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High triglyceride levels found to predict stroke in older women

In a surprising finding with significant implications for older women, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and NYU School of Medicine have found that high levels of triglycerides (blood ...

Cardiology created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Height loss increases risk for fractures and death in older women

Older women who have lost more than two inches in height face an increased risk of breaking bones and dying, according to a new study published in the January issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and funded by the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More US women having twins; rate at 1 in 30 babies

More U.S. women are having twins these days. The reason? Older moms and fertility treatments.

Health created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surprising results in USC study of cancer surviving twins

(Medical Xpress) -- Older female cancer survivors are significantly more likely to suffer from long-term cognitive impairment after diagnosis and treatment compared to their twin sibling with no history of ...

Cancer created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study faults partial radiation for breast cancer

New research casts doubt on a popular treatment for breast cancer: A week of radiation to part of the breast instead of longer treatment to all of it.

Cancer created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Advanced age should not deter women from breast reconstruction after cancer

Breast cancer is on the rise and 48 percent of all breast cancers occur in women older than 65, but very few of them choose to have breast reconstruction.

Cancer created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Canadian breast cancer screening guidelines would cost thousands of lives

The American College of Radiology today denounced new breast cancer screening guidelines by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health (CTFOPH), which recommend against annual screening of women ages 40-49 and would extend ...

Cancer created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than one-quarter of Canadian adults projected to have hypertension in 2012/13

Hypertension in Canada is increasing, and it is projected that more than one-quarter of Canadian adults will be diagnosed with hypertension by 2012/13, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...

Health created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poor sleep habits linked to increased risk of fibromyalgia in women

Researchers from Norway have uncovered an association between sleep problems and increased risk of fibromyalgia in women. The risk of fibromyalgia increased with severity of sleep problems, and the association was stronger ...

Health created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds advances in breast cancer don't extend to older women

The survival rates for older women with breast cancer lag behind younger women diagnosed with the disease, indicating that the elder population may be missing out on improvements in treatment and detection, according to new ...

Cancer created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Studies link depression, breast cancer outcomes

This year, more than 230,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and nearly 40,000 women will not survive their battle with cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. New research from the University of Missouri ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nearly half of Ontario seniors do not see dentists regularly

Forty-five per cent of Ontarians 65 years and older did not see a dentist in the last year, increasing their risk of chronic diseases and a reduced quality of life , a new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital, Women's ...

Dentistry created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Estrogen may prevent younger menopausal women from strokes: study

Estrogen may prevent strokes in premature or early menopausal women, Mayo Clinic researchers say. Their findings challenge the conventional wisdom that estrogen is a risk factor for stroke at all ages. The study was published ...

Medical research created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Certain dietary supplements associated with increased risk of death in older women

Consuming dietary supplements, including multivitamins, folic acid, iron and copper, among others, appears to be associated with an increased risk of death in older women, according to a report in the October 10 issue of ...

Health created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Higher incidence of secondary breast cancer seen among black women regardless of age

The overall incidence of breast cancer is generally higher among white women than black women; however, the incidence of a second breast cancer in the opposite breast is higher among black women, according to a study presented ...

Cancer created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0