Tag: health news
member name: Women's Health Research
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September 28, 2007 11:28 AM EDT --
The frequency of binge drinking is way up on college campuses across America. Binge drinking is defined as having four to five drinks in a row for the sole purpose of getting drunk and studies show . . .
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August 30, 2007 12:47 PM EDT --
Ovarian cancer, long considered a silent killer because of the lack of warning signs, may not be so silent. A new consensus statement released by the Gynecological Cancer Foundation reveals that women . . .
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April 19, 2007 05:48 PM EDT --
If you don’t suffer from dry eye syndrome (DES), chances are you’ve never heard of it. It is a condition characterized by an insufficiency in the amount or quality of tears. For . . .
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August 21, 2007 03:19 PM EDT --
Adult women are more than twice as likely to know how much they weighed in high school as they are to know their cholesterol number, and only about half of women have had a cholesterol test in the past . . .
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November 08, 2007 05:32 PM EST --
Sex is supposed to be enjoyable, but for countless women suffering from vulvodynia, that’s not the case. Characterized by pain or discomfort with sexual intercourse, rawness, stinging, itching . . .
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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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November 30, 2007 03:43 PM EST --
Although mood disorders and depression may occur at any age during a woman’s life, women seem to more vulnerable during times of hormonal fluctuations such as the menstrual period, pregnancy and . . .
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January 22, 2008 05:09 PM EST --
The last 50 years have witnessed a dramatic decline in the number of cervical cancer cases, according to the National Cancer Institute. This trend can be primarily attributed to the use of the Pap . . .
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May 14, 2008 03:58 PM EDT --
Many women aren't aware of the benefits from their participation in clinical research. According to a recent survey by the Society for Women's Health Research, only 9 percent of women have ever . . .
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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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August 11, 2008 12:20 PM EDT --
Most women will take the necessary precautions to protect the health of their newborn babies. They will consume prenatal vitamins, curtail certain behaviors like smoking and drinking and eat healthy . . .
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September 13, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
Only one in five women between the ages of 18 and 44 know their cholesterol level, despite the fact that cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease, the number one killer of women in the United . . .
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December 13, 2007 04:20 PM EST --
As the New Year quickly approaches, vows to adopt a healthier lifestyle abound. Health-related New Year's resolutions top the list of promises American adults make to themselves as the calendar . . .
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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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February 15, 2008 10:52 AM EST --
Despite the fact that folic acid can prevent some of the most common birth defects, young women aren't getting enough of it. Only one in three women ages 18-24 takes a daily supplement containing . . .
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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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March 14, 2008 12:09 PM EDT --
Diabetes can take a toll on a person's overall health, but amidst all of the possible problems that may arise sexual dysfunction is not often talked about and is more common than most people realize. According . . .
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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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