Just one in three women gives birth after a single IVF attempt, but the cumulative chance of a live birth increases with each cycle - where women are offered three cycles nearly two thirds go on to have babies, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. [...]
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Women with asthma are more anxious, find it harder to sleep and are more tired during the day than their male counterparts, but nevertheless tend to be better at following their treatment, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in close collaboration with Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
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New Mayo Clinic research has found that robotic surgery for vaginal prolapse (http://www.mayoclinic.org/pelvic-organ-prolapse/) dramatically reduces patient hospital stay and recovery time. These findings are being presented this week at the North Central Section of the American Urological Association in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Research carried out among thousands of people has shown a clear connection between depression and a loss of bone mass, leading to osteoporosis and fractures. This was revealed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers, Prof. Raz Yirmiya, head of the Brain and Behavior Laboratory, and Prof. Itai Bab, head of the Bone [...]
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Opinion pieces in two newspapers addressed women’s health issues in the health care reform debate. Summaries appear below. Anne Davis,
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The Association of American Medical Colleges will present its 2009 Women in Medicine Leadership Development Award to the Indiana University School of Medicine Nov. 10 at the AAMC national meeting in Boston. The award will be accepted by [...]
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The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ”
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Three quarters of people in South Sudan, which has a population of 8 million, do not have access to health care, and 10 percent of children there and in Darfur die before the age of 1, Mohammad Abdur Rab, the WHO’s representative to Sudan, said Thursday, Reuters/ABC News reports. [...]
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Researchers in the US found that the decline in use of postmenopausal hormone therapy may partly explain the fall in incidence of a known risk factor for breast cancer, atypical ductal hyperplasia. They also said their findings support the idea that low and high grade breast cancers develop via different [...]
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C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., an internationally recognized authority on women’s heart health, will receive the American Heart Association’s 2009 Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award at the organization’s Scientific Sessions 2009, to be held in Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center Nov. 14-Nov. 18. Bairey Merz is director of the Women’s [...]
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