Women Health News

Aussie traveller bird flu alert September 22, 2005 AUSTRALIAN travellers are being warned to avoid bird markets as fears of a bird flu pandemic in the Asian region grow. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has stopped short of advising people to stay away from the affected … [Read more...]

Screen pregnant women for AIDS: expert December 1, 2004 All pregnant women in Australia should be screened for HIV/AIDS, a prominent researcher said. Dr Nick Graves, a senior researcher at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), said a recent study had shown there were a small number of pregnant women in Australia with undiagnosed … [Read more...]

Breastfeeding Moms with Asthma may Hinder Babies’ Benefits Reported November 05, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Breastfeeding usually helps babies have better lung function later in childhood, but it may not if their moms have asthma. A new report from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Arizona Respiratory Center at the … [Read more...]

Area woman's death linked to listeriosis Reported September 08, 2008 Ottawa . An elderly woman has become Ottawa's first listeriosis-related death this year, but area health officials don't yet know whether the case is linked to contaminated meat products from Maple Leaf Foods. Ottawa Public Health was notified on the weekend that the woman died of complications related … [Read more...]

People at high risk from swine flu should talk with doctors now about flu drugsReported September 09, 2009 TORONTO — Pregnant women and people with chronic health conditions who are at higher risk of getting severely ill if they catch swine flu should talk with their doctors about setting up a way to get rapid access to antiviral drugs if they get sick, public health … [Read more...]

Can Women be fat and fit? Reported May 05, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Being overweight or obese puts people at higher risk for heart disease. So does lack of physical activity. But getting more active can help mitigate the risk for people who are overweight. According to researchers who followed nearly 39,000 women taking part in the long-running Women’s Health Study, … [Read more...]

New Technology has More Accurate Diagnosis of Breast Cancers Reported November 29, 2005     (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Digital tomosynthesis is a more specific breast cancer technique and more accurate diagnostic technology than traditional film mammography, according to a recent study. Steven Poplack, M.D., an associate professor of diagnostic radiology and obstetrics and … [Read more...]

 A disease may announce its presence on the skin   By Helen Fields Women tend to get all hung up on their skin's cosmetic attributes. Is that a new wrinkle? How can I make my elbows smoother? Will this self-tanner turn me orange? But their concern with skin as upholstery ignores a larger truth: Skin is a big organ that you can see. Because the skin is connected to the rest … [Read more...]

Do Birth Control Pills Make Women Weaker?Reported April 27, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Oral contraceptives appear to impair muscle gains in young women and are associated with lower hormone levels, according to a new study. Researchers set out to examine the effect of oral contraceptives (OC) on healthy women between the ages of 18 and 31. The women participated in a … [Read more...]

Ending Pelvic Pain Reported October 16, 2009 PHOENIX (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fifteen percent of women in the United States live with chronic pelvic pain. For some, it's so bad they can't move or function normally, yet as many as 70 percent of sufferers never get a definite diagnosis. Three new options are helping pain patients regain control over their lives. Shannon … [Read more...]

Experts offer five exercises to avoid senile marasmus 09/09/2005 There are methods to make the brain young even with elderly people The problem of life prolongation is burning for each of us, and we try to find a way in which it could be made longer. Researchers are also working on life prolongation. There is still no elixir of … [Read more...]

First-time Moms Prone to Postnatal PsychosisReported February 10, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows first-time mothers are at the greatest risk of developing psychosis in the month following the birth of their child even if they have never been hospitalized for mental illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm conducted the study. They looked … [Read more...]

Bladder, kidney infections share risk factors Tuesday, January 4, 2005 SEATTLE, Jan 04, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Seattle researchers found the same factors that put women at risk for simple urinary tract infections might make them susceptible to kidney infections. Senior investigator at Group Health Cooperative's … [Read more...]

Freezing Eggs -- Increasing Odds Reported April 14, 2008 ATLANTA, Ga. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than six million American women and their partners face some kind of infertility issue. Fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization have helped millions, but what about women who still can't conceive? In 1997, embryologist Michael Tucker became the first United States … [Read more...]

Healthy Eating for Life Reported July 01, 2008 BALTIMORE, M.D. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Forty-five percent of the U.S. population is suffering from at least one chronic disease, such as heart disease, asthma and diabetes. These conditions are often preventable through diet, but with new fads continually popping up, eating healthy can sometimes be confusing. One of the … [Read more...]

