-
New Guidelines For Cervical Cancer Screening
Women ages 21 to 65 should have a Pap smear every three years, according to new guidelines from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).The guideline is being pub...
-
Dieting During Pregnancy Increases Risk Of Obesity And Diabetes For Offspring
If you're expecting, this might make you feel a little better about reaching for that pint of ice cream: New research published online in the FASEB Journal suggests that twins, and...
-
New Risks for Women with Endometriosis
Endometriosis affects as many as 6% of the general population. While some women with endometriosis remain asymptomatic, many women experience dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, non-cyclica...
-
Women Who Lack Exercise At Greater Risk Of Developing Metabolic Syndrome
A national study shows that women are less likely than men to get at least 30 minutes of exercise per day, resulting in greater odds of developing metabolic syndrome - a risky and ...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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...
