Women Health

Female condoms cut HIV risks in women Reported August 08, 2008 Mexico City, Aug 08: The female condom is currently the only woman-controlled preventive method against HIV infection. Yet, it is a poorly funded invention and has been ignored by policy makers, making it far too expensive and largely unavailable. 'This is a 15-year scandal born … [Read more...]

New Insight Into Migraine Risk Reported December 23, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study suggests both genetic and hormonal factors influence a person's risk of developing migraines with aura. Researchers looked at the expression of two mutations that lead to familial hemiplegic migraine, an inherited form of severe migraine, in mice. They found the mutation linked to … [Read more...]

Osteoporosis Drug Safe for Kidney Disease Reported April 11, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals the osteoporosis drug raloxifene (Evista) can safe and effectively increase bone mineral density in women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) -- a group often excluded from osteoporosis drug studies. For women with CKD, it is … [Read more...]

Scientists Create Monkey Stem Cells Reported December 31, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The successful creation of the first induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell line from adult monkey skin may have important implications for direct reprogramming capabilities across different species. Previous studies have shown that induction of four key transcription factors can reprogram … [Read more...]

Swedish breast milk: Now less toxic!   Reported June 10, 2009 Good news for new and soon-to-be moms! A mother's breast milk may not be as toxic for her baby as she once thought!   PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenols, are a group of industrial chemicals that were developed in the … [Read more...]

British Parliamentary Committee Proposes Noting On Birth Certificates Whether Children Were Conceived With Egg, Sperm Donation 06 August, 2007 A group of British lawmakers on Tuesday during a review of the United Kingdom's Human Tissues and Embryos Bill proposed requiring that birth certificates indicate if a child was born by egg or … [Read more...]

Link between teen drinking and alcohol in womb Reported January 12, 2009 Scientists claim to have discovered a potential link between teenagers' drinking habits and their exposure to alcohol while in their mother's womb. A study published in the journal Behavioural and Brain Functions found that rats whose mothers were given alcohol during … [Read more...]

Ultrasound Could Reveal if Ovarian Tumor is Malignant Reported November 15, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There may be a new way to determine if an ovarian tumor is benign or malignant. A new study finds ultrasound is more accurate than blood test when determining if an ovarian tumor is cancerous. When an ovarian tumor is discovered, a blood test … [Read more...]

Study: Weight Loss Surgery may Reduce Cancer Risk in Women Reported June 24, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Obese women could lower their risk of cancer with bariatric (weight loss) surgery, according to a new study. Many kinds of cancer are linked with obesity and a high body mass index (BMI). Obesity is the second most preventable cause of cancer, next to … [Read more...]

Harsh second H1N1 wave not inevitable: U.S. experts Reported August 11, 2009 CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are gearing up for the return this fall of the H1N1 swine flu virus that has sparked a global pandemic, but some government scientists say a second, potentially more severe wave of disease is not inevitable. "Every influenza pandemic writes its own rules … [Read more...]

Menopausal women often use alternative therapies Reported March 06, 2009 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost half of women who have discontinued hormone therapy for menopause but still have symptoms turn to complementary and alternative medicine, commonly referred to as CAM. Among 563 such women, representing every U.S. state but Hawaii, 45 percent reported using CAM to … [Read more...]

New HIV strain discovered in woman from CameroonReported August 02, 2009 WASHINGTON — A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, … [Read more...]

Zapping Fibroids Reported December 1, 2005   (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients' pain from uterine fibroids can be helped without undergoing a hysterectomy, reveals a new study from researchers at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The doctors performed magnetic resonance-guided, focused ultrasound surgery on 160 women with uterine fibroids. The … [Read more...]

Perfect vision for health informatics Reported December 10, 2008 Representatives of international and regional e-health advocacy groups are meeting at the Wellcome Trust in London this week to agree plans for building “capacity” in the global health informatics workforce, thanks to a €0.9m ($1.2m) grant from the Bill and Melinda … [Read more...]

Influenza A linked to death of woman August 20, 2007 A 74-YEAR-OLD woman has become South Australia's latest official death linked to influenza. The woman, who died at an undisclosed Adelaide hospital yesterday morning, had a number of pre-existing illnesses. The Health Department refused to give further details but said the … [Read more...]

