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women's health stories: 54 news summaries

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Women at Risk After Hormone Therapy: Study

Breast cancer risk continues, but other health threats diminish

Mar 5, 08 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Breast cancer remains a risk for women even after they stop taking hormone therapy, researchers said yesterday. A follow-up to a 2002 study showed that women who dropped estrogen and progestin still had a 24% greater breast cancer risk. But their chance of a stroke, heart attack, or blood clot... More »

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breast cancer • women's health • hormone replacement therapy • estrogen • blood clots • heart attack • mammogram • stroke • Wyeth • progestin • health study • health risks • HRT

Here Comes
the Bride, No Matter the Cost

Women going to unhealthy extremes in bid to look perfect

Mar 1, 08 8:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Wedding dress? $1,500. Ceremony? $30,000. Rapid weight loss, whitened teeth, artificial tan, laser surgery and a shot of Botox? Apparently, priceless—but they may come at a health cost as brides-to-be try to look picture-perfect with "red carpet-worthy good looks" on their wedding day. Such extremes can... More »

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bulimia • women's health • women • marriage • weight loss • wedding • eating disorder • brides • wedding dresses • dieting

Hormone Therapy Skews Diagnosis

Drugs increase false mammogram results, unnecessary biopsies

Feb 26, 08 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Women who use hormone replacement therapy to combat menopause symptoms are more likely to get false mammogram results and have unneeded biopsies, new research shows. The UCLA analysis of an earlier study of more than 16,000 women found that 35% of those on hormones received skewed test results, as... More »

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medicine • breast cancer • women's health • hormone replacement therapy • cancer research • mammogram • Women's Health Initiative

Women's Stroke Rates Triple

Alarming rise linked to wider waistlines

Feb 21, 08 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Strokes have tripled among middle-aged American women in an alarming development experts attribute to obesity. Despite the increased use of blood pressure and cholesterol medication, 2% of women aged 35 to 54 suffered a stroke between 1999 and 2004. That's a three-fold increase over earlier studies. More »

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obesity • women's health • women • diet • cholesterol • blood pressure • junk food • blood sugar • stroke • middle age • federal health survey • body mass index • International Stroke Conference • belly fat • stroke risk

Breast Cancer Deadlier for Black Women

Doctors' formula has underestimated
risk, study finds

Nov 28, 07 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - In calculating a woman's risk of breast cancer, doctors have been using a formula that underestimates the risk the disease poses to black women, reports the Washington Post. A growing body of evidence shows that while black women are less likely to get breast cancer than their white counterparts, when... More »

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breast cancer • women's health • cancer research • black women

Price of Pill for Students Soars

Rule change eliminates discounts at college health centers

Nov 22, 07 3:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Female students at US colleges may be cutting back on reliable contraceptives because a quirk in a federal law has made birth-control pills up to four times more expensive, health officials warn. A recent change in Medicaid regulations means drug companies no longer offer big discounts to health centers where... More »

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contraception • women's health • Planned Parenthood • sexual health • Medicaid • birth control • college • condom • contraceptive patch • birth control pill • contraceptive • health centers • colleges and universities • Abstinence Clearinghouse • Deficit Reduction Act • college student

More Women Under 45
Dying of
Heart Disease

May reveal impact of obesity, diabetes

Nov 20, 07 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Although death rates from heart disease have generally been dropping, more women under the age of 45 are dying, according to the latest research. While the number of deaths is very small—100 more a year in women 35 to 44 years old—health experts worry that the trend shows... More »

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obesity • cardiovascular disease • health • women's health • heart disease

Double Mastectomies on the Rise

Lack of evidence that it increases survival for most women

Oct 23, 07 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - More women are choosing to have double mastectomies despite a lack of evidence that such a procedure increases survival for most women, according to a study in the Journal of Oncology. The number of women choosing the procedure after an initial tumor was found in one breast increased 150% over... More »

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breast cancer • women's health • study • cancer treatment • mastectomy • prophylactic mastectomy

Study: HPV Test Better Than
Pap Smear

Detects 40% more pre-cancers than traditional exam

Oct 18, 07 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women over 30 might be better off getting an HPV test than a pap smear to fight the battle against cervical cancer, a new study concludes. Researchers found that the HPV test caught 94% of cervical pre-cancers, versus the pap smear's 55% success rate. Worries that the more sensitive HPV... More »

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women's health • HPV • cervical cancer • Pap smear

Let Them
Eat Fish!

