Researchers Encourage Adjusting for Muscle Strength and Body Size to Account for Sex Differences in Exercise Pressor Reflex
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For 30 years, Cheryl Rosenfeld has studied how biological information gets transferred from mothers to babies during pregnancy.
Pregnant women are not getting the essential nutrients they and their babies need from modern diets say scientists, who have warned that the situation will likely worsen as more people turn to plant-based foods.
A new UCLA Health study is shedding light on how using hormonal contraceptive pills may affect women’s responses to stress and their risk for inflammation-related illnesses.
Koning Health, a leader in innovative breast imaging technology, is proud to announce its triumphant participation at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2023 Annual Meeting. The event, renowned for its educational courses, scientific sessions, and technical exhibits, provided an ideal platform for Koning to showcase its revolutionary product, the Koning Vera Breast CT.
Although widely considered a blunder of public policy, the alcohol prohibition laws of early 20th century America may have led to increased longevity for those born in places where alcohol was banned, according to new research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.The study — recently published in the journal Economics and Human Biology and co-authored by Jason Fletcher of UW’s La Follette School of Public Affairs — is the first to research the long-term effects of Prohibition Era on longevity, adding to the understanding of the longer-term costs of alcohol exposure during pregnancy.
Tailoring prescriptions individually to a patient’s needs after cesarean delivery can decrease opioid use while successfully managing post-surgical pain, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
There is no shortage of advice for women on what to eat, how to train, or what supplements to take during their menstrual cycles, but a new review by an international team of scientists has found little evidence to support such recommendations. In fact, they found sparse research on women and exercise at all, and even less on the effect of their periods on sports performance, physiology, or physical fitness.
UC San Diego Health has once again been recognized as a High Performing Hospital for Obstetric and Infant Care by U.S. News & World Report.
Two antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) and sacituzumab govitecan (SG), were approved by the FDA to treat metastatic breast cancers. ADCs are a type of targeted therapy that release cancer drugs to specific tumor cells. The efficacy of T-DXd and SG depends on target expression and the best method for measuring that expression is still not known.
Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have recently published an article in Nature Communications that demonstrates the potential of bioengineered human placental cells as a cure for Hemophilia A.
Ongoing quality improvement data submitted by Board-certified plastic surgeons highlight current trends in surgical technique in cosmetic breast augmentation using implants, reports a study in the December issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
The Latin American and Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology (SLACOM) and National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) host the Latin American Regional Breast Cancer Summit: Advocating and Implementing Guideline-Concordant Cancer Care for Patients. Esteemed experts from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, Peru, and the United States present challenges, barriers, and potential solutions for improving access to guideline-concordant breast cancer care in the Latin American region.
New findings from researchers at University of California San Diego shed light on why bacterial vaginosis, a common and seemingly benign condition of the vaginal microbiome, is linked to pregnancy loss, preterm birth and other health complications.
Yale Cancer Center researchers at Yale School of Medicine will present new research at the 46th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) from December 5 to 9. The international symposium provides leading-edge breast cancer information on prevention, etiology, diagnosis, and therapy as well as experimental biology. This year’s symposium, at the Henry B.
Genetic testing can be lifesaving for patients with increased risk of certain cancers, not just for themselves but also for other members of their family.
A research team at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine has been approved for a $14 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study whether a higher daily dose of aspirin is more effective in decreasing the risk of dangerous blood pressure complications among some pregnant people.
During the first two years of the pandemic, a COVID-19 infection during pregnancy increased the risk of preterm birth and NICU hospitalizations.
COVID-19 caused an alarming surge in premature births, but vaccines were key to returning the early birth rate to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new analysis of California birth records.
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Cedars-Sinai investigators found no established link between the use of assisted reproductive technologies and potential problems in DNA methylation that might impact genetic expression or embryonic development.
تتشابه التهيئة للحمل في بعض الأمور مع الاستعداد لخوض سباق. فالنظام الغذائي وممارسة الرياضة وتجنب العادات غير الصحية كلها أمور مهمة لزيادة فرص حدوث الحمل، وذلك وفقًا لما قالته مي الأعرجي، بكالوريوس الطب والجراحة، خبيرة طب الأسرة في مايو كلينك هيلثكير في لندن.
A preparação física para a gravidez tem alguns pontos em comum com a preparação física para uma corrida. Dieta, exercícios e evitar hábitos não saudáveis são importantes para criar as condições para a gravidez, explica a Dra. May Al-Araji.
El acondicionamiento para el embarazo tiene puntos en común con la preparación para correr una carrera. La alimentación, el ejercicio y evitar los hábitos poco saludables son medidas importantes para aumentar las posibilidades de quedar embarazada, según afirma la Licenciada en Medicina y Cirugía, May Al-Araji.
Black pregnant individuals frequently experience more than one mental health concern, according to findings published by Susan Gennaro, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor in the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, and colleagues in The Nurse Practitioner.
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Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed genes and brain tissue of patients with Alzheimer’s and found that differences in brain immunometabolism – the interactions between the immune system and the ways cells create energy – may contribute to women’s increased risk for the disease and its severity.
A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigates how high obesity levels lead to hospital specializations that affect the frequency of C-sections in Mexico.
While artificial intelligence tools offer great potential for improving health care delivery, practitioners and scientists warn of their risk for perpetuating racial inequities. Published Friday in the Nature journal Digital Medicine, the paper is the first to evaluate fairness among these tools in connection to a women’s health issue.
Women should talk with their doctors about their risk of ovarian cancer and the potential to remove fallopian tubes if they have a planned pelvic surgery, said UW Medicine OB-GYN Dr. Barbara Goff.
To earn the designation, hospitals and health systems must prove that they have participated in a statewide or national perinatal quality improvement collaborative program and have implemented evidence-based quality interventions in hospital settings to improve maternal health.
Investigators from the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have found that among a cohort of women with obstructive coronary artery disease treated at academic medical centers, racial and ethnic disparities did not impact their long-term outcomes.
Since the opioid crisis, more patients seeking relief from pain and turning to alternative forms of treatment, including the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture.
One University of Kentucky researcher is working to develop new techniques for radiation treatment to improve survival rates of patients with a specific type of cancer. Caigang Zhu, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering. The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Zhu a prestigious R01 grant of $2 million over five years to develop optical metabolic spectroscopy and imaging tools.
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued today a clinical guideline on partial breast irradiation for patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
Susanna Stroik, PhD, and Dale Ramsden, PhD, in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the UNC School of Medicine, have learned more about an enzyme found to be overly expressed in patients with hereditary breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and prostate cancer.
Sarosh Rana, MD, MPH has been named the inaugural Chief Obstetrical Transformation Officer for the University of Chicago Medicine health system.
Preterm birth rates are an important marker in assessing a country’s overall health. And the United States isn’t fairing very well.
A phase 1 clinical trial conducted exclusively at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that a novel treatment regimen can make immunotherapy more effective in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC).
Led by internationally renowned experts in pregnancy health, the U.S.-based study seeks to understand how RNA messages found in expectant mothers’ blood can predict life-threatening pregnancy complications.
A targeted therapy using three different drugs significantly delayed progression and extended survival for breast cancer patients whose HER2 gene is mutated, a multicenter study co-led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center shows. The findings, published in Annals of Oncology, suggest a new strategy for a difficult-to-treat form of breast cancer that has become resistant to other treatments and currently has no curative options.
For years, researchers and clinicians have known that lupus, an autoimmune condition, occurs in women at a rate nine times higher than in men.
For the first time, a research team in Korea has discovered there is a significant relationship between depression and the taurine concentration in the hippocampus.
New Cleveland Clinic research reveals how BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations may impact cell communication in breast tissue, furthering the understanding of how cancer develops. The findings, published in Molecular Cancer Research, provide a foundation for personalized approaches to prevent and treat breast cancer based on a patient's genetics. The discovery paves the road for future studies of the process where normal cells become cancerous in BRCA1- and BRCA2-deficient breast tissue.
New findings led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers show that breast cancer screening is higher for some low-income women who receive government housing assistance compared to those who do not.
Women produce physiological data that is just as predictable as men, at least when it comes to skin temperature. This might seem like common sense, but variations in body signals due to menstrual cycles, such as temperature, were used as an excuse to keep women out of clinical studies for decades. The data for the finding was gathered from a wearable device to continuously monitor the skin temperature of 600 people, half female and half male, over six months.
The 3D human breast organoid model is an advanced technology that has improved the study of native human breast tissue and function.
Lisa Lindahl’s uncontrolled epilepsy forced her to get creative when it came to employment. In 1977 she invented the sports bra, which changed the lives of billions of women and girls around the world and is now a multi-billion-dollar global market.
Imagine mailing a blood sample to a laboratory and a scientist being able to tell you if you have hidden cancer or whether your arteries are blocked.
The risk factors contributing to maternal mental health disorders are complex and known to disproportionately impact communities of color, rural communities, and other groups facing systemic inequities. However, until recently, little has been known regarding the county-level distribution of risk nor the available maternal mental health provider and community-based resources in the United States. Now a new report unveils the U.S. Counties with the Highest Maternal Mental Health Risk and Lowest Resources.