Almost half of women in the US who suffer from Type 1 or 2 diabetes report that it has a negative impact on their sex lives, according to a new study released today by MicroMass Communications, Inc., a leader in behavioral marketing in the healthcare industry…
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For most women, the decision on which form of contraception to use is not normally complicated. But if you’re a woman with certain medical conditions, including diabetes, epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure, you smoke or had a stroke, your options may be different. The use of some forms of contraceptives with these and other [...]
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The Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) releases its report Maternal obesity in the UK: Findings from a national project today after its three-year UK-wide national enquiry into Obesity in Pregnancy…
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The following summarizes select women’s health-related blog entries. “Is New Hampshire Considering a Parental Notification Law?,” Robin Marty, RH Reality Check: Although “[n]early every newly elected conservative legislator” has pledged to focus on the economy, it has not stopped them from pushing bills that appeal to “the social conservatives that put them in office,” Marty [...]
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The mammalian embryo relies on physical connections to its mother to survive. After implantation into the wall of the uterus and before the placenta is established, a structure known as the decidua forms and is key to supporting embryonic development. Defective formation of an effective decidua is thought to be a cause of female [...]
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Scientists have discovered that the alteration of a single gene could cause some male embryos to develop as females. The breakthrough will improve diagnosis and clinical management of patients with disorders of sex development (DSD). These conditions occur when the testis or ovary does not develop properly in the embryo, causing genital abnormalities in one [...]
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(MedPage Today) — SILVER SPRING, Md. — An FDA advisory committee has voted 13-7 that the modest weight-loss benefits of an investigational combination of naltrexone and bupropion (Contrave) outweigh the drug’s blood pressure risk.
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(MedPage Today) — Among military veterans, adding smoking cessation treatment to regular care of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increased quit rates, a randomized trial showed.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — A federal appeals court has ruled that the FDA cannot regulate electronic cigarettes as a drug or device as long as makers of the battery-powered cigarette look-alikes aren’t marketed to help people quit smoking.
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(MedPage Today) — Three drug companies have agreed to pay $421 million to settle accusations of a “complicated and complex scheme” to defraud Medicare and Medicaid.
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