Health
Season's eatings
'Tis the season of plenty of food and drink. While celebrating should be joyful, for some women, it's not. All the holiday temptations can add another layer to an already complicated biological process.
Dec 16, 2014
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Page 24 - News tagged with menstrual cycles
Cardiology
Women's age at first menstrual cycle linked to heart disease risk
Women who had their first menstrual cycle at age 10 or younger, or age 17 or older, may be at higher risk of developing heart disease, stroke, and complications of high blood pressure, according to new research in the American ...
Dec 15, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Developing a noninvasive test for endometriosis
Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified patterns of genetic activity that can be used to diagnose endometriosis and its severity, a finding that may offer millions of women an alternative to surgery through a simple ...
Nov 24, 2014
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Medical research
Targeting estrogen receptors prevents binge eating in female mice
Binge eating, an eating disorder in which a person frequently consumes unusually large amounts of food in a short period of time, affects about 5 to 10 percent of U.S. adults and is more common in women than men. Researchers ...
Aug 26, 2014
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Genetics
Gene correction for a rare disease
Angeles suffers from a severe and rare genetic disease called Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP). This means, one of her genes restrains her liver to produce a specific protein needed for the metabolism of the blood. During ...
Jul 2, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Despite accepted lore, women's mate preferences don't shift according to fertility, menstrual cycle, new study claims
(Medical Xpress)—Over the past two decades, studies in reproductive biology and psychology have purported to show a correlation between what women want in a male partner and their time of the month—demonstrating that ...
May 14, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows women's menstrual cycle phase impacts sexual preference for composers of more complex music
(Medical Xpress)—An intriguing study conducted by Benjamin Charlton, of the University of Sussex, has resulted in findings that suggest women prefer male composers that produce complex pieces of music when at the most fertile ...
Oncology & Cancer
Irregular menstruation may predict increased risk of death from ovarian cancer
(Medical Xpress)—Women with irregular menstrual cycles had a twofold increased risk of death from ovarian cancer, according to a large, prospective study presented here at the AACR Annual Meeting 2014, April 5-9.
Apr 10, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sports medicine experts say Female Athlete Triad syndrome a growing concern
(Medical Xpress)—When an adolescent female patient comes to Nationwide Children's Hospital's Sports Medicine clinic, not only are these young women treated for their sports-related injury, but their sports medicine physician ...
Feb 17, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What do women want? It depends on the time of the month
(Medical Xpress)—If she loves you and then she loves you not, don't blame the petals of that daisy. Blame evolution.
Feb 13, 2014
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