Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Women from around the UK, including model Nell McAndrew, stripped bare to launch Cancer Research UK's Race for Life 2008 in chilly London. United by their individual cancer experiences, the women braved the cold to take part in a naked training session to highlight that every woman in the UK ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
A vaginal microbicide that incorporates an antiretroviral (ARV) drug normally used to treat people with HIV is safe for sexually active HIV-negative women to use every day over an extended period, suggest results of a clinical trial of tenofovir topical gel. Moreover, most of the women who participated in the ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
New research published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has reported obesity, and having previously given birth, as the two largest risk factors for blood clots in the lungs during pregnancy (antenatal pulmonary embolism).
Blood clotting in the lungs is the most important cause of death directly related ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
The incidence of breast cancer in parts of Asia is rising steeply and catching up with rates in the western world, Dr Louis Chow, Medical Director of the Comprehensive Centre for Breast Diseases, UNIMED Institute, Hong Kong told oncologists attending the recent 1st Asian Breast Cancer Conference in New Delhi, ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts on Wednesday announced a grant of $270,400 to pilot the "Women's HIV/Sexual Violence Initiative," the Worcester Telegram reports. The initiative is a collaboration of AIDS Project Worcester, the YWCA's Daybreak program, Family Health Center, the Rape Crisis Center, Pernet Family Health Service and the ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
A genetic variant in the Reelin gene increases the chances of developing schizophrenia but not men. At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Oxford, researchers conducted a study of this issue in the Ashkenzi Jewish population. They confirmed their findings through a global collaboration including populations and ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
The question of whether it is appropriate to vaccinate older women against Human papillomavirus (HPV) is presented for debate in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia.
Dr Rachel Skinner - Senior Lecturer at the School of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Western Australia - and ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
When it comes to romantic attraction men primarily are motivated by good looks and women by earning power. At least that's what men and women have been saying for a long time. Based on research that dates back several decades, the widely accepted notion permeates popular culture today.
But those sex ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
When it comes to short periods of sick leave, women take almost 50% more time than men. This was found in a study conducted in Finland, published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine on February 5, 2008. However, when long term sick leave is evaluated, neither women nor men are dominant.
Researchers ...
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