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Early epidural does not raise c-section risk
• Gender: Female • Feb 16 05
Women in labor who need early pain relief need not fear that an epidural makes it more likely that they’ll have to have…
Study: The Pill changes women’s taste in men
• Gender: Female • Feb 16 05
Scientists reported on Wednesday a remarkable new side effect of the Pill - it changes women’s preference in men.
Psychologists at the University…
New Treatment For Excessive Menstrual Bleeding
• Gender: Female • Feb 16 05
One out of five women experience excessive menstrual bleeding. Many fear a radical treatment like hysterectomy.
Now, microwave technology can offer a quick and…
U.S. doctors urge mothers to breast-feed longer
• Gender: Female • Feb 07 05
Despite proven health benefits, breast-feeding has not taken hold at desired levels in the United States, especially as the sole source of nutrition during…
Genetic Diagnostic Tool Offers Hope for High Risk Couples Contemplating Pregnancy
• Gender: Female • Feb 04 05
Two recent studies show that preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is an effective diagnostic tool for women of advanced maternal age (over 38) and those…
Women Encouraged To Ask About Heart Health
• Gender: Female • Feb 04 05
Research released this week shows a lot of doctors don’t treat women as aggressively as men when it comes to risk factors for heart…
Moderate drinking doesn’t harm bones in women
• Gender: Female • Feb 03 05
Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol is associated with slightly higher bone mineral density (BMD) in women, according to researchers at St. Thomas’ Hospital in…
High-risk women not lowering cholesterol enough
• Gender: Female • Feb 01 05
New research indicates that few high-risk women are achieving the optimal cholesterol levels set forth in recent guidelines by the American Heart Association (AHA).…
Benefits of early calcium supplementation persist
• Gender: Female • Feb 01 05
Adolescent girls who take calcium supplements may increase their total body bone mineral density (BMD), an effect that is sustained over time during puberty,…
Abortion foes optimistic at dawn of Bush 2nd term
• Gender: Female • Jan 24 05
Should women who seek abortions be required to hear about possible fetal pain? Should it be a crime for adults to take minors across…
One drink per day helps women’s mental powers
• Gender: Female • Jan 19 05
For older women, that glass of wine at dinner or after-dinner aperitif may benefit the brain as well as the heart, according to…
Folate supplements good for women’s blood pressure
• Gender: Female • Jan 18 05
Higher intake of folic acid is associated with a decreased risk of developing high blood pressure, particularly among younger women, according to Harvard researchers.
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Parental OK for teen birth control may not help
• Gender: Female • Jan 18 05
Forcing clinics to require parents to approve contraception for teenagers could increase the rate of pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, according to new research…
Women’s groups pressure FDA on ‘morning-after’ pill
• Gender: Female • Jan 17 05
Women’s rights groups seeking easier access to emergency contraception are pressuring U.S. regulators as they try to decide whether to approve a non-prescription “morning-after”…
Metronidazole/nystatin effective for vaginosis
• Gender: Female • Jan 13 05
For the treatment of vaginal bacterial infections, ovules containing the combination of metronidazole plus nystatin are significantly more effective than metronidazole gel, according to…
IUD system benefits women with bleeding disorders
• Gender: Female • Jan 07 05
Women with inherited bleeding disorders often find menstruation troublesome. For them, a UK team reports, an intrauterine device that releases the hormone levonorgestrel seems…
China to make sex-selective abortions a crime
• Gender: Female • Jan 07 05
China is to outlaw the selective abortion of female foetuses to correct an imbalance in the ratio of boys to girls that has grown…
Antidepressant useful for hot flashes
• Gender: Female • Jan 04 05
The antidepressant venlafaxine (Effexor) appears to be effective in treating postmenopausal hot flashes in otherwise healthy women, according to a report in the journal…
Size of social circle tied to women’s heart health
• Gender: Female • Dec 16 04
An older woman’s risk of dying from heart disease may be related to the number of family and social relationships she has, a new…
University Drive pharmacist denies a student birth control
• Gender: Female • Dec 15 04
Earlier this semester, a University of Massachusetts student went to the CVS pharmacy on University Drive, where a pharmacist refused to fill her prescription…
Morning after pill ‘doesn’t reduce abortion rate’
• Gender: Female • Dec 03 04
Providing women with the morning after pill does not reduce the abortion rate, new research has revealed.
The findings are another blow…
New method helps map women’s happiness
• Gender: Female • Dec 03 04
Having sex is the high point of most women’s days, while commuting is the low point. And most women like being with their kids…
Device useful for excessive menstrual bleeding
• Gender: Female • Nov 30 04
A tiny device that is placed inside the uterus and releases the hormone levonorgestrel is an effective treatment for excessive menstrual bleeding, a problem…
Dental X-rays could screen for osteoporosis: study
• Gender: Female • Nov 30 04
Dentists may be able to help screen women for osteoporosis by looking at X-rays that they are taking anyway, Japanese researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Many c-sections in US done for no medical reason
• Gender: Female • Nov 19 04
In the US, many mothers who have “no indicated risk” for a difficult vaginal birth are having caesarean deliveries - and the rate…