Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by Health News
The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation has released a special men’s heath update in its February 2011 online newsletter. According to the update, tremendous progress being made in developing new minimally-invasive and highly precise treatments for two conditions that afflict millions of men worldwide - prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)…
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Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by Health News
A new study shows that bisphosphonates such as Fosamax and Boniva may reduce patients’ risk of developing colon cancer. Women in particular tend to take these prescriptions after menopause and now have up to a 59% reduced risk of colon cancer development. Colon cancer affects men and women with equal frequency, but there [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by Health News
All women should have a family health history on file and it should be reviewed and updated regularly, according to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College). Family history screening is especially important in reproductive planning. “Our goal is to help improve our patients’ health by promoting family history as a screening [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by Health News
Although colonoscopy is the preferred method of screening for colorectal cancer, physicians should discuss all screening options with their patients, according to a new Committee Opinion released today by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Women should be screened using the method that they are most comfortable with and most likely to complete…
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Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by Health News
Lesbian moms who are experiencing intimate partner violence are often reluctant to seek help for fear of losing custody of their children, said two University of Illinois professors. “A lesbian mom’s abuse situation is unique in that she fears losing her kids to the biological father or the state instead of the abuser,” said Jennifer [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by Health News
Often portrayed as pawns of male-dominated terrorist organizations, female terrorists are actually motivated by more complicated and diverse reasons, according to a Penn State researcher. “It’s true that some women are coerced, but the truth is that motivations vary from terrorist group to terrorist group,” said Mia Bloom, fellow, International Center for the Study of [...]
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Post-pregnancy excess weight is likely caused by the impact of new parenthood stress on physical activity, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers say…
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Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by Health News
Polygamy practiced by some 19th century Mormon men had the curious effect of suppressing the overall offspring numbers of Mormon women in plural marriages, say scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and three other institutions in the March 2011 issue of Evolution and Human Behavior. Simply put, the more sister-wives a Mormon woman had, the fewer [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by Health News
Chemotherapeutic agents, used in cancer treatment, destroy not only cancer cells but also healthy cells, thus affecting germ cells as well. Consequently, after surviving cancer many female patients are confronted with the diagnosis: infertility. For a long time a relationship between infertility and chemotherapeutic agents has been assumed, but until now, the exact mechanism was [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by Health News
A strategy developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers to shield the ovaries of female mammals from the damaging effects of radiation and chemotherapy has passed an important milestone…
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