Cardiology
Stress linked to worse outcomes for young women with heart disease
Stress is much more harmful for young and middle-aged women with cardiovascular disease than for other patients, new research indicates.
Aug 06, 2019
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News tagged with younger women
Immunology
Women's stronger immune response to flu vaccination diminishes with age
Women tend to have a greater immune response to a flu vaccination compared to men, but their advantage largely disappears as they age and their estrogen levels decline, suggests a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...
Jul 16, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Study confirms disparities in triple-negative breast cancer diagnoses
A new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, shows that women of color and young women may face elevated risks of developing triple-negative breast cancers, which are ...
Jul 08, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Big decline seen in use of annual pelvic exam by young women
(HealthDay)—Young women are far less likely now to get an annual pelvic exam than they were in decades past, a new report finds.
Jun 26, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New breast cancer drug found to boost survival rates by 30%
A new form of drug drastically improves survival rates of younger women with the most common type of breast cancer, researchers said on Saturday, citing the results of an international clinical trial.
Jun 01, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Soy foods linked to fewer fractures in younger breast cancer survivors
A new paper in JNCI Cancer Spectrum, published by Oxford University Press, is the first study to find that diets high in soy foods are associated with a decreased risk of osteoporotic bone fractures in pre-menopausal breast ...
May 21, 2019
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Cardiology
A better way to classify young women's heart attacks
Women age 55 and younger are less likely to exhibit the classic symptoms and underlying mechanisms of a heart attack commonly observed in men. This can leave women undiagnosed and at great risk.
May 02, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Urine test could prevent cervical cancer
Urine testing may be as effective as the smear test at preventing cervical cancer, according to new research by University of Manchester scientists.
Apr 29, 2019
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Cardiology
People under 40 diagnosed with type 2 diabetes face excess risk of cardiovascular disease, death
People under age 40 who are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes are more likely to have or die from cardiovascular disease than those of similar age without diabetes and the excess risks were more pronounced in younger women, ...
Apr 08, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bisphosphonates increasingly prescribed to the women most likely to benefit
In recent years, women who start taking bisphosphonates (BPs) to treat osteoporosis and prevent fracture have trended from younger to older and from having osteopenia to having osteoporosis, researchers report. The results ...
Mar 23, 2019
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