How Old Are You, Really? Reported April 4, 2005 LAKEWOOD, Colo. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Everyone knows their chronological age, but what about your body's biological age? How fast your body and brain age may be different than how fast you age. A simple test could help you figure that out. Heather Wright fears … [Read more...]

Menopause can be delayed Reported May 19, 2008 WOMEN in India can delay the advent of menopause in their lives, provided they adopt a certain lifestyle and nutritious diet. This was a joint finding by doctors, dieticians and gynaecologists, who spoke at length during an interactive lesson on ’Menopause and Stress’, organised by the Centre for Adult, … [Read more...]

Swine flu: Who will get vaccinated first? Reported September 03, 2009 PARIS — Governments bracing for a second, possibly more lethal, wave of swine flu are all grappling with the same unforgiving dilemma: with not enough vaccine to go around, who is going to get jabbed first? Any lingering hopes that pharmaceutical … [Read more...]

Experts say Korea is overreacting to flu Reported September 01, 2009 Korea is overreacting to the spread of the A(H1N1) virus, according to the head of a hospital that has treated the largest number of patients infected so far with the new flu. Kim Jong-seok, head of Incheon Medical Center, said Korea is “overly panicked” and that the general … [Read more...]

Laser Detects Breast CancerReported April 08, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A novel laser device could help prevent breast cancer from spreading to other parts of the body by detecting cancer cells before they form into tumors. Researchers are using tiny particles of gold -- nanoparticles -- to mark circulating breast cancer cells in a blood sample. When a … [Read more...]

Linking Fibromyalgia to the Brain Reported November 04, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fibromyalgia patients may finally have some answers as to what causes their disease. Researchers in France used single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) to detect functional abnormalities in certain regions in the brains of patients with fibromyalgia. This reinforces the idea that … [Read more...]

Less Sleep Can Mean More SnackingReported June 12, 2008 People who get less sleep tend to eat more snacks, according to a new study. Dr. Plamen Penev of the University of Chicago studied 11 volunteers in 14-day studies. At least three months apart, they were given 5½ hours or 8½ hours to sleep in a room with not much to do but plenty of snacks that they could eat at their … [Read more...]

Healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk: studyReported August 12, 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A person's odds of suffering a stroke might be significantly reduced by maintaining an overall healthy lifestyle, which includes not smoking, exercising daily, consuming a healthy diet, drinking alcohol in moderation and maintaining a healthy weight, according to a study … [Read more...]

Family violence worsens older women's healthReported March 06, 2009 WASHINGTON: Older women exposed to high levels of family violence during lifetimes are likely to have poor health, according to a new study . In the study involving African American women aged 50 years or older, the researchers found that exposure to family violence, be it intimate partner violence or … [Read more...]

Making Muscles Move Again   Reported July 16, 2009 ROCKVILLE, Md. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Whether it's the aftermath of a stroke, surgery, or a bad accident, retraining the muscles to move again is a long and frustrating process. Now, new therapies are helping three women jumpstart their brains and their lives.   Walking, reaching, and smiling … [Read more...]

Mother Love Eases Preemies' Pain Reported April 25, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- For kids of all ages, cuddling with mom can cure any pain. Cuddling up with mom can even make all the difference in the world to a premature infant faced with a painful procedure. Canadian researchers who compared pain scores among preemies undergoing painful heel pricks to take blood find those … [Read more...]

Young women should check stroke historyMonday, November 22, 2004 SEATTLE, Nov 22, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) --Young women with a family history of stroke in their parents or siblings could have an increased risk for stroke themselves, a report released Monday said. Dr. Helen Kim of the University of Washington and … [Read more...]

Ovarian Cancer: No Good Test?Reported December 15, 2009 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Every year, more than 20-thousand women find out they have ovarian cancer. For almost two-thirds of them, it's a deadly diagnosis. But unlike other cancers, doctors say yearly screening for ovarian cancer may do more harm than good. The test that was supposed to save one … [Read more...]

Parkinson's Disease Linked to Reproductive HistoryReported February 26, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study suggests a woman's reproductive history could raise or lower her chances of developing Parkinson's disease. The research examined the records of over 80,000 women who participated in the Women's Health Initiative Observations Study. Researchers discovered women … [Read more...]

Pregnant Women Need Flu ProtectionReported September 25, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Both the seasonal flu and the swine flu are spreading fast across the United States. Pregnant women are at a greater risk of the flu’s harmful effects. Experts say mothers-to-be should take precautions to protect themselves. The H1N1 (swine) flu is caused by a virus. The typical body … [Read more...]