Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Health News
A new formula that estimates the peak heart rate a healthy woman should attain during exercise testing more accurately predicts the risk of heart-related death, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. For nearly four decades, physicians have used a simple formula - 220 minus age - to estimate [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Health News
“The world’s anti-poverty gains achieved over the past years are being eroded by the presence of multiple crises, including an unprecedented economic and financial crisis, increased food [in]security, oil prices volatility and climate change,” according to a report released Monday by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the opening of an annual high-level segment of the [...]
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The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Kagan Hearing Day One: The Battle To Define ‘Judicial Activism,’” Ian Millhiser, Think Progress’ “The Wonk Room”: The word “activism” seemed to “dominate” the opening statements of Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans at Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearing on Monday, Millhiser writes…
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Complication rates for vaginal and C-section deliveries can vary widely from one hospital to the next according to a study released by HealthGrades, the leading independent health care ratings organization. The study found that best-performing hospitals had, on average, 51% fewer maternal complications among women who had vaginal births, when compared to [...]
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Even with health insurance, low-income women had lower rates of mammography screening than middle-class women, but a counseling program increased the likelihood of screening. “Health insurance is a necessary condition for screening, but it is apparently not a sufficient condition,” said Nasar Ahmed, Ph.D…
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Smoking, an established risk factor for colon cancer, may induce specific epigenetic changes and gene mutations that may be involved in the development of colon cancer, according to an online study published in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute…
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The Los Angeles Times and New York Times recently examined issues related to the experimental female libido drug flibanserin. On June 18, an FDA advisory panel voted 11-0 against recommending the drug for treatment of female hypoactive sexual-desire disorder. Summaries appear below…
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BioElectronics Corporation (PINKSHEETS: BIEL), developers of innovative pain-relieving medical devices, announced that its Allay™ Menstrual Pain Therapy product has been approved for over the counter sale by Health Canada for the treatment of menstrual pain symptoms, including cramps and abdominal pain, and for reducing the use of pain medication associated with menstruat…
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Many women today are dissatisfied with their weight, body shape and size, and often strive to be unrealistically thin. A University of Missouri graduate student has found that black women actually differ from white women in their perceptions of the ideal body shape and size…
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Women who measure their peak heart rates for exercise will need to do some new math as will physicians giving stress tests to patients. A new formula based on a large study from Northwestern Medicine provides a more accurate estimate of the peak heart rate a healthy woman should attain during exercise. It also will [...]
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