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Combinations of mother's body size, placental size can predict heart disease in men in later life: Study

Researchers investigating the foetal origins of chronic disease have discovered that combinations of a mother's body size and the shape and size of her baby's placenta can predict heart disease in men in later life.

4 Jun 2011

Sexual pleasure among young adults linked to healthy psychological and social development

Sexual pleasure among young adults (ages 18-26) is linked to healthy psychological and social development, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

4 Jun 2011

G8 must fulfill pledges to women and children

"Making promises is one thing. Keeping them is another. If the G8 is really to deliver on and monitor the Muskoka Initiative - as it said it would last week - we must see it reported against in the 2012 G8 accountability report, with the gaps in aid information addressed".

4 Jun 2011

Viewpoints: Debating the best ways to 'fix' Medicare; ACO rule; states 'punishing' women?

The truth is, there is no perfect plan — we all know that. We also know that the only way this works is through a bipartisan effort where everyone prods their own sacred cows into the cattle chute, and everyone gives up something they like to protect the country they love. ... Members of both parties and both houses must publicly support the work of the Gang of Six. This is the time for heroes.

4 Jun 2011

Nuvera announces results of blinded study on breast cancer assay for taxane chemotherapy response

Nuvera Biosciences, a molecular diagnostics company that develops gene-based diagnostic assays for personalized medicine in cancer, announced the results of a blinded validation study on its breast cancer assay for taxane chemotherapy response.

4 Jun 2011

Telethermographic device is not approved for screening breast cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned women not to substitute breast thermography for mammography to screen for breast cancer.

3 Jun 2011

Many women over 70 with stage I breast cancer opt for radiation therapy: ASCO

Patterns of radiation usage in breast conserving therapy for women 70 years and older with stage I breast cancer are changing: more women are opting for radioactive implants and those with estrogen positive tumors are opting out of radiation therapy, according to an abstract being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago by Thomas Jefferson University Hospital researchers on Saturday, June 4.

3 Jun 2011

Dilon Diagnostics to introduce latest advancement in molecular breast imaging at SNM meeting

Dilon Diagnostics will introduce the latest advancement in molecular breast imaging (MBI) this week at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, with the premiere of its FDA-cleared Dilon 6800® Acella Gamma Camera system.

3 Jun 2011

Fatty diet during pregnancy linked to increased risk of placental inflammation, stillbirth

Eating a high-fat diet during pregnancy increases the chance of stillbirth, according to new research at Oregon Health & Science University. The new data show eating a typical American diet, which is high in fat, decreases blood flow from the mother to the placenta, the temporary organ that nourishes the unborn fetus.

3 Jun 2011

HHS says Indiana cannot cut Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood

The Obama administration prohibited the State of Indiana on Wednesday from carrying out a new state law that cuts off money for Planned Parenthood clinics providing health care to low-income women on Medicaid. The state law penalized Planned Parenthood because some of its clinics also perform abortions.

3 Jun 2011

Hip strengthening exercises reduce patellofemoral pain, improve female runners' gaits

Hip strengthening exercises performed by female runners not only significantly reduced patellofemoral pain -- a common knee pain experienced by runners -- but they also improved the runners' gaits, according to Indiana University motion analysis expert Tracy Dierks.

3 Jun 2011

Geophagy protects stomach against toxins, parasites and pathogens

Most of us never considered eating the mud pies we made as kids, but for many people all over the world, dining on dirt is nothing out of the ordinary. Now an extensive meta-analysis forthcoming in the June issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology helps explain why.

3 Jun 2011

Octomom’s fertility specialist loses license

A Beverly Hills fertility doctor who assisted Nadya Suleman in conceiving octuplets is set to lose his medical license, the Medical Board of California announced Wednesday.

2 Jun 2011

Relatives of women who died in childbirth in Uganda sue government

"Relatives of two woman who died in childbirth launched a landmark lawsuit against the Ugandan government Friday to highlight the failure to provide adequate maternal healthcare," Sapa/Agence France-Presse/IOL reports.

2 Jun 2011

Study explains differences between male and female victims in community violence assaults

A new study from Rhode Island Hospital shows that a large proportion of victims of community violence treated in its emergency department are female. Injured adolescent females are more likely than males to be injured by a relative or intimate partner, and are more likely to be injured by a single assailant.

2 Jun 2011

Researchers discover overactive genes that drive triple-negative breast cancer cells

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified an overactive network of growth-spurring genes that drive stem-like breast cancer cells enriched in triple-negative breast tumors, a typically aggressive cancer that is highly resistant to current therapies.

2 Jun 2011

Unwed mothers face poorer health at midlife: New nationwide study

Unwed mothers face poorer health at midlife than do women who have children after marriage, according to a new nationwide study, which appears in the June 2011 issue of the American Sociological Review.

2 Jun 2011

Men with migraine suffer from PTSD than women

A recently published paper highlights that while the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more common in those with migraine than those without migraine irrespective of sex, the risk is greater in male migraineurs than female migraineurs. Study details are now available in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Headache Society.

1 Jun 2011

SGO's Clinical Document outlines expert recommendations for gynecologic cancer surveillance

Although gynecologic cancers account for only 10 percent of all new cancer cases in women, these cancers account for 20 percent of all female cancer survivors. Because long-term survival is now more common, it is increasingly important to detect recurrence.

1 Jun 2011

National survey finds gender and race affect self-reported health

A survey of nearly 4,000 Americans finds that obese women reported significantly worse health than obese men. Blacks who were overweight also reported better health than blacks in the normal or obese weight categories.

1 Jun 2011

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Combinations of mother's body size, placental size can predict heart disease in men in later life: Study

Sexual pleasure among young adults linked to healthy psychological and social development

G8 must fulfill pledges to women and children

Viewpoints: Debating the best ways to 'fix' Medicare; ACO rule; states 'punishing' women?

Nuvera announces results of blinded study on breast cancer assay for taxane chemotherapy response

Telethermographic device is not approved for screening breast cancer

Many women over 70 with stage I breast cancer opt for radiation therapy: ASCO

Dilon Diagnostics to introduce latest advancement in molecular breast imaging at SNM meeting

Fatty diet during pregnancy linked to increased risk of placental inflammation, stillbirth

HHS says Indiana cannot cut Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood

Hip strengthening exercises reduce patellofemoral pain, improve female runners' gaits

Geophagy protects stomach against toxins, parasites and pathogens

Octomom’s fertility specialist loses license

Relatives of women who died in childbirth in Uganda sue government

Study explains differences between male and female victims in community violence assaults

Researchers discover overactive genes that drive triple-negative breast cancer cells

Unwed mothers face poorer health at midlife: New nationwide study

Men with migraine suffer from PTSD than women

SGO's Clinical Document outlines expert recommendations for gynecologic cancer surveillance

National survey finds gender and race affect self-reported health

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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