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Veterans' Caregiving Often Falls to Spouse
Nov. 10, 2010 -- When veterans with service-related injuries or illness need caregivers, the role typically falls on women, usually spouses or partners, a new report finds. The study by the National Alliance for Caregiving and the United Health Foundation reports that 96% of veterans’ caregivers are
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Surgeons Call for Gentler Hysterectomy
Nov. 9, 2010 -- Two-thirds of hysterectomies performed in the United States involve abdominal surgery, even though there is a growing consensus that less invasive procedures are generally safer with quicker recovery times. In a position paper released this week, the American Association of Gynecolog
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New Clues to Chronic Pelvic Pain
Long Beach, Calif. (Oct. 1, 2010) -- Conditions that cause chronic pelvic pain -- such as irritable bowel syndrome and overactive bladder -- often occur together, and now new research may have uncovered more information on why. Nerves in the painful organ may ''leak'' information to nerves in an adj
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Better Research Leads to Strides in Women's Health
Sept. 23, 2010 -- Better research in the past 20 years has led to lower death rates from breast cancer, heart disease, and cervical cancer. But little progress has been made in other conditions that affect women, including autoimmune diseases such as lupus, lung cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease, acco
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Stress May Raise Risk of Premenstrual Syndrome
Aug. 24, 2010 -- Feeling stressed out in the weeks preceding your menstrual cycle may raise your risk for experiencing more severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms, a study shows. Women who reported high levels of stress in the two weeks before they got their period were two to three times more
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Cranberry Juice Fights Urinary Tract Infections Quickly
Aug. 23, 2010 -- Scientists report that within eight hours of drinking cranberry juice, the juice could help prevent bacteria from developing into an infection in the urinary tract. Previous studies have suggested that the active compounds in cranberry juice are not destroyed by the digestive system
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Women's Chronic Pain More Intense
Aug. 13, 2010 (San Diego) -- Women's chronic pain is different than men's, and health care providers and therapists need to focus on that, says an expert who talked about those differences at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. ''Research has shown that women experience sig
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Menstrual Cycle Affects Cholesterol Levels
Aug. 12, 2010 -- Blood cholesterol levels ebb and flow according a woman's menstrual cycle, and screening tests should be timed accordingly for the most accurate results, National Institutes of Health researchers report online in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. In their study,
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Menstrual Cramps May Affect the Brain
Aug. 11, 2010 -- Menstrual cramps may actually change the structure of women's brains, according to new research in the journal Pain. Primary dysmenorrhea (PDM) -- menstrual pain in otherwise healthy women -- affects between 20% to 90% of adolescent girls, researchers say. It is marked by cramps in
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Sit More, Die Sooner
July 22, 2010 -- Sit at leisure, die at haste, an American Cancer Society study finds. In the 14-year study, people who spent at least 6 hours of their daily leisure time sitting died sooner than people who sat less than 3 hours. And people who both sit a lot and exercise little are at even higher r
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