| Monday, January 05, 2009 |
| Awards Available To Better Understand Women's Mental Health |
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
| The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be funding two separate research projects to understand the mental health of women. |
| Persistent Imminent Orgasms In Women Are Associated With Restless Legs |
| Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| Persistent imminent orgasms in women are associated with restless legs and overactive bladder – a conclusion of research by the Utrecht University and The Hague’s Haga Hospital. |
| Secondhand Smoke Raises Odds Of Fertility Problems In Women |
| Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that women exposed to second hand smoke, either as adults or children, were significantly more likely to face fertility problems and suffer miscarriages. |
| Researchers Find Potential Links Between Breast Density And Breast Cancer Risk |
| Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| Having dense breasts - areas that show up light on a mammogram - is strongly associated with increased breast cancer risk, but "why" remains to be answered. By examining dense and non-dense tissue taken from the breasts of healthy volunteers, researchers from Mayo Clinic have found several potential links. |
| Selenium May Prevent High Risk-bladder Cancer For Women |
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 |
| New study suggested that selenium, a trace mineral found in grains, nuts and meats, may aid in the prevention of high-risk bladder cancer. |
| Poor Sleep Quality Linked To Postpartum Depression |
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| Postpartum depression (PPD) can lead to poor sleep quality, recent research shows; producing evidence that depression symptoms worsen in PPD patients when their quality of sleep declines. |
| Mayo Clinic Finds Women With Mitral Valve Prolapse Are Treated Less Aggressively Than Men |
| Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
| Evidence of higher mortality and lower surgery rates in women versus men with mitral valve prolapse and severe leakage may be related to the complexity of evaluating the condition's severity in women, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study. |
| Study Determined Two Drinks A Day Are OK For Women's Heart Beat |
| Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| Women who have up to two alcoholic drinks per day do not appear to be at increased risk of atrial fibrillation (irregular heart beat), but drinking more than that amount is associated with a higher risk, according to a new study. |
| Newborns Exposed To Maternal Smoking More Irritable, Difficult To Soothe |
| Wednesday, December 03, 2008 |
| Recent study by The Miriam Hospital went beyond the common outcomes of low birth weight and sudden infant death syndrome risks to reveal babies exposed to tobacco in utero are less likely to self-soothe and are more aroused and excitable than newborns whose mothers did not smoke during pregnancy. |
| New Screening Halves Number Of Children Born With Down Syndrome |
| Monday, December 01, 2008 |
| A new national screening strategy in Denmark has halved the number of infants born with Down's syndrome and increased the number of infants diagnosed before birth by 30 percent, according to a study published on the British Medical Journal.
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| Pelvic Lymphadenectomy Does Not Improve Survival In Early-stage Endometrial Cancer |
| Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| Systematic use of pelvic lymphadenectomy (removal of the lymph nodes) does not improve disease-free or overall survival in women with early-stage endometrial cancer, according to a randomized trial. |
| Two Antidepressants Taken During Pregnancy Linked To Heart Anomalies In Babies |
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
| Women who took the antidepressant fluoxetine during the first three months of pregnancy gave birth to four times as many babies with heart problems as women who did not and the levels were three times higher in women taking paroxetine, according to a recent study. |
| Possible Link Between Diabetes And Pelvic Girdle Syndrome |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
| Diabetes appears to be linked with an increased risk of pelvic girdle syndrome, according to a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Akershus University Hospital.
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| Behavioral Link Between Breastfeeding And Lower Risk Of Childhood Obesity |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
| Breastfeeding has a number of positive health benefits for baby: it can prevent ear infections and allergies and lowers the risk of developing respiratory problems. It can also help prevent against obesity later in life, but the reason for this still isn't known. |
| U.S. Gets A 'D' As March Of Dimes Releases Premature Birth Report Card |
| Monday, November 17, 2008 |
| The United States is failing hundreds of thousands of its youngest citizens on the day they are born, according to the March of Dimes.
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