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 6, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds earlier mammograms for women with family history of breast cancer may not be needed
A new study released in the journal Cancer reconsiders guidelines for when to start screening with mammograms if a woman has a mother, sister, or daughter who was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Oct 21, 2022
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Cardiology
Diabetes powerfully associated with premature coronary heart disease in women
While deaths related to heart disease have declined among older people, studies suggest that death rates among younger patients have remained stagnant or increased slightly. To understand what factors put younger individuals ...
Jan 20, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
New study shows increased cancer mortality in people with type 2 diabetes
New research published in Diabetologia shows that cancer mortality in people with type 2 diabetes is substantially higher than in the general population, by 18% for all cancers combined, 9% for breast cancer and 2.4 times ...
Jan 24, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Younger breast cancer patients have more adverse quality-of-life issues
Younger women with breast cancer experience a decrease in their health-related quality of life (QOL), associated with increased psychological distress, weight gain, a decline in their physical activity, infertility and early ...
Jan 20, 2012
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Vaccination
It's flu vaccine time and seniors need revved-up shots
Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don't skip your flu shot this fall—and seniors, ask for a special extra-strength kind.
Oct 3, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows loss of key estrogen regulator may lead to metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis
UCLA researchers demonstrated that loss of a key protein that regulates estrogen and immune activity in the body could lead to aspects of metabolic syndrome, a combination of conditions that can cause Type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis ...
Sep 6, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer rates rising among Canadian women in their 20s, 30s and 40s
Rates of breast cancer in women under the age of 50 are rising in Canada according to a study which showed an increase in breast cancer diagnoses among females in their Twenties, Thirties, and Forties.
Apr 26, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
First UK data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake and outcomes in pregnant women
New findings, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, have shown that there is no difference in adverse pregnancy outcomes between vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals.
Aug 12, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Estrogen treatment associated with reduced COVID deaths
A new paper in Family Practice, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that receiving hormone replacement therapy within six months of a recorded diagnosis of COVID-19 was associated with a reduction in mortality ...
May 17, 2022
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