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Shutting up in domestic row not good for women's health
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=28946
In a new study which examines behaviour, heart disease and mortality in the context of marriage, U.S. researchers have found that suffering in silence can be detrimental to a woman's health.

Study finds women more likely to know high school weight than cholesterol numbers
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=28935
Adult women are more than twice as likely to know how much they weighed in high school as they are to know their current cholesterol number, and only half of women have had their cholesterol tested in the past year, according to the results of a nationwide survey released today.

Weight loss in women may be a precursor for Alzheimer's
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=28926
Scientists in the U.S. say they suspect that women who develop Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia may start losing weight at least a decade before being diagnosed with the condition.

Women with a history of gestational diabetes may have higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=28847
Pregnancies in Jerusalem in the 1960s and 1970s may hold vital clues about how pancreatic cancer and diabetes are linked.

Large study to look at injuries that afflict millions of women as a result of childbirth
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=28841
A group of researchers from the University of Michigan Health System has been awarded a $6 million federal grant to study the serious injuries that afflict millions of women as a result of childbirth.

Drop in breast cancer incidence linked to hormone use, not mammograms
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=28809
A recent decline in breast cancer incidence is unlikely to be caused by a decrease in mammography screening, according to a study published online August 14 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Breast cancer prevention practices vary across Canada
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=28803
Breast cancer preventive practices for Canadian women carrying the cancer gene vary across the country, says University of Toronto research, and many women are not taking advantage of the options available.

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