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Women's Health News Ignorance puts Australian women at risk of dying from ovarian cancer
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35533
Experts say women in Australia are at risk of dying from ovarian cancer because they are ignorant with regard to the symptoms.
Women with hgher levels of DHEAS have better cognitive function
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35529
Women with naturally higher levels of the hormone precursor DHEAS were found to have better cognitive function than women with lower levels, according to a new study appearing in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).
Specialist breast care nurses for supportive care of women with breast cancer
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35495
In the United States and in other high-income countries, women diagnosed with breast cancer are commonly matched with a specialist cancer nurse who provides care, support and information.
Obesity linked to stroke increase among middle-aged women
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35462
Middle-aged women's waists aren't the only thing that increased in the last decade. So did their chance of stroke.
Newly discovered role of thyroid hormone during pregnancy
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35459
Thyroid hormone deficiencies in early pregnancy can cause locomotor underdevelopment in the child, according to research from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.
New method for detecting HER2 breast cancer
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35460
Generations of mothers have served up chicken soup to remedy the common cold, but now the therapeutic fowl may find use in diagnosis as well.
Drinking milk may help women lower risk for hypertension
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35441
Women who drank more fat free milk and had higher intakes of calcium and vitamin D from foods, and not supplements, tended to have a lower risk for developing hypertension or high blood pressure, according to a new study published in the American Heart Association journal, Hypertension.
Poor women more likely to suffer from postpartum depression
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35412
Poor women in Iowa are much more likely to suffer from postpartum depression than their wealthier counterparts, a new University of Iowa study shows.
How childhood abuse affects adult health care use and costs in women
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35420
Middle-aged women who suffered physical or sexual abuse as children spend up to one-third more than average in health-care costs, according to a long-term study of more than 3,000 women.
Most maternal deaths worldwide are preventable
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35386
A study published in PLoS Medicine this week suggests that of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth in sub-Saharan Africa, more may die from treatable infectious diseases than from conditions directly linked to pregnancy.
More support needed for menopausal women in rural areas
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35393
Good social support and reliable information are essential for women who find menopause an intense and life-altering experience, especially if they live in rural areas where health services are patchy or inaccessible.
Young women not getting enough folic acid
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35345
Despite the fact that folic acid can prevent some of the most common birth defects, young women aren't getting enough of it.
Stress may increase a woman's risk of developing cervical cancer
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35335
A woman's daily stress can reduce her ability to fight off a common sexually transmitted disease and increase her risk of developing the cancer it can cause, according to a new study.
Over 30% of pregnant American women have C-sections
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35307
The proportion of American women having their babies delivered by C-section jumped to nearly one in three in 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Personalized medicine can cut breast cancer risk
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35316
The time has come for breast cancer risk assessment, counseling and genetic testing to move from cancer specialists to the realm of primary care, according to a presentation at the AAAS annual meeting, held this year in Boston.
Scientists discover why some breast cancers are drug resistant
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35239
Research by British scientists has revealed how cancer cells which have a faulty gene can become resistant to treatment.
Blood test detects early stage ovarian cancer with 99 percent accuracy
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35227
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a blood test with enough sensitivity and specificity to detect early stage ovarian cancer with 99 percent accuracy.
Benefit of removal of the ovaries differs between women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35146
The surgical removal of the ovaries has been widely adopted as a cancer-risk-reducing strategy for women with either BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations.
Accuracy of online breast cancer information
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35173
A new study has found that one in twenty breast cancer web pages contained inaccurate information, and that web sites devoted to complementary or alternative medicine were fifteen times more likely to have false information.

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