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Blood levels of progesterone may impact blood vessel function
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31245
Blood levels of progesterone, a major female sex hormone, may play an important role in modifying vascular function in postmenopausal women, according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

Obesity strongest risk factor for colorectal cancer in women
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31237
Research presented at the 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology found that obesity, among other important risk factors, was the strongest risk factor for colorectal cancer in women.

Inflammatory breast cancer
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31266
Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and little-known form of breast cancer that produces no lumps and can not usually be detected with a mammogram. Experts say thousands of women develop it each year, but unfortunately, many of them miss the early symptoms.

Hormone oxytocin predicts level of bonding between mother and child
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31213
Humans are hard-wired to form enduring bonds with others. One of the primary bonds across the mammalian species is the mother-infant bond. Evolutionarily speaking, it is in a mother's best interest to foster the well-being of her child; however, some mothers just seem a bit more maternal than others do.

Feminism and romance are not incompatible
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31202
Contrary to popular opinion, feminism and romance are not incompatible and feminism may actually improve the quality of heterosexual relationships, according to Laurie Rudman and Julie Phelan, from Rutgers University in the U.S.

Breast cancer radiation does not affect women's immune system
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31139
A new study shows that neither of two commonly used radiation treatments for early-stage, node-negative breast cancer has any effect on a woman's immune system, even though women who receive five-day partial-breast radiation therapy (MammoSite brachytherapy) (PBRT) have improved energy and quality of life compared to women who undergo six weeks of whole-breast radiation therapy (WBRT).

Annual maternal mortality ratio decline rate below target
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31158
The world's maternal mortality ratio (the number of maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) is declining too slowly to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, which aims to reduce the number of women who die in pregnancy and childbirth by three-quarters by 2015.

Top of the range lipsticks contain high levels of lead
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31127
According to the American consumer group Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, tests on 33 brand-name lipsticks, some of them expensive luxury brands, have found that 61 percent of them contained detectable levels of lead.

Through the labyrinth: the truth about how women become leaders
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31090
The glass ceiling -- the once ubiquitous metaphor referring to a subtle barrier built upon biases that block women from the highest positions of leadership -- doesn't apply today, according to a new book co-written by Alice Eagly, professor and chair of psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University.

Breast cancer awareness calls for cardiovascular awareness
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31084
Women who overcome breast cancer have every reason to celebrate. But a heart filled with joy may also be a heart damaged by life-saving cancer therapies, a growing body of research shows.

To drink or not while pregnant? that is the question
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31075
Pregnant women are now being told that it is safe to drink a daily glass of wine adding more confusion to the advice metered out to women.

Cancer conflict with adjuvant chemotherapy
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31040
Women under the age of forty with breast cancer who are given drugs in addition to lumpectomies or radiotherapy, known as adjuvant chemotherapy, may not be benefiting from these drugs.

Swedish lifestyle stops women working
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31069
Elements of work and family life especially traditional family circumstances and inequality in the workplace are associated with long term sick leave taken by Swedish women, reveals research published in the online open access journal BMC Public Health.

Women on low-fat diets reduce their risk of ovarian cancer
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31025
The American Cancer Society, estimates that as many as 22,400 women in the United States will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year and of that number around 15,200 will die from the disease.

Women with high or increasing blood pressure more likely to develop diabetes
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31020
One of the largest studies to investigate the relationship between blood pressure and type 2 diabetes has found that women who have high blood pressure levels are three times more likely to develop diabetes than women with low blood pressure levels.

Low-fat diet may decrease risk of ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=30990
Previous reports from the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Randomized Controlled Trial examined the effect of a low-fat diet on the risk of breast and colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women, but it was not yet known whether the same diet would alter ovarian cancer risk.

Caesarean or natural birth?
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31002
A new website that explores women's decision-making about birth after a previous caesarean section is to be launched.

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