Tag: disease
member name: Women's Health Research
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March 09, 2007 01:54 PM EST --
With cases of obesity and type 2 diabetes at record numbers in the United States, new research reveals that women with “pre-diabetes” may experience blood vessel dysfunction, clot formation . . .
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April 25, 2008 11:18 AM EDT --
Coronary heart disease and stroke kill more Americans every year than all cancers combined . What's even more disturbing is that there is often a single underlying cause.
It's known as atherosclerosis, . . .
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January 31, 2008 02:48 PM EST --
The word is out: women are at risk for heart disease, just like men. In fact, roughly twice as many women in this country will die of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases than . . .
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July 03, 2008 04:42 PM EDT --
There are approximately 400,000 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United States today with 200 new patients diagnosed every week.
"No one knows what causes MS," said Phyllis Greenberger, . . .
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February 29, 2008 04:58 PM EST --
What was once speculation is now being confirmed by scientists: the brains of women and men are different in more ways than one.
Discoveries by scientists over the past 10 years have elucidated biological . . .
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May 28, 2008 05:02 PM EDT --
Many people haven't ever heard of celiac disease, but for the millions of people unable to eat bread, cookies, pizza crust and pasta, it's a reality they have to live with every day. Celiac . . .
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June 06, 2008 10:10 AM EDT --
With an estimated 14 million cases worldwide, you would think more would be known about scleroderma, a chronic, debilitating disease that can lead to the hardening and tightening of skin and connective . . .
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April 25, 2008 11:02 AM EDT --
Are you exhausted? Do you have pain all over but can't figure out what's wrong? If so, you may be suffering from fibromyalgia, a chronic condition that causes exhaustion, sleep disturbances . . .
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June 15, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
For many decades, medical research studies focused primarily on men and the results of countless studies were then applied to women. But we now know that the biological sex and gender differences . . .
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January 23, 2007 06:00 PM EST --
Thought you were done with the chickenpox as a kid? Think again. Shingles, a disease caused by the same virus as chickenpox, affects roughly one million Americans each year. As people age, . . .
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May 19, 2008 02:11 PM EDT --
The Society for Women's Health Research has produced a new video called "What a Difference an X Makes." It examines health differences between the sexes in a funny and informative . . .
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