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Flaxseed provides no benefit in easing hot flashes among breast cancer patients and postmenopausal women, according to a Mayo Clinic and North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) study. The randomized, placebo-controlled study was conducted on 188 women between October and December 2009 and found no statistically significant difference in mean hot flash scores between women [...]
Electronic cigarettes are devices designed to deliver nicotine or other substances to a user in the form of a vapor. Typically, they are made up of a rechargeable, battery-operated heating element, a replaceable cartridge that may contain nicotine or other chemicals, and an atomizer that, when heated, converts the contents of the cartridge into a [...]
Testosterone Molecule Testosterone might protect the memory of healthy aging women, according to a small open-label pilot study reported at the Endocrine Society 93rd Annual Meeting held in June 2011. Nine postmenopausal women who used a transdermal testosterone spray for about 6 months saw improvements over baseline in verbal learning and memory. A group of [...]
When the Food and Drug Administration allowed silicone gel-filled breast implants back on the market in November 2006, the agency required the manufacturers to conduct follow-up studies to learn more about the long-term performance and safety of the devices. on June 22, 2011, the FDA released a report that includes preliminary safety data from these [...]
Too often, teen pregnancy is thought of as an adolescent female’s problem, but as they say, it takes two to tango. Of the approximately 10 million adolescent males aged 12 to 16 in 1996, a national study revealed that almost one in 10 became fathers before their 20th birthday(1). The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new genetic test that will help health care professionals determine if women with breast cancer are HER2-positive and, therefore, candidates for Herceptin (trastuzumab), a commonly used breast cancer treatment. The test, called Inform Dual ISH, allows for measurement of the number of copies of the HER2 [...]
Recently, Dr. Karen Sibert, an anesthesiologist from California, wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times on the subject of women in the field of medicine. Sibert eloquently maintains a blunt, matter-of-fact tone as she discusses what she feels to be an assault on the field of medicine–women choosing careers as physicians, only to [...]
Eight substances were added to the 12th Report on Carcinogens, a science-based document that identifies chemicals and biological agents that may put people at increased risk for cancer. The Report is maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services and data compiled by the National Toxicology Program (NTP). The industrial chemical formaldehyde and [...]
You care about your health and you try to keep up on the latest research. But you don’t know the difference between the endometrium and the cervix? Or how about aneuploid and diploid? A new educational resource is now at your finger tips called Repropedia. Repropedia is a free web based dictionary of [...]
There is a lot of information on the web promoting various diets for interstitial cystitis (IC), a painful bladder condition with many different symptoms. Both the IC clinical guidelines of the American Urological Association (AUA) and the chronic pelvic pain practice bulletin of the American College of Obstetrical Gynecology (ACOG) recommend dietary modification as a [...]
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