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In the first study to consider the impact of gender on patient outcomes in major gastrointestinal surgeries, researchers at UC San Diego Health System have found that women are more likely to survive after the procedure than men. The pattern is even more pronounced when comparing women before menopause with men of the same age. [...]
With the Women’s World Cup in full swing (congrats to the US team for upsetting Brazil in the semifinals!), soccer fans can now rest assured that women are less likely than men to fake on-field injuries, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center published in the July issue of [...]
Researchers from Columbia University in New York have found a startling link between depression during pregnancy and a subsequent diagnosis of asthma in children. Reyes and colleagues studied African American and Dominican women in New York City, all of whom were pregnant at the time of the study, seeking to determine whether or not depression [...]
Improving maternal health has been a primary goal of the international community led by three United Nations Agencies (UN Populations Fund (UNFPA), the World Bank and the World Health Organization) since they launched the Safe Motherhood Initiative in 1987. Over the years their goals have been reviewed and updated, and in 2007, in recognition to [...]
A clinical trial to see if a gel containing an active form of tamoxifen, an anti-estrogen therapy, can provide the drug’s benefits with decreased risk of adverse health effects compared to those who take the oral tamoxifen is being conducted at Northwestern Medicine. The new study drug is being tested on participants recently diagnosed with [...]
“In postmenopausal women the appearance of the skin may offer a glimpse of the skeletal well-being, a relationship not previously described,” said Lubna Pal, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist at Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. The study demonstrates only an association between bone density and skin wrinkling. However, Dr. Pal called these findings noteworthy.”This [...]
New videos to help people make lifestyle changes and cope with the demands of diabetes were announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP). The series of three- to five-minute videos, which can be found HERE. This site (Diabetes HealthSense) addresses topics such as setting goals to improve [...]
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