Scientists' advice that pregnant women eat seafood contradicts fed mercury warnings

Oct 4, 07 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Contrary to federal FDA recommendations, pregnant women and nursing mothers should eat at least 12 ounces of seafood a week to help promote fetal brain development, according to the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. The government has been warning moms-to-be and nursing mothers not to eat more than 12... More »

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pregnancy • women's health • fish • baby • methyl mercury • seafood • breast feeding • nursing • omega-3 fatty acids

DDT Linked to Breast Cancer

Critical childhood exposure bodes ill
for baby boomers

Sep 30, 07 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women heavily exposed to DDT during childhood are five times more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a new study. Those born between the years 1945 and 1965— when the pesticide was used routinely in the US to kill mosquitoes—likely suffered the greatest exposure, reports the Los Angeles ... More »

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baby boomer • breast cancer • women's health • medical research • DDT

Tattoos May Pose Epidural Risk

Epidurals delivered through a tattoo may run risk of nerve damage

Sep 23, 07 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tattooed moms-to-be may have added reason to opt for natural childbirth: Recent studies have investigated the risk of nerve damage resulting from epidural anesthesia. Commonly injected into the lower back, doctors postulate that some women experience inflammation when the needle pushes a small piece of tattoo ink into the nerves... More »

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pregnancy • women's health • tattoos

Scientists
Solve Estrogen
Heart Mystery

Cholesterol compound blocks hormone's cardiac benefits

Sep 17, 07 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A compound created as the body processes cholesterol was to blame for giving scientists conflicting data about the effect of hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women, researchers say. Initial studies had found that estrogen helps keep the heart healthy, but a later study reported that women taking estrogen actually exhibited... More »

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women's health • hormone replacement therapy • heart • cholesterol • estrogen • hormones • menopause

The Pill Reduces Cancer Risk

Oral contraception
is beneficial—but
only if used for less than 8 years

Sep 12, 07 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pill has a possible new side effect: preventing cancer. Women who took oral contraceptives for less than eight years have up to a 12% lower risk of developing the disease, according to a new British study, one of the largest ever conducted. The risk of developing bowel and rectal,... More »

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women's health • birth control • cancer research • birth control pill • contraceptive

Brits Will Pay Moms-to-Be to Eat for Two

Pregnant women in the UK will be given $240 to support a healthy diet

Sep 9, 07 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starting 2009, all expecting moms in the UK will receive a lump sum of $240, intended to be spent on a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables to help prevent low-birth-weight complications in newborn children. The "pregnancy grants" are part of Britain's new health secretary's plan to close the... More »

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food • pregnancy • health • women's health • England • public health • parents • diet • mothers • prenatal care

Tumors More Resistant to Drugs in Black Women

Study explains why breast cancer is
more fatal in black women

Sep 6, 07 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors have long known that breast cancer is more deadly in black women; new research suggests why: They are more likely to suffer from treatment-resistant tumors, a major study at the University of Michigan concludes. Analysis of data from nearly 100,000 women with later-stage breast cancer shows that black... More »

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breast cancer • women's health • women • treatment • tumor • black women • drug resistant • health study

Estrogen Staves Off Dementia

Women under 50 derive benefit; hormone is 'harmful' after 65

Aug 30, 07 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women under 50 who've had their ovaries removed double their risk of disorders like dementia and Parkinson's disease later in life if they don't undergo estrogen-replacement therapy, new research reveals. The findings may lead to more aggressive treatment for premenopausal women who don't produce estrogen naturally, Time reports. More »

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health • women's health • dementia • women • estrogen • menopause • Parkinson's disease

Go Easy on Pregnancy Weight Gain, Say Docs

Review of current guidelines in the works

Aug 15, 07 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The current guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy may be contributing to the nation's obesity epidemic, some doctors say, and radical changes in the recommendations are under consideration. Docs say a revision is long overdue, the AP reports. "Most of us think overall the weight gain recommendations are too... More »

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obesity • medicine • pregnancy • health • women's health • women • public health • weight

Syphilis Surges in Surprise Comeback

Experts worry about increasing infection rate among women

Aug 12, 07 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just two years after it was almost eradicated, syphilis is experiencing a stunning comeback across the nation, health officials report. Nearly twice as many cases were reported in New York City in the first three months of this year, compared to the same time last year, the New York Times ... More »

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health • women's health • disease • HIV • sex • condom • infection • syphilis • STD

Coffee May Stall Memory Loss in Women

Drink up, and maybe you won't forget where you set your cup down

Aug 7, 07 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world’s most popular stimulant may slow age-related memory loss in older women, Reuters reports. Drinking three or more cups of coffee per day reduced verbal memory loss in French women aged 65 and up by 33% compared to women who drank a cup or less, researchers say. The... More »

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memory • health • women's health • dementia • coffee • women • caffeine • memory loss • Alzheimer's Disease

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