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Arthritis pill endorsed; pregnant women still smoke, drinkUSA TODAYBy Kim Painter, USA TODAY Arthritis drug: A new pill for rheumatoid arthritis offers patients an important alternative to injected medications and should be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, an advisory panel said Wednesday.US FDA advisers back Pfizer arthritis drugChicago TribuneNew rheumatoid arthritis pill [...]
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Women overestimate effectiveness of Pill, condomsReutersBy Amy Norton | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Many women may think birth control pills and condoms are better at pregnancy prevention than they actually are, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of more than 4100 women who were seeking birth …Women overestimate the effectiveness of the [...]
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US Health Secretary: women unfairly affected by health insurance policyK-State CollegianBy Sean Kirkby Badger Herald, U. Wisconsin via UWIRE In a discussion held Tuesday at the University of Wisconsin, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius heard stories from women who have benefited from the reforms brought about by the …New Model [...]
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Breast Cancer: Women With False Positive Mammograms at Higher RiskABC NewsA new study suggests "false alarms" in breast cancer screenings might not be so benign after all. A Danish study of more than 58000 women found those who had false positive mammograms, meaning the results suggested breast cancer when there was none, …Do False-Positive [...]
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Rising Melanoma Rate Hits Young Women HardestABC NewsMore young adults — particularly young women — are developing melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. But the odds of surviving melanoma have improved over time, a new study found. The study, which spanned four decades, found that the …Melanoma rates skyrocketing in young adultsCBS [...]
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Estrogen lowers breast cancer risk in some womenCTV.caAP LONDON — Women who take estrogen after menopause appear to have a lower risk of breast cancer even years after they quit taking the hormone, according to a new analysis of a landmark study. The results are reassuring news for women who have had …Estrogen After Hysterectomy [...]
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Fertility breakthrough: Human eggs from stem cells could be a boon for women …New York Daily NewsAn experiment that produced human eggs from stem cells could one day be a boon for women who are desperate to have a baby, according to a study published on Sunday. The work sweeps away the [...]
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Report: Women have rare egg-producing stem cellsBoston.comBy Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writer / February 26, 2012 WASHINGTON—For 60 years, doctors have believed women were born with all the eggs they'll ever have. Now Harvard scientists are challenging that dogma, saying they've discovered the ovaries of …MGH researchers discover stem cell that makes eggsBoston GlobeUnlimited human [...]
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Heart Attack Signs Women Should KnowABC NewsTami Kimet thought she was coming down with the flu, but the 35-year-old mother of two was actually having a massive heart attack. "I thought I was just really rundown from my daughter's baptism the day before," said Kimet, who lives in Eerie, Pa.Female Heart Attack Patients Have [...]
Women More Likely To Die After Heart AttackWCVB-TVBy Ann Curley, CNN Medical Assignment Manager (CNN) — Nearly every 34 seconds someone in the United States has a heart attack, according to the American Heart Association. In fact, heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the US …and more »
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Heart attack symptoms 'differ in women'BBC NewsBy Dominic Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News Fewer women than men suffering from a heart attack appear to experience chest pain symptoms, according to a study of more than one million people in the US. Overall men have significantly more heart …Study: Women Can Be Missing Symptoms Of [...]
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Younger women with heart attacks face higher death riskBoston GlobeBy Deborah Kotz While younger women rarely have heart attacks, those who do face a greater risk of dying while in the hospital compared with men the same age — especially if they don't present with the classic symptom: chest pain.Heart Attacks in Young Women [...]
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Asian women see boost in estrogen when drinking coffee: StudyThe State ColumnResearchers from the National Institutes of Health reported that Asian women who consume 200 milligrams of more of caffeine a day have higher estrogen levels than Asian women who do not consume caffeine. However, this effect was not observed in white …Caffeine [...]
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Studies show men are more likely to experience slight memory loss than women …ABC NewsMen more than women are at higher risk of developing mild memory loss, according to a new study published in the journal Neurology. The memory dysfunction, called mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, is the stage between normal brain aging and [...]
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Who feels pain more, men or women?northwestohio.comby Elizabeth Reed On a scale from 1 to 10, how surprised are you that women reportedly feel pain more intensely than men? Time reports that in the 11000-patient study of electronic medical records, researchers found women indicated higher levels of …Stanford study shows women report more intense [...]
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Women found to report much more pain than menSan Francisco ChronicleRicardo Mazalan / AP United States' Sarah Hammer grimaces in pain after crashing during the Track Cycling Women's Points Race during the 2008 Olympics. According to a new Stanford study, women tend to report much more severe pain than men, …Stanford study shows women [...]
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Women feel more pain than men, study saysUSA TODAYBy HealthDay According to the results of a study in which researchers examined pain scores from tens of thousands of patients in the United States, women experience more intense pain than men. There are numerous studies showing that women report more …Females More Sensitive To Pain [...]
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Women feel more pain than men, study findsCBS News(CBS) Who hurts more, men or women? A new Stanford University study examining patients' medical records found surprisingly clear results: across the board, women report higher levels of pain than men. For the study, researchers reviewed patients' …Women found to report much more pain than menSan Francisco [...]
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Study: Healthy women can wait 15 years on bone scansSarasota Herald-TribuneBy AP, Herald-Tribune ATLANTA — New research could mean millions of older women can skip frequent screening tests for osteoporosis: If an initial bone scan shows no big problems, many can safely wait 15 years to have another one, the study suggests. …Osteoporosis Patients Advised [...]
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Women Receive Bone Tests Too Often for Osteoporosis, Study FindsBusinessWeekBy Sarah Frier Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) — Many women who get screened for osteoporosis may not need it, suggesting current guidelines may spur extra tests, increasing costs and unnecessary treatment, a study found. Osteoporosis, a loss in bone density that …Osteoporosis Patients Advised to Delay Bone [...]