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Womens health report warns future risks

The University of Newcastle has today released a ground-breaking report on the variety of health care needs affecting older women, now and in future generations. Developed from the internationally recognised Australian Longitudinal [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Women with hormonal disorder at risk of heart disease

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder affecting about 10% of women of reproductive age and is a leading cause of infertility. A preliminary study - conducted by researchers with the University of Adelaide's Robinson [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Few high-risk women in U.S. take breast cancer drug

In 2005, government researchers found, about 51,500 U.S. women were using tamoxifen in order to lower their risk of breast cancer. For comparison, findings from a 2000 government health survey indicated that 10 million U.S. women were me [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Antidepressants Linked to Increased Stroke Risk in Postmenop...

Depression—it’s more than an occasional down-in-the-dumps feeling. It’s a low mood, despair or hopelessness that lasts for weeks, months, or even longer. In fact, most health professionals today consider depression a chron [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Statins cut healthy womens heart attack risk

Healthy women who take statins have decreased risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, according to a study in America. The finding could pressurise family doctors to prescribe statins to “healthy” patients. A brand of the c [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Feeling hopeless ups stroke risk in women

Writing in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, the researchers have revealed that even healthy middle-aged women, when feeling hopeless, seem to experience the thickening of arteries in the neck, a precursor to stroke. Linki [...]

Posted On : Aug, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Hopelessness increases stroke risk in women

Healthy middle-aged women with feelings of hopelessness appear to experience thickening of the neck arteries, which can be a precursor to stroke, revealed by researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School. The study, published i [...]

Posted On : Aug, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Female smokers at higher risk

WOMEN may be especially susceptible to the toxic effects of cigarette smoking, US researchers said on Monday. They said women who smoke develop lung damage earlier in life than men, and it takes less cigarette exposure to cause damage in w [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Women at Greater Risk for Depression and Anxiety

A new report released today on gender-based differences in mental health shows women are nearly twice as likely as men to suffer from major depression. The report addresses many other mental health issues facing women, including the effect [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Swine flu poses high risk for pregnant w

Q. I am four months pregnant and very concerned about this new type of swine flu. I have family visiting from San Diego next month. Should I ask them not to come? The swine flu virus was only recently identified as a unique variant [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Young women face deadlier cancer risks

Lucky" isn't a word many would apply to Claudine Brunelle. But it's one she uses a lot, even as she recounts her horrifying tale: her mother's death of breast cancer in August 2007; her diagnosis last November as a carrier of her mot [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Black Women at Higher Risk for Aggressive Breast Tumors

Black women are three times more likely than women of other races to develop aggressive breast cancer, a U.S. study finds. The United States has the highest rate of cancer in the world. Black women have a lower overall rate of breast cancer [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Study Shows Even Low-to-Moderate Drinking Raises Risk of Can...

Women who drink as little as one alcoholic beverage a day -- be it beer, wine, or hard liquor -- have a significantly higher cancer risk than women who don't drink at all, a study shows.Researchers followed more than 1.2 million middle-aged [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Coffee can slash stroke risk in women

Just two to three cups of coffee a day may reduce the risk of a stroke by almost 20 per cent. A study of 83,000 women over a 24-year period showed coffee lovers were much less likely to suffer a clot on the brain.The finding came as a surpr [...]