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Balancing The Womb
New research hopes to explain premature births and failed inductions of labour. The study byacademics at the University of Bristol suggests a new mechanism by which the level of my...
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Latitude And Gender Influences Glaucoma Risk
When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES) -an eye conditionthat is a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma and increased risk of cataract ...
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Women Who Stop HRT are Most Likely to Skip Mammograms as Well
Researchers from the National Cancer Institute examined more than 7,000 women between 2000 and found that many women who stopped HRT also stopped going to mammogram checks, those w...
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During Ovulation, Females May Be More Susceptible To Infection
New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that high levels of estradiol present prior to ovulation decreases immune system effectiveness resulting in grow...
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Age Does Not Influence Risks of Pregnancy Via Egg Donation Among Women
A study by Columbia University Medical Center researchers has suggested that although women over age 50 who become pregnant via egg donation are at an elevated risk for developing ...
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Newly Divorced Women More Prone to STDs
A new study has warned that newly divorced middle-aged women are more at risk of contractingHIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. According to Christopher Coleman, an associ...
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Older Women With High Triglyceride Levels At High Risk Of Stroke
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and NYU School of Medicine have found that high levels of triglycerides (blood fats) are the strongest risk...
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Teenage Girls Receive Birth Control Implant at School Without the Knowledge of Parents
A shocking discovery which has raised a whole lot of questions, is about a school that has carried out a procedure of injecting girls as young as 13 with contraceptive implants wit...
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Hope For Effective Endometriosis Screening Following Gene Mutation Discovery
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have, for the first time, described the genetic basisof endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelv...
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Infertility Problem Could Be Because of Tuberculosis
Kala (name changed) had been married for over two years. Unable to conceive, she approached the Bangalore Assisted Conception Centre (BACC). In the course of investigation, an endo...
