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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Alcohol raises breast cancer risk |
| Published: September 27, 2007, 11:14 am |
| Tags: Health, Alcohol, Alcohol Use, Breast Cancer, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| The U.S. researchers said Thursday that all alcohol adds equally to the risk of developing breast cancer. The researchers, led by Dr. Arthur Klatsky of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, United States, revealed their findings at a meeting of the European Cancer Organization in Barcelona. |
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| Wine, women, beer and breast cancer risk |
| Published: September 28, 2007, 4:19 pm |
| Tags: Health, Alcohol Consumption, Breast Cancer, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| One of the largest individual studies of the effects of alcohol on the risk of breast cancer has concluded that it makes no difference whether a woman drinks wine, beer or spirits (liquor) it is the alcohol itself (ethyl alcohol) and the quantity consumed that is likely to trigger the onset of cancer. |
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| pregnancy does not harm chances of survival from cancer |
| Published: September 28, 2007, 4:13 pm |
| Tags: Health, Cancer Treatment, Pregnancy, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| New research offers reassurance to women worried about whether getting pregnant after cancer treatment might worsen their prognosis. |
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| Researchers announce new methods of beating breast cancer |
| Published: October 1, 2007, 3:16 pm |
| Tags: Health, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Cancer, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| University of Manchester researchers will reveal new ways of controlling and treating breast cancer at the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham today (Monday 1 October 2007). |
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| Panic attacks associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events |
| Published: October 2, 2007, 2:52 am |
| Tags: Health, Cardiovascular Diseases, Elderly Health, Heart Attack, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| Older women who experience at least one full-blown panic attack may have an increased risk of having a heart attack or stroke and an increased risk of death in the next five years, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. |
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| First significant genetic finding in severe PMS, or PMDD |
| Published: October 2, 2007, 4:40 pm |
| Tags: Health, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Severe Premenstrual Syndrome, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| heritable, affects 5-8% of women, and is associated with severe emotional and physical problems, such as irritability, marked depressed mood, anger, headaches, weight gain and more, to such an extent that quality of life is seriously |
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| Women can do more to prevent cancer, but aren't |
| Published: October 2, 2007, 4:32 pm |
| Tags: Health, Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| When it comes to preventing cancer, women believe they're doing more than they actually are. Perhaps most surprising, women are more afraid of getting Alzheimer's disease than cancer, even though cancer causes nearly ten times more deaths per year. |
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| Stop eating for two |
| Published: October 2, 2007, 4:13 pm |
| Tags: Health, Obesity, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Weight, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| Severely obese women should lose weight during pregnancy, while obese women who are pregnant should gain less weight than currently recommended, a Saint Louis University study finds. |
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| Vaginal progesterone gel may improve infant outcomes |
| Published: October 3, 2007, 2:14 pm |
| Tags: Health, Preterm Births, Vaginal Births, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| Vaginal progesterone gel may improve infant outcomes and, reduce the rate of preterm birth in women with a short cervix in mid-pregnancy |
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| Study Finds Heart Treatment for US Women Less Aggressive |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 12:39 pm |
| Tags: Health, Heart Disease, Heart Treatment, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| leading cause of death among women throughout the world. Yet, a new study by Duke University in North Carolina shows, as in much of the world, women in the U.S. are not treated as aggressively as men for heart disease. The study compares how often doctors implant a life saving medical device in men and women. The results show that men are two to |
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| Whites take supplemental breast cancer therapy more often than blacks |
| Published: October 8, 2007, 11:26 am |
| Tags: Health, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Therapy, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| A new study finds that white women more frequently take more of the life-prolonging supplemental therapies used to treat breast cancer than African-American women. |
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| Differences between black, white women in use of breast cancer therapy |
| Published: October 8, 2007, 11:21 am |
| Tags: Health, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Therapy, Breast Cancer Treatment, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| A new study finds treatment for breast cancer differs between African-American women and white women, though the differences are partly dependent on insurance type. The study appears in the November 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. |
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| Hip size of mothers linked to breast cancer in daughters |
| Published: October 8, 2007, 2:25 pm |
| Tags: Health, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Risk, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| In a study of the maternity records of more than 6,000 women, David J.P. Barker, M.D., Ph.D., and Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., of Oregon Health & Science University discovered a strong correlation between the size and shape of a woman's hips and her daughter's risk of breast cancer. |
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| Level of Oxytocin in Pregnant Women Predicts Mother-Child Bond |
| Published: October 16, 2007, 11:13 am |
| Tags: Health, Pregnancy, Pregnant Women, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| Humans are hard-wired to form enduring bonds with others. One of the primary bonds across the mammalian species is the mother-infant bond. Evolutionarily speaking, it is in a mother's best interest to foster the well-being of her child; however, some mothers just seem a bit more maternal than others do. |
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| Exposure to sunlight may decrease risk of breast cancer by half |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 12:11 pm |
| Tags: Health, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| A research team from the Northern California Cancer Center, the University of Southern California, and Wake Forest University School of Medicine has found that increased exposure to sunlight which increases levels of vitamin D in the body -- may decrease the risk of advanced breast cancer. |
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