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Fertility Drug Usage Alters Cancer Risk
Women using the drugs who conceived a 10-plus week pregnancy had a statistically increased risk of breast cancer compared to unsuccessfully treated women, but a comparable risk to ...
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Shedding Light On Pregnancy Complications And Overturning Common Belief
A study led by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers has demonstrated that women who have a specific type of antibody that interferes with blood vessel function are at risk for ...
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CDC: 1 in 13 Pregnant Women Admit to Drinking Alcohol
Almost 8 percent of expectant mothers in the United States admit to abusing alcohol, a new study has found. The study, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (...
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Risk Of Premature Birth Doubled By Marijuana Use
A large international study led by University of Adelaide researchers has found that women who use marijuana can more than double the risk of giving birth to a baby prematurely. Pr...
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IVF is not an Answer to Infertility
Bollywoods Vicky Donor might have managed to tickle some funny bones and set the cash registers ringing, but the story does echo lives of many people around. Estimates state that a...
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More Young People in Portsmouth are Being Tested for Chlamydia
More Young People in Portsmouth are Being Tested for Chlamydia More young people in Portsmouth than ever are taking responsibility for their sexual health by testing for Chlamydia ...
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Associated With Increased Blood Pressure In Women
Menopausal hormone therapy use is associated with higher odds of high blood pressure, according to research published in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Longer hormone use was as...
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Long-Term Hormone Treatment Increases Synapses in Female Rats' Prefrontal Cortex
The new findings appear to contradict the results of the Women's Health Initiative, a long-term study begun in 1991 to analyze the effects of hormone therapy on a large sample of h...
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Chlamydia infections growing in Finland
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Finland and the number ofreported cases is growing by the year. Experts say the roughly 14,000 new annual infecti...
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Treatment For Cervical Disease Is Not Linked To Increased Risk Of Preterm Births
Treatment for cervical disease does not appear to increase the risk of subsequently giving birth prematurely, according to a study of over 44,000 women in England. The study, publi...
