Obese women are more likely to have breast cancer detected at a later stage and to have lymph node metastases when diagnosed than women who are not obese, according to a study presented this week at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons…
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The number of unmarried adults has increased significantly in recent decades, meaning that “many unmarried adults in their 20s are also trying to figure out how to manage their sex lives,” the Los Angeles Times reports…
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The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have named Marcia M. Humphrey Schmidt, MD, as the initial recipient of their jointly developed Breast Cancer Fellowship for gynecologic oncologists. After completing her fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the University of South Florida in June, Dr…
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One in two women in the United States will have an osteoporosis -related fracture in her lifetime1…
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Although cultural conservatives “revel in condemning the loose moral values and louche lifestyles of ‘San Francisco liberals,’” the “liberal, bicoastal, predominantly Democratic places that cultural conservatives love to hate” are the areas of the U.S. with the most stable marriages and lowest teen birth rates, columnist Jonathan Rauch writes in the National Journal…
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The New York Times recently published two editorials pertaining to the federal health reform law (PL 111-148)…
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Depression among economically disadvantaged mothers could last well beyond the postpartum period and become a chronic condition, suggests a new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. The study also finds that symptoms could improve with brief treatment. The results were presented by lead author Carol C. Weitzman, M.D…
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A provision in the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) requiring employers to provide breastfeeding women with break times and a private place to express milk or breastfeed their infants is a “huge victory” for breastfeeding advocates who have been fighting for a national measure since at least 1992 , the Washington Business Journal reports…
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Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid, is essential for the growth and development of infants’ brains. Very premature infants may be deficient in DHA because they miss out on the third trimester in utero when the fatty acid accumulates in tissues. In addition, their gastrointestinal system is immature, and health problems often increase the [...]
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Although an FDA safety review of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist class of prostate cancer drugs has not yet been concluded, the agency is advising that the risks of these drugs be considered carefully before beginning treatment.
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