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Treatment Of Gynecologic Cancers Reduced From 5 Weeks To 3 Days Using New Radiation Therapy
About 71,500 women in the United States are diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Researchers from University Hospitals Case...
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HPV Cancer Hits 8,000 Men, 18,000 Women a Year
Although HPV causes 18,000 cancers in women each year, it also causes 8,000 cancers in men, the CDC calculates. To get the figures, CDC researchers analyzed data collected from 200...
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For Pregnant Women Whose Waters Break Early, Watching And Waiting Is Best Management
Pregnant women whose waters break late in preterm pregnancy but before they are in labor - the medical term for this situation is preterm prelabor rupture of the membranes - are be...
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Women Suffering Mental Stress May At Greater Risk For Heart Disease
Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of death in the U.S., killing hundredsof thousands of people per year. However, this disease burden isn't evenly divided betwe...
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Hormone Adrenomedullin may Help Predict Ectopic Pregnancy
TEP is a condition where the fertilized egg implants in the fallopian tubes instead of in the uterus. In pregnant women, cilia (small protuberances) pulsate, or beat, to propel an ...
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Smoking During Pregnancy May Augment the Chances of Autism in Children
Researchers claim that children might suffer from high functioning autism if their mothers resorted to smoking during pregnancy. Professor Amy Kalkbrenner, the lead author from the...
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Majority of Women Undergoing IVF Have Major Lifestyle Problems
A new study published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing has revealed that more than 96 percent of women who visit preconception clinic prior to IVF treatment had at least three ma...
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HPV Vaccine Completion Rate Among Girls Is Poor, Getting Worse
The proportion of insured girls and young women completing the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among those who initiated the series has dropped significantly - as much as 63 per...
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The Importance Of Human Breast Milk Ingredient In Gastrointestinal Health
A University of Illinois study shows that human milk oligosaccharides, or HMO, produce short-chain fatty acids that feed a beneficial microbial population in the infant gut. Not on...
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Fertility For Older, Highly Educated Women Has Risen Since The 1990s, According To New Research
An increasing number of highly educated women are opting for families, according to a national study co-authored by a University at Buffalo economist, he study uncovers what may be...
