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Women's Health news and articles on Women's Health. Info on Pregnancy Symptoms and Woman's Sexual Health, Vaginal Discharge, Women's Health Issues, Menopause Symptoms.
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Nov 17th, 2009
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued new guidelines Monday for basic preventative screening for breast cancer for women over the age of 40. Among the changes include an increasing of the age for baseline mammograms to age 50, and to change the recommendation for annual screenings to having the exams every other year.
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Nov 12th, 2009
Women are more likely to experience separation or divorce following diagnosis of cancer than are men. New research shows that men commonly leave when cancer strikes a partner. The findings suggest the importance of awareness among clinicians to help reduce the frequency of divorce and separation through early intervention.
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Nov 10th, 2009
The WHO released a report Monday, November 9th on how women's quality of life is decreased because of lack of access to health care worldwide.
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Oct 13th, 2009
Swissmedic, the medical regulatory agency in Switzerland, is looking into the death of a young woman who suffered a pulmonary embolism that appears to be a side effect of her birth control medication. According to the agency, the woman had been using Yaz, an oral medication made by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, for about 10 months when her death occurred in mid-September.
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Oct 4th, 2009
For the millions of women who experience urinary incontinence in the United States, there may be a new nondrug approach to treat this condition. Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that chair-based exercises provide older women with an effective way to treat and manage symptoms such as leakage of urine, feelings of urgency, and frequent urination, among others.
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Oct 1st, 2009
Midlife weight gain could mean midlife crisis. A study at Harvard School of Public Health says that women who are overweight do not live as long as women who are healthy and fit.
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Sep 29th, 2009
The shoes women choose to wear today may haunt them with lingering foot pain for years to come, according to a new study. The research findings appear in the October issue of Arthritis Care & Research and focus on women only and on one type of foot pain.
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Sep 28th, 2009
A rising number of women who have breast cancer in one breast are opting for prophylactic mastectomy, which is the removal of a healthy breast. The online journal Cancer reports that the number of women who asked their surgeon to remove their healthy breast at the same time the cancerous one was removed doubled between 1995 and 2005.
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Sep 22nd, 2009
There could be a long line of women waiting for this new way to treat menstrual pain and cramps that can often interfere with everyday activities. Results of a Phase I clinical trial show that tampons treated with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug is more effective than oral medication.
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Sep 18th, 2009
Janice Diane McCall, 65, had surgery at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, IL on September 2. HIPPA prevents too many details from being released, but McCall suffered injuries that day unrelated to her medical reason from being in the OR. She was a victim of a rare occurrence – a fire in the operating room.