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Many women don't get adequate treatment when it comes to labia reduction surgery

Americans, for unknown reasons, don't often speak about vaginal health concerns with the respect and intelligence that they deserve. Because of this embarrassment and reluctance to talk about these issues, many women don't get the adequate treatment they deserve and often need.

7 Sep 2013

Education: A key factor in reducing negative impact on women's health

Research into the rise in obesity associated with the burgeoning industrial and service sectors in low- and middle-income countries found that education is a key factor in reducing the negative impact on women's health.

6 Sep 2013

Kenyan-based ZanaAfrica creates affordable sanitary pad with high quality

Kenyan social enterprise ZanaAfrica Group is recognized as a leading innovator in global health, education and development with the receipt of the highly selective "Phase II Grand Challenges Exploration" grant, a partnership between Grand Challenges Canada (which is funded by the Government of Canada) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

6 Sep 2013

Catholic bishops urge that marketplace insurance benefits for congress not include abortion

Members of Congress and their staffs will switch from the federal health system to the health law's new exchanges next year and the bishops are demanding that the current prohibitions on abortion funding continue.

6 Sep 2013

New review: Good asthma management is vital during pregnancy

Good asthma management during pregnancy is vital during pregnancy as poor asthma control can have adverse effects on maternal and fetal outcomes, says a new review published today (06 September) in The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG).

6 Sep 2013

Black women tend to have more atypical symptoms of angina and risk of death than whites

Among a group of women with symptoms of angina who were tested for a suspected coronary blockage, nearly 3 times as many black women as white women died of heart disease.

6 Sep 2013

Pregnant women who smoke as well as having asthma are increasing risk of complications

New research from the University of Adelaide has shown for the first time that pregnant women who smoke as well as having asthma are greatly increasing the risk of complications for themselves and their unborn children.

6 Sep 2013

Use of MRI before or after surgery in women with breast cancer has no benefits

A Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center study shows that the use of MRI before or immediately after surgery in women with DCIS was not associated with reduced local recurrence or contralateral breast cancer rates. The findings are being presented on Saturday, September 7, 2013, at the 2013 Breast Cancer Symposium.

5 Sep 2013

Underweight women with CAD should gain weight to reduce risk of death

Being underweight increases the death risk of women with coronary artery disease (CAD) by 2-fold, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today by Dr Aziza Azimi from Denmark. The study suggests that underweight women with CAD should gain weight to reduce their risk of death.

5 Sep 2013

CureDiva announces official launch of online breast cancer solutions store

CureDiva is proud to announce the official launch of the first ever, one-of-a-kind, high-end shopping and community platform that provides women with breast cancer, at every treatment phase, with all of their lifestyle needs.

4 Sep 2013

High sensitive troponin test may help doctors improve diagnosis in patients with heart attack

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today promising preliminary results from a study presented at the ESC Congress 2013, suggesting that its high sensitive troponin test may help doctors improve the diagnosis and prognosis of patients presenting with symptoms of a heart attack.

4 Sep 2013

Money & Medicine: Pay differential for women docs grows, big employers see health costs jump, Rx coupons are no bargain

News outlets covered various studies about health costs and doctor earnings. Female physicians in the U.S. continue to earn less than their male counterparts, with the pay gap widening during the past two decades to more than $50,000 annually in 2010, researchers said.

4 Sep 2013

Proteins in blood predict women at risk of pre-eclampsia during first pregnancy

Researchers from The University of Manchester and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust have identified proteins in the blood that could be used to predict whether a woman in her first pregnancy is at increased risk of developing pre-eclampsia.

From The University of Manchester 4 Sep 2013

Elsevier publishes position statement by EMAS in journal Maturitas on the topic of late parenthood

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the publication of a position statement by the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) in the journal Maturitas on the topic of late parenthood.

3 Sep 2013

Women in their 40s and 50s are hospitalized more than twice for asthma attack

Asthma is a disease that mostly affects young boys and adult women. And according to a new study, women in their 40s and 50s with asthma are hospitalized more than twice as often as men in the same age group. The 10-year study is published in the September issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).

3 Sep 2013

PTSD in mothers linked with increased risk for child maltreatment

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mothers appears to be associated with an increased risk for child maltreatment beyond that associated with maternal depression, according to a study published by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.

3 Sep 2013

Proteins in blood could predict woman at increased risk of developing pre-eclampsia

3 Sep 2013

Women are 25% less likely to die post TAVI than men, says doctor

Dr Sherif said: "Earlier studies on the impact of gender on outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) have had conflicting results. A Canadian study reported in 641 consecutive patients that female sex is associated with a better long-term and short-term survival after TAVI.1 An Italian study of 305 high risk patients found no gender differences in composite safety and efficacy endpoints at 30 days and one year after TAVI."2

2 Sep 2013

Each daily minute of higher-intensity activity lowers odds of obesity

To win the war against weight gain, it turns out that every skirmish matters - as long as the physical activity puts your heart and lungs to work.

2 Sep 2013

Roche's Herceptin formulation wins EU approval for treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the European Commission has granted Roche European Union marketing authorization for the use of a time-saving subcutaneous formulation of Herceptin (trastuzumab) for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer.

2 Sep 2013

Women's Health News

Many women don't get adequate treatment when it comes to labia reduction surgery

Education: A key factor in reducing negative impact on women's health

Kenyan-based ZanaAfrica creates affordable sanitary pad with high quality

Catholic bishops urge that marketplace insurance benefits for congress not include abortion

New review: Good asthma management is vital during pregnancy

Black women tend to have more atypical symptoms of angina and risk of death than whites

Pregnant women who smoke as well as having asthma are increasing risk of complications

Use of MRI before or after surgery in women with breast cancer has no benefits

Underweight women with CAD should gain weight to reduce risk of death

CureDiva announces official launch of online breast cancer solutions store

High sensitive troponin test may help doctors improve diagnosis in patients with heart attack

Money & Medicine: Pay differential for women docs grows, big employers see health costs jump, Rx coupons are no bargain

Proteins in blood predict women at risk of pre-eclampsia during first pregnancy

Elsevier publishes position statement by EMAS in journal Maturitas on the topic of late parenthood

Women in their 40s and 50s are hospitalized more than twice for asthma attack

PTSD in mothers linked with increased risk for child maltreatment

Proteins in blood could predict woman at increased risk of developing pre-eclampsia

Women are 25% less likely to die post TAVI than men, says doctor

Each daily minute of higher-intensity activity lowers odds of obesity

Roche's Herceptin formulation wins EU approval for treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer

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