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No bones about it: eating prunes helps prevent fractures and osteoporosis. When it comes to improving bone health in postmenopausal women — and people of all ages, actually — a Florida State University researcher has found a simple, proactive solution to help prevent fractures and osteoporosis: eating dried plums. “Over my career, I have tested [...]
Women and men experience pain, particularly chronic pain, very differently. The ability of some opioids (painkillers that work similar to opium/morphine) to relieve pain also differs between sexes. While it has been recognized since the mid-nineties that some narcotic analgesics are more effective in women than men, the reason for this difference was largely unknown. [...]
Soy supplements do not help women in menopause, according to the findings of a two-year, $3 million study conducted at the Miller School of Medicine’s Osteoporosis Center. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health to determine if the widely popular product could preserve bone health and ease symptoms in the first years [...]
Over the years, we hear about “cancer clusters” or a growing rise in behavioral conditions like autism and advocates and families want answers. Is it our genes or something in the environment? This concern often leads to an epidemiological study that tracks these diseases over time. But sometimes, despite the time, effort and expense, [...]
Protect your daughter from cervical cancer by getting her the HPV vaccine. It takes 3 shots to complete the series, so make sure she gets them all to be protected. It’s easy to get very busy with school, activities, work, and all of the juggling that parents of preteens and teens do every day. For [...]
Current cigarette smokers have a higher risk of bladder cancer than previously reported, and the risk in women is now comparable to that in men, according to a study by scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) . This latest study uses data from over 450,000 participants in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, a [...]
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