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fitness news , Font size Women's Health Reproductive health care lags in Laos - Reported, May 22, 2014 Health experts are reviewing a years-long effort to reverse a deadly trend for mothers and newborns in Laos, which has the highest death rate in Southeast Asia for both groups. Offering free maternal and child health care … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Liechtenstein Helps Protect the World’s Most Vulnerable Children Against Polio - Reported, May 22, 2014 The United Nations Foundation applauds a generous, three-year commitment of US$75,000 from the government of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Global Polio Eradication … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Outcomes of antiretroviral treatment programmes in rural Lesotho: health centres and hospitals compared - Reported, May 22, 2014 Scarce human resources for health are a major obstacle to the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in rural Africa. In response, the World Health … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health A call for solidarity with Lithuanian women in maintaining the control over their own bodies - Reported, May 22, 2013 Lithuanian Parliament is currently deliberating the draft law on “Law on the protection of a life in a pre-natal phase” and accompanying legislative projects, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Attitudes of fertile and infertile woman towards new reproductive technologies - Reported, May 22, 2013 According to statistical data, more and more couples around the world including Lithuania complain of fertility disorders or are infertile. In today‘s world every sixth couple, i.e. … [Read more...]

  fitness news , Font size Women's Health CDC Urges Anti-HIV Pill for People at High Risk - Reported, May 20 2014     Targeted groups include people with an infected partner or those who don't practice safe sex WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- People deemed to be at high risk for contracting … [Read more...]

  fitness news , Font size Women's Health PRI’s work to improve women’s health in Kazakhstan’s prisons - Reported, May 22 2014     Throughout the past ten years, women’s imprisonment has become one of the leading domestic issues in Kazakhstan. The number of female prisoners now incarcerated is four times … [Read more...]

  fitness news , Font size Women's Health Indoor tanning, even without burning, increases the risk of melanoma - Reported, June 03 2014     People sometimes use indoor tanning in the belief that this will prevent burns when they tan outdoors. However, indoor tanning raises the risk of developing melanoma … [Read more...]

  fitness news , Font size Women's Health Dyslexia Glasses? - Reported, May 13 2014     Dyslexia is a learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading and it could affect up to 15-percent of the u-s population. There's no cure, but now more and more people are finding new ways to deal with their … [Read more...]

  fitness news , Font size Women's Health 4 Must-Have Medical Tech Devices For Seniors - Reported, May 13 2014     There are almost 40 million Americans over the age of 65. Five years from now, that number is going to double. That means one-in-five people will be in their mid-60’s. Those 85 and older … [Read more...]

  fitness news , Font size Women's Health Fixing Fibroids - Reported, May 13 2014     Pilates studio owner Tonya Amos needs her body to run her business. However, the former professional dancer started feeling intense pain. A visit to her doctor revealed the cause. “She said, ‘Does this hurt’ and she … [Read more...]

  fitness news , Font size Women's Health Yoga keeps expectant moms' stress at bay, confirms study - Reported, May 06 2014     Yoga could reduce the risk of expectant mothers developing anxiety and depression, according to the first study on this subject. Stress during pregnancy is related to negative … [Read more...]

  fitness news , Font size Women's Health Sales Halted for Uterine-Fibroid Surgery Device - Reported, May 03 2014     Sales of a device used in surgery to remove uterine fibroids have been halted due to concerns that they may worsen a rare but deadly type of cancer, Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Asthma Sufferers may be Prone to Bone Loss   - Reported, May 03, 2014   Some of the 26 million Americans with asthma may also be prone to bone loss. According to a study published today in the May issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the … [Read more...]

  fitness news , Font size Women's Health Decoding Anorexia: The Gene Search - Reported, April 30  2014     From decades of research, we know genes influence a person’s risk for anorexia. Now, there’s a global effort to identify those genes that cause eating disorders; one that could save countless … [Read more...]

  fitness news , Font size Women's Health Pedaling for a Cure - Reported, April 30  2014     Five years ago, Leslie Trudeau’s world came crashing down. At just 22 years old, her son Taylor lost his battle with leukemia. “He was the bravest person I know. He never complained. He never said, ‘Why me?’” … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health New Molecular Targets Found in Melanoma - Reported, December 20  2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –Recent research has found two novel BRAF fusions in melanomas that were previously considered to be negative for molecular targets, and melanomas with these fusions were found to be … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Even Mild Hits to Head Might Harm the Brain - Reported, December 20  2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –Even when there is no concussion, blows to the head during a single season of ice hockey or football could affect the brain’s white matter and cognition, or memory and thinking … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Even Mild Hits to Head Might Harm the Brain - Reported, December 20  2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –Even when there is no concussion, blows to the head during a single season of ice hockey or football could affect the brain’s white matter and cognition, or memory and thinking … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Contact Delivers Drug Directly to Eye - Reported, December 11  2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Researchers have developed a contact lens which continuously delivers medication directly to the eye for up to a month. A team of researchers from Harvard University, Boston Children’s … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Asparagus a hangover remedy: Korean study - Reported, January 07, 2013 In research to be published in the Journal of Food Science, Korean researchers found that extracts taken from the leaves and shoots of asparagus boosted levels of key enzymes that break down alcohol after heavy drinking. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Fast Track - Reported, November 25 2013   ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- In 1997, the food and drug administration modernization act directed FDA to create a mechanism where important new drugs could get to patients more quickly. Under this act, drugs can be designated as … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Painkillers Prevent Marijuana-Induced Memory Problems? - Reported, November 25 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –Marijuana, people use it recreationally and medically to treat a variety of conditions, from chronic pain to epilepsy. However, a new study has revealed the molecular … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Miracle Drug for Cystic Fibrosis - Reported, November 19 2013   DENVER, Co. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary disease that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs. Just decades ago, children born with CG would live only into their teens. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health High Blood Pressure Predicts Memory Loss - Reported, November 19 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –People in middle age who have high blood pressure known as pulse pressure are more likely to have biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in their spinal fluid than those with lower pulse … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Treating Depression with Electroconvulsive Therapy - Reported, November 07 2013   MIAMI, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Electroshock therapy was first used in 1938 to induce a therapeutic seizure. Those seizures seemed to reset the brain. Today the treatment is nothing like the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health One Dose of HPV Vaccine Enough? - Reported, November 06 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –According to a recent study, women vaccinated with one dose of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine had antibodies against the viruses that remained stable in their blood for four years, suggesting … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health World Obesity Day 2013: Fat ain’t fit   - Reported, October 25, 2013   October 26 is World Obesity Day. One of the most common advertisements in both the print and electronic media is that of weight loss programmes that promise magical transformation from a fat to a fit figure. Doctors, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Seeing Clearly: What’s Your Vision IQ? - Reported, October 17 2013    When it comes to wearing contact lenses or getting LASIK surgery, how acute is your vision IQ? Glasses, contacts, even surgery, we’ll try anything to improve vision. “The best thing to do in either, for either … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Hearing Loss Identified using Eye Imaging Technique - Reported, October 15 2013    (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A technique used to create images of your retina is now being repurposed to help identify hearing loss in patients, Brain Applegate, PhD, Director of the Department of … [Read more...]