Abuse and HIV status linked to suicide risk in womenMarch 22, 2005 Women who are HIV-positive or are abused are more likely to think about or attempt suicide, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, George Washington University and St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. The study, … [Read more...]

Call for pregnant women to be vaccinated against Malaria Researchers have identified a target for a vaccine against malaria in pregnant women.A team of researchers has found that women who are normally immune to malaria are made vulnerable to it during pregnancy by a molecule that is made by the placenta.The molecule binds to another, which the … [Read more...]

Link found between bisphosphonates and a serious bone disease called osteonecrosis of the jaw 13-Dec-2004 Doctors at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center recently discovered a link between a common chemotherapy drug and a serious bone disease called osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). The discovery, published in the … [Read more...]

Caffeine Linked to Hallucinations Reported January 19, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new British study discovered people who drink mass quantities of caffeine are more likely to report hallucinations like hearing voices and seeing things that are not there. Researchers at Durham University categorize high caffeine drinkers as someone who consumed more than the equivalent of … [Read more...]

Not only are breast enhancement pills unproven, they could be dangerous Thursday, 18-Nov-2004 Flip through any women's magazine and you are sure to find advertisements hawking pills to enlarge women's breasts. But do these pills actually work? Probably not, says the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Not only are breast enhancement pills … [Read more...]

Young women in China too shy to ask for contraceptives3 Jun 2007 Young, single women in urban China are aware of contraceptive methods but some may be too shy to ask for them, research published in the online open access journal BMC Health Services Research reveals. Young women want more information, but need private and anonymous family … [Read more...]

Dense Breast Genes Found?Reported September 3, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Scientist report they have found a the location of a gene associated with dense breast tissue, a factor known to increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. Finding these genes means researchers may have a new lead on how to develop ways to reduce breast tissue density and, possibly, breast … [Read more...]

Diabetes Linked to Postpartum Depression?Reported March 02, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A first of its kind study discovered pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes were approximately 55 to 60 percent more likely to experience postpartum depression. Investigators at Harvard Medical School and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health gathered the research. … [Read more...]

Obesity and pregnancy associated with swine flu deaths Reported September 01, 2009 Copenhagen, Denmark, August 30: A significant research done by a team from the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance has discovered that obesity could be one of the major contributing causes in critical swine flu cases. The latest research has been done by … [Read more...]

Early Signs of Alzheimer's Reported July 29, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows despite otherwise healthy brain function, children of Alzheimer's patients who carry a genetic risk factor show significantly reduced functional brain connectivity. Many offspring of Alzheimer's patients carry the APOE-4 gene. Carrying this gene makes patients between three and 15 … [Read more...]

Teenager with swine flu dies in France Reported July 30, 2009 Paris - A 14-year-old girl infected with the A(H1N1) virus has died in France, the first death in the country linked to swine flu, the French Health Institute (InVS) said Thursday. The teenager had been suffering from an unspecified grave illness when she contracted the virus that causes swine flu and which … [Read more...]

Gel Doesn't Protect Women from HIV Reported January 02, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Carraguard microbicidal gel does not protect women from HIV infection, new information reveals. About 33.2 million people around the world are living with HIV. Women and girls are most often the victims, accounting for 61 percent of infections. In addition in people ages 15 to 24 years, … [Read more...]

Heart Disease Markers Linked to Sleep in WomenReported July 02, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Women who get less sleep are more likely to have higher levels of biomarkers linked to heart disease. According to British researchers who followed more than 4,600 people in their mid-30s, women who reported sleeping seven hours a night had higher levels of IL-6 than those who … [Read more...]

High blood pressure is called the "silent killer" because it often has no symptoms or warning signs. Because of this, experts say many people live with the dangerous condition for years without ever knowing it. As the country marks National High Blood Pressure Education Month, the most common risk factors and offers tips on keeping those blood pressure numbers in a healthy … [Read more...]

Hormones may Fight Colorectal Cancer in Women Reported October 05, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study that shows a woman's chance of surviving colorectal cancer decreases with age suggests hormones may be an effective treatment. After screening nearly 53,000 patients who suffered metastatic colorectal cancer between 1988 and 2004, study authors found women age 18 to 44 … [Read more...]