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Researchers find reassuring evidence of H1N1 influenza vaccine's safety during pregnancy

Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center and UC San Diego, in collaboration with the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, have found 'reassuring' evidence of the H1N1 influenza vaccine's safety during pregnancy.

24 Sep 2013

Preliminary results from TRUFFLE study reveal better health outcomes in high-risk fetuses

Researchers are conducting a clinical trial to help determine the best timing of delivery in preterm pregnancies complicated by poor fetal growth. Preliminary results from the trial, which are published early online in Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, demonstrate better than expected health outcomes in this high-risk group of fetuses.

24 Sep 2013

Study shows need for improved detection of sepsis for all women in labor

Rates of severe sepsis and deaths from sepsis among U.S. women hospitalized for delivery have risen sharply over the last decade, reports a study in the October issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society.

24 Sep 2013

Study: Frequent bedsharing linked with longer duration of breastfeeding

Frequent bedsharing between a mother and infant was associated with longer duration of breastfeeding, but researchers warned of the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) associated with bedsharing, in a study by Yi Huang, Ph.D., of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and colleagues.

24 Sep 2013

Researchers find evidence of H1N1 influenza vaccine's safety during pregnancy

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Boston University, in collaboration with the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), have found evidence of the H1N1 influenza vaccine's safety during pregnancy.

24 Sep 2013

Older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer are more likely to experience functional disability

Many older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer have difficulty accomplishing daily tasks, and African-Americans seem to be disproportionately affected.

23 Sep 2013

Researchers conduct study to determine best option for pregnancies complicated by poor fetal growth

Researchers are conducting a clinical trial to help determine the best timing of delivery in preterm pregnancies complicated by poor fetal growth.

23 Sep 2013

Avon Foundation for Women launches competition to bring emerging breast cancer technologies to market

A world-wide competition to bring emerging breast cancer technologies to market is being launched by the Avon Foundation for Women, in partnership with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the NIH, and the Center for Advancing Innovation.

21 Sep 2013

Mother who smoke during her pregnancy may transmit asthma to future generation

Asthma is a serious public health problem. An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from this sometimes deadly lung disease, a number expected to increase to 400 million by 2025. One well-established risk factor for asthma is having a mother who smoked during her pregnancy.

21 Sep 2013

Applied Integrin Sciences' drug candidate eliminates ovarian cancer tumors in pre-clinical study

Applied Integrin Sciences, Inc. announced today that its first cancer therapeutic drug candidate eliminated all intraperitoneal ovarian cancer tumors in a pre-clinical study testing a novel treatment regimen.

21 Sep 2013

Researchers make new breakthroughs in brain circuitry controlling fertility

In a landmark discovery, the final piece in the puzzle of understanding how the brain circuitry vital to normal fertility in humans and other mammals operates has been put together by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago.

21 Sep 2013

Study: Women with access to group prenatal care have improved birth outcomes

Women with access to group prenatal care had improved birth outcomes, including longer gestational periods and higher birth weight, in a study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt's Peabody Research Institute.

21 Sep 2013

Hormone replacement therapy formulations may cause different risks for stroke, heart attack

Post-menopausal women whose doctors prescribe hormone replacement therapy for severe hot flashes and other menopause symptoms may want to consider taking low doses of Food and Drug Administration-approved bioidentical forms of estrogen or getting their hormones via a transdermal patch.

20 Sep 2013

Shorter course of radiotherapy safe and effective for women with breast cancer

The long-term results of the landmark START trials conclusively confirm that giving radiotherapy as a lower overall dose in fewer, higher doses over a shorter treatment time (hypofractionated) is at least as effective and safe as the current international standard for most women with early breast cancer.

19 Sep 2013

Postpartum sexuality: an interview with Dr Sari van Anders, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research on postpartum seems to have focused on birth mothers for good reason: women (and, of course, some transmen) are the ones who carry a pregnancy and give birth, and the postpartum is conceptualized as “following birth”.

19 Sep 2013

Cancer Council Queensland to host free webinar for women diagnosed with breast cancer genes

Cancer Council will next week host a free national webinar for women who carry BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 genes for breast cancer.

19 Sep 2013

Midwifery care costs less and just as safe as standard maternity care

Continued care from a named midwife throughout pregnancy, birth, and after the baby is born (caseload midwifery) is just as safe as standard maternity care (shared between different midwives and medical practitioners) for all women irrespective of risk, and is significantly cheaper, according to new research published in The Lancet.

19 Sep 2013

Radiotherapy combined with breast-conserving surgery reduces risk of local recurrence in women DCIS

Results of EORTC trial 10853 appearing in the Journal of Clinical Oncology show that breast conserving treatment combined with radiotherapy reduces the risk of local recurrence in women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

19 Sep 2013

A cost-effective approach to California's mammography screening program

When public health budgets are constrained, mammography screening should begin later and occur less frequently, a cost-effectiveness analysis for California's Every Woman Counts (EWC) program concludes.

18 Sep 2013

Study shows that in women, heart attack is not always accompanied by chest chain

"Women less than 55 years old are more likely to have their ACS misdiagnosed in the ER than men, and they have higher risk of death," adds first author Dr. Nadia Khan, associate professor of Medicine, UBC. "The public and physicians need to be aware of this problem."

18 Sep 2013

Women's Health News

Researchers find reassuring evidence of H1N1 influenza vaccine's safety during pregnancy

Preliminary results from TRUFFLE study reveal better health outcomes in high-risk fetuses

Study shows need for improved detection of sepsis for all women in labor

Study: Frequent bedsharing linked with longer duration of breastfeeding

Researchers find evidence of H1N1 influenza vaccine's safety during pregnancy

Older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer are more likely to experience functional disability

Researchers conduct study to determine best option for pregnancies complicated by poor fetal growth

Avon Foundation for Women launches competition to bring emerging breast cancer technologies to market

Mother who smoke during her pregnancy may transmit asthma to future generation

Applied Integrin Sciences' drug candidate eliminates ovarian cancer tumors in pre-clinical study

Researchers make new breakthroughs in brain circuitry controlling fertility

Study: Women with access to group prenatal care have improved birth outcomes

Hormone replacement therapy formulations may cause different risks for stroke, heart attack

Shorter course of radiotherapy safe and effective for women with breast cancer

Postpartum sexuality: an interview with Dr Sari van Anders, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Cancer Council Queensland to host free webinar for women diagnosed with breast cancer genes

Midwifery care costs less and just as safe as standard maternity care

Radiotherapy combined with breast-conserving surgery reduces risk of local recurrence in women DCIS

A cost-effective approach to California's mammography screening program

Study shows that in women, heart attack is not always accompanied by chest chain

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