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Researchers examine mental health conditions of "super mom" and "super dad“

Mental health experts in the past three decades have emphasized the dangers of post-partum depression for mothers, but a University of Kansas researcher says expanding awareness of several other perinatal mental health conditions is important for all new parents, including fathers.

18 Aug 2014

Middle-aged women seek extra-marital affairs, not divorce

When middle-aged women seek extra-marital affairs, they are looking for more romantic passion, which includes sex - and don't want to divorce their husbands, suggests new research to be presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.

18 Aug 2014

Risky situations increase anxiety for women but not for men

Risky situations increase anxiety for women but not for men, leading women to perform worse under these circumstances, finds a study to be presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.

18 Aug 2014

GPs review how well patient asthma is controlled

A new Clinical e-Audit from NPS MedicineWise has been released that will help GPs review just how well patient asthma is controlled.

18 Aug 2014

Vitamin D deficiency affects fertility in women undergoing IVF

Women with a vitamin D deficiency were nearly half as likely to conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as women who had sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

17 Aug 2014

Study: 9/11 dust cloud linked to pregnancy issues

Pregnant women living near the World Trade Center during 9/11 experienced higher-than-normal negative birth outcomes, according to a new working paper by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

16 Aug 2014

Finding suggests that aspirin could play role in reducing breast cancer mortality

Researchers have discovered that women who had been prescribed aspirin regularly before being diagnosed with breast cancer are less likely to have cancer that spread to the lymph-nodes than women who were not on prescription aspirin. These women are also less likely to die from their breast cancer.

15 Aug 2014

Overweight and obesity linked to 10 common cancers and over 12 000 cases every year in the UK

A higher body mass index (BMI) increases the risk of developing 10 of the most common cancers, the largest study of its kind on BMI and cancer, involving more than 5 million adults in the UK, published in The Lancet shows.

14 Aug 2014

Low intake of dietary salt could be dangerous

Findings from a large, four-year study suggest that an inadequate amount of salt in the diet could increase the risk of poor cardiovascular outcomes and death.

14 Aug 2014

Researchers find priority targets for ovarian cancer immunotherapy

Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have found that the expression pattern of a unique class of tumor-associated antigens, known as the MAGE cancer-testis antigens (CTAs), correlates with clinical outcome in epithelial ovarian cancer.

14 Aug 2014

Recurrence of breast cancer cut by ½ in overweight women who regularly use NSAIDs

Recurrence of hormone-related breast cancer was cut by half in overweight and obese women who regularly used aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), according to data published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

14 Aug 2014

Sound of actual ticking clock can speed up women's attitudes on reproductive timing

The metaphor of a ticking clock is often used to refer to a woman's growing urge - from puberty onwards to menopause - to conceive before her childbearing years are over.

14 Aug 2014

Regular exercise linked with decrease in incidence of breast cancer in African American women

Regular exercise, including brisk walking, is associated with a decrease in the incidence of breast cancer in African American women.

14 Aug 2014

LUHS study explores ways to effectively treat pregnancy-related pelvic pain

Aches and pains are common during pregnancy, yet many women dismiss them as a normal part of carrying a baby.

13 Aug 2014

Tarsa obtains $10 million senior credit facility to support NDA submission for Ostora tablet

Tarsa Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has secured a $10 million senior credit facility from Oxford Finance LLC and Square 1 Bank. The company intends to use the proceeds to support its plans to file a New Drug Application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Ostora tablet for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, currently targeted for early 2015.

13 Aug 2014

Only 52% of women receive low-cost treatment to prevent babies death

A major international study of more than 303 000 births in 29 low-income and middle-income countries has found that only half (52%) of women who are eligible to receive a simple, effective, low-cost treatment to prevent death and disability in their newborn babies are getting it.

13 Aug 2014

Researchers gain rare insight into pregnancy-associated breast cancer

During pregnancy, certain hormones trigger specialized mammary stem cells to create milk-producing cells essential to lactation.

13 Aug 2014

$Research: Oxidative stress predicts hip fracture in postmenopausal women$

Research: Oxidative stress predicts hip fracture in postmenopausal women

Oxidative stress is a significant predictor for hip fracture in postmenopausal women, according to new research led by University of Cincinnati (UC) epidemiologists.

13 Aug 2014

Study shows competition kills creativity for women working in groups

Recent research has suggested that women play better with others in small working groups, and that adding women to a group is a surefire way to boost team collaboration and creativity.

13 Aug 2014

Researchers look at impact of stigma on relationship quality of transgender women

Researchers who looked at the impact of discrimination, poverty and stigma on the mental health and relationship quality of transgender women and their male romantic partners found that social and economic marginalization not only takes a psychological toll on each person individually but also appears to undermine them as a couple.

13 Aug 2014

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Researchers examine mental health conditions of "super mom" and "super dad“

Middle-aged women seek extra-marital affairs, not divorce

Risky situations increase anxiety for women but not for men

GPs review how well patient asthma is controlled

Vitamin D deficiency affects fertility in women undergoing IVF

Study: 9/11 dust cloud linked to pregnancy issues

Finding suggests that aspirin could play role in reducing breast cancer mortality

Overweight and obesity linked to 10 common cancers and over 12 000 cases every year in the UK

Low intake of dietary salt could be dangerous

Researchers find priority targets for ovarian cancer immunotherapy

Recurrence of breast cancer cut by ½ in overweight women who regularly use NSAIDs

Sound of actual ticking clock can speed up women's attitudes on reproductive timing

Regular exercise linked with decrease in incidence of breast cancer in African American women

LUHS study explores ways to effectively treat pregnancy-related pelvic pain

Tarsa obtains $10 million senior credit facility to support NDA submission for Ostora tablet

Only 52% of women receive low-cost treatment to prevent babies death

Researchers gain rare insight into pregnancy-associated breast cancer

Research: Oxidative stress predicts hip fracture in postmenopausal women

Study shows competition kills creativity for women working in groups

Researchers look at impact of stigma on relationship quality of transgender women

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