Women's Health

New blood test detects potentially deadly calcium deposits

Published at | 2012-09-06 17:16:16 | in category Women's Health

For the first time, a new test can measure the propensity for calcification to occur in an individual’s blood. The test could identify people at risk for vascular calcification, a major cause of heart disease. ...

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120906181641.htm

Diagnostic chest radiation before age 30 may increase breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers

Published at | 2012-09-06 18:08:08 | in category Women's Health

Women carrying a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes (which control the suppression of breast and ovarian cancer) who have undergone diagnostic radiation to the chest before the age of 30 are more likely to develop breast cancer than those who carry the gene mutation but who have not been exposed, a new study reveals. ...

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120906190816.htm

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How breast cancer spreads

Published at | 2012-09-10 14:10:10 | in category Women's Health

The invasion of cancer cells into the lymph vessels that connect the breast to surrounding lymph nodes is the first step leading to the metastasis, or spread, of cancer throughout the body. Metastasis is the primary cause of breast cancer deaths. Surprisingly little is known about the control of this process and how it might be interrupted to prolo ...

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120910151052.htm

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Witch Hunts Targeted By Grassroots Women's Groups

Published at | 2012-09-06 02:00:00 | in category Women's Health

Witch hunts are common and sometimes deadly in the tea plantations of Jalpaiguri, India. But a surprising source - small groups of women who meet through a government loan program - has achieved some success in preventing the longstanding practice, a Michigan State University sociologist found... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/249865.php

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Study Helps Identify Cellular Mechanisms For Increased Bone Density Seen With Moderate Alcohol Consumption Post-Menopause

Published at | 2012-08-05 02:00:00 | in category Women's Health

Women after menopause tend to develop weaker bones from what is known as osteoporosis, which may lead to fractures (especially hip fractures) from falling. The weakness of the bones results from an imbalance between the normal resorption (a type of dissolving of old bone) and the laying down of new bone, an ongoing process for both men and women re ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/248598.php

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More Effective, Safer Protection Against Osteoporosis?

Published at | 2012-08-22 02:00:00 | in category Women's Health

A new study suggests that a polyclonal antibody that blocks follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in mice without ovaries might offer a more effective way to prevent or arrest osteoporosis than currently available treatments... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/249268.php

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Why Menopause Evolved

Published at | 2012-08-24 02:00:00 | in category Women's Health

The menopause evolved, in part, to prevent competition between a mother and her new daughter-in-law, according to research published in the journal Ecology Letters... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/249363.php

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Many women don't know when they're fertile

Published at | 2012-09-05 15:04:15 | in category Women's Health

Women seeking help getting pregnant at fertility clinics are often confused about when they're most likely to conceive naturally, an Australian survey finds. ...

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48913373/ns/health-womens_health/

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Mom's older age doesn't hurt kids later in life

Published at | 2012-09-06 14:22:51 | in category Women's Health

A new study finds that contrary to current thinking, children of older mothers do not appear to be at increased risk of diseases when they are adults. ...

Source: http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/06/13709006-moms-older-age-doesnt-hurt-kids-later-in-life?lite

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When your heart breaks, your whole body hurts

Published at | 2012-09-10 08:56:03 | in category Women's Health

Getting dumped ignites a series of reactions that ends up feeling like a full-body blow. We tell you why love can hurt. ...

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48942730/ns/health-womens_health/

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