The Washington Post in its Health Section on Tuesday focused on women’s health, including articles on hormone replacement therapy and mammography. Headlines appear below.~ “Hormone Research Continues” (Washington Post, 5/12).~ ”
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The network “Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers” in Regina, Canada — the local effort of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s network of grandmother organizations called Grandmothers to Grandmothers — has “emerged as a force to be reckoned with” among the 70,000 Canadians supporting the foundation, the Regina
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Men with systolic chronic heart failure who have low or high levels of estradiol, a form of the hormone estrogen, have an increased risk of death compared with men with moderate levels of this hormone, according to a study in the May 13 issue of JAMA.
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This is a personal account of my battle so far with prostate cancer. My name is Christian Nordqvist, 53, Editor of Medical News Today. On 26th of March, 2009, I underwent a radical prostatectomy - in other words, I had my prostate taken out. A biopsy had detected cancerous tissue in the prostate. Before that, [...]
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Prostate cancer is a disease which only affects men. Cancer begins to grow in the prostate - a gland in the male reproductive system. The word “prostate” comes from Medieval Latin prostate and Medieval French prostate. The ancient Greek word prostates means “one standing in front”, from proistanai meaning “set before”. The prostate is [...]
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A group of cancer patients, genetic researchers and professional pathologist organizations has filed a lawsuit against Myriad Genetics and the U.S. Patent Office over the patent of two genes associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancers, the New York Times reports.
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Two enzymes called extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1 and ERK2) are critical factors in a pathway that induces ovulation, maturation of the mammalian egg (oocyte) and other activities key to ovarian function and female fertility, said a group of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in a report that appears today in the journal Science.
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Long-term risks of invasive cancer and recurrence of severe cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) are higher among women previously treated for CIN, compared with those with no CIN diagnosis, according to data from a large, retrospective cohort study published in the May 12 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) — Most patients diagnosed with depression and treated with antidepressants would be excluded from the pivotal clinical trials used to justify approval of these drugs, researchers found.
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TORONTO (MedPage Today) — The biggest global health threat of this century is climate change, according to a new report prepared jointly by University College London and The Lancet.
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