Posted on December 6th, 2011 by Health News
Two FDA Committees will discuss the benefits and potential harms of oral contraceptives that contain drospirenone, after safety concerns have emerged which appear to show a slight elevation of venous thromboembolism risk. According to recent studies, such contraceptives have a higher blood clot risk compared to oral contraceptives containing the progestin, levonorgestrel…
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Posted on December 6th, 2011 by Health News
More mothers are breastfeeding their newborns, but for too short a duration to gain the maximum benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and infants…
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Posted on December 6th, 2011 by Health News
Boosting a woman’s confidence makes her better at spatial tasks, University of Warwick scientists have found, suggesting skills such as parking and map-reading could come more easily if a woman is feeling good about herself. Previous studies have established that women are slower and less accurate than men on a range of spatial tasks…
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Posted on December 6th, 2011 by Health News
A report published by Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, shows mothers experiencing a psychiatric episode in the first 30 days post-partum appear to have an increased risk of developing bipolar affective disorder…
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Posted on December 6th, 2011 by Health News
Men are three times more likely than women to develop a common form of skin cancer but medical science doesn’t know why. A new study may provide part of the answer. Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J…
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Warnings about the legal consequences of sexting are important. Medscape Medical News
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A new report by the Government Accountability Office shows that children in foster care are up to 5 times more likely to receive psychotropic medications than their peers who are not in care. Medscape Medical News
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Although results from the CHAMPION trial of an implanted pulmonary artery monitor for patients with heart failure were hailed as a major breakthrough last year, FDA reviewers are questioning the clinical significance of the study’s endpoint.
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(MedPage Today) — Schoolchildren are not getting enough physical activity during the school day, largely because few states require it, researchers reported.
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(MedPage Today) — Rice is a source of arsenic exposure in the U.S., a study of pregnant women showed.
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