Women's Health:
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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Feb 26th, 2009
African American women aged 60 and older who volunteer in elementary schools are not only more physically active than their non-volunteering counterparts, but seem to sustain this physical activity over time. Specifically, those who volunteered burned twice as many calories as those who did not.
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Feb 25th, 2009
A study published in the Feb 24, 2009 Journal of the National Cancer Institute based on the health records of more than 1 million women in the UK who participated in the Million Women Study shows that partaking in even one alcoholic drink daily increases cancer risk. While alcohol has previously been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, this new study shows that alcohol also increases the risk of liver and rectal cancers in middle-aged women.
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Feb 18th, 2009
Like many people, I love coffee, so it was nice to see this article on the "coffee consumption of women" published online before print in the February 16 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Feb 13th, 2009
Duke researchers envision a day in the not so distant future when robots will be performing breast biopsy. Engineers have designed an artificial intelligence program that takes 3-dimensional information and feeds it to the robot that then guides a needle into a woman's breast to take a tissue sample.
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Feb 10th, 2009
Women who drink two cans of soda a day face almost double the risk of early kidney disease say Loyola researchers. A recent study found that women who reported drinking two cans of soda daily had high levels of the protein albumin in their urine, an early indication of kidney disease.
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Feb 7th, 2009
Tabitha Mullings' ordeal started in September when the 32-year-old was discharged from Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City. She was diagnosed with kidney stones and sent her home with painkillers.
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Jan 30th, 2009
Patients are often advised to lose weight to reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and osteoarthritis. Now, there is evidence that weight loss and lifestyle changes can help control urinary incontinence.
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Jan 30th, 2009
The information about breast screening sent to women in the United Kingdom has serious shortcomings and should not be used as a basis for informed consent, warn researchers.
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Jan 30th, 2009
Reducing urinary incontinence among women can now be added to the extensive list of health benefits of weight loss.
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Jan 17th, 2009
Two new studies show that hormone therapy for women is linked to brain shrinkage, but not to the small brain lesions that are the first sign of cerebrovascular disease.
