likely to experience pre-term birth and pregnancy complications

Study finds cervicovaginal microbiota differs in women destined to have preterm birth

Patient controlled analgesia not equivalent to epidural analgesia for pain relief during labor

Findings may help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments

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