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Single gene links rare and unrelated cancers

Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and the University of British Columbia are excited over a discovery made while studying rare tumour types.

Cancer created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newborn Apgar score related to teen school performance

(Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study published in Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Apgar test which is given to newborns one minute and five minutes after birth to evaluate their health is also an ind ...

Health created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Scientists isolate egg-producing stem cells from adult human ovaries

For the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive age women and shown these cells can produce what appear to be normal egg cells or ...

Medical research created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Discovery helps mice beat urinary tract infections

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found new clues to why some urinary tract infections recur persistently after multiple rounds of treatment.

Medical research created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover breakthrough in ovarian cancer

Researchers at The University of Arizona Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix have discovered that many women with low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary or peritoneum have seen their tumors ...

Cancer created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New chemo drug gentler on fertility, tougher on cancer

A new gentler chemotherapy drug in the form of nanoparticles has been designed by Northwestern Medicine® scientists to be less toxic to a young woman's fertility but extra tough on cancer. This is the first cancer drug tested ...

Cancer created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chronic vulvar pain a reality for more than 100,000 women in southeast Michigan

For more than 100,000 area women, chronic vulvar pain (pain at the opening to the vagina) is so severe it makes intercourse, and sometimes sitting for long periods of time, painful, if not impossible.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

New moms suffer more obsessive-compulsive symptoms than general population

A new mother may constantly worry and check to see if her baby is still breathing. Or she may fret about germs, obsessing whether she's properly sterilized the bottles, then wash and rewash them.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers discover gene that causes obesity in mice

Researchers have discovered that deleting a specific gene in mice prevents them from becoming obese even on a high fat diet, a finding they believe may be replicated in humans.

Medical research created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Walking, sex and spicy food are favored unprescribed methods to bring on labor

More than half of the women in a recently published survey reported that near the end of their pregnancies, they took it upon themselves to try to induce labor, mostly by walking, having sex, eating spicy food or stimulating ...

Health created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Many babies born to immigrants are being labeled too small incorrectly

One of the first things people ask new parents is how much does their baby weigh.

Health created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

'Love hormone' may aid women's recovery after childbirth

(HealthDay)—Chronic pain from childbirth is rare and biologic changes after a woman gives birth may prevent the development of pain after birth, according to two new studies.

Medical research created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

BUSM professor authors book on how knowledge about genes and family history can save lives

World-renowned genetics expert Aubrey Milunsky, MD, DSc, has penned a new book focused on new DNA tests that have dramatically expanded our ability to avoid, prevent, diagnose, predict and treat many genetic disorders. Based ...

Genetics created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Predicting women's long-term health based on pregnancy outcomes

George R. Saade, M.D., president of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, gave a compelling presentation to SMFM ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fat cells in abdomen fuel spread of ovarian cancer

A large pad of fat cells that extends from the stomach and covers the intestines provides nutrients that promote the spread and growth of ovarian cancer, reports a research team based at the University of Chicago in the journal ...

Cancer created Oct 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast