A new study finds that sexual side effects of cancer treatment are discussed far less frequently with female patients than with male patients, even when the treatment directly affects sex organs.
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Women at risk of pregnancy loss who need a specialist surgical procedure could benefit from a single-stranded suture thread to reduce risk of infection, results from the C-STICH clinical trial found.
A new study may prompt medical experts to rethink when to start mammograms for women who have a mother, sister or daughter diagnosed with breast cancer.
Drucilla J. Roberts, MD, from the Mass General Department of Pathology and colleagues recently published a literature review in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, titled SARS-CoV-2 Placentitis, Stillbirth and Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination: Clinical-Pathological Correlations.
Women in the US are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or soon after childbirth than to die from the three leading obstetric causes of maternal death (high blood pressure disorders, hemorrhage, or sepsis), say experts in The BMJ today.
A team of researchers from Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded a five-year, $12.1 million Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant in breast cancer from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This is the third renewal of Mayo Clinic's breast cancer SPORE grant.
Rates of prenatal care among foreign-born Latinx pregnant people decreased below expected levels during the 2016 presidential campaign – likely reflecting the effects of harmful anti-immigrant rhetoric, reports a study in the November issue of Medical Care. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
It’s not your mom’s mammogram. Take a look inside a 3-D exam room in this week’s Medical Minute.
A recent analysis published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica found no association between women's caffeine consumption and pregnancy or live birth rate after fertility treatments, but women's alcohol consumption was associated with decreased pregnancy rate after treatments when weekly consumption was greater than 84 g (approximately 7 standard drinks).
While hormone therapy was associated with higher self-reported quality of life in white women, Black women actually experienced lower overall quality of life under the same treatment.
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has developed a strategy to noninvasively track immune cells known as macrophages within brain and breast tumors in living mice.
The American College of Radiology is set to launch the Contrast-Enhanced Mammography Imaging Screening Trial (CMIST) with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) and GE Healthcare. CMIST will determine if contrast-enhanced mammography improves breast cancer detection and reduces false-positive exams in women with dense breasts.
A recent survey showed that family and friends who care for dependent adults are at increased risk of health-related socioeconomic vulnerabilities compared to non-caregivers.
Adults over 50 who sleep for five hours or less per night have a greater risk of developing more than one chronic disease when compared to their peers who sleep seven hours, according to a study, published October 18th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.
Yuan Yuan, MD, PhD, a breast medical oncologist and physician scientist who specializes in triple-negative breast cancer and breast cancer immunotherapy, has joined Cedars-Sinai Cancer as director of Breast Oncology. Yuan will treat patients at Cedars-Sinai and at Huntington Cancer Center, an affiliate of Cedars-Sinai Cancer.
For men and women, the risk factors for cardiovascular disease are largely the same, an extensive global study involving University of Gothenburg researchers shows.
Survivors of traumatic injury often face many long-term health consequences including physical disabilities, mental illness and issues with social integration.
妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic) 研究人员发现，借助人工智能(AI)算法来分析临产妇女的变化模式，可以帮助确定产妇能否顺利进行阴道分娩，以及阴道分娩能否确保母婴平安。这些研究结果已发表在《PLOS ONE》期刊上。
A dose of nicotine, equivalent to that found in a single cigarette blocks estrogen production in women’s brains.
Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic descobriram que o uso de algoritmos de inteligência artificial (IA) para analisar padrões de mudanças em gestantes em trabalho de parto pode ajudar a identificar se o parto vaginal terá bons resultados para mães e bebês. Os resultados foram publicados na revista PLOS ONE.
Los investigadores de Mayo Clinic descubrieron que utilizar algoritmos de inteligencia artificial para analizar patrones de cambio en las mujeres durante el trabajo de parto puede ayudar a identificar si el parto vaginal será exitoso y si se obtendrá resultados positivos tanto en la mamá como en el bebé. Los resultados de esta investigación se publicaron en PLOS ONE.
مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا- اكتشف باحثو مايو كلينك أن استخدام خوارزميات الذكاء الاصطناعي (AI) لتحليل أنماط التغيرات لدى النساء في مرحلة المخاض يمكن أن يساعد في تحديد ما إذا كانت الولادة المهبلية الناجحة ستحدث مع نتائج جيدة للأم والطفل. النتائج منشورة في مجلة بلوس ون.
Women who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using these products, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health. The researchers found no associations with uterine cancer for other hair products that the women reported using, including hair dyes, bleach, highlights, or perms.
Obesity has been a major global health issue in recent decades as more people eat unhealthy diets and fail to exercise regularly.
Women who experience more hot flashes and night sweats during menopause may have more of a brain biomarker called white matter hyperintensities, according to a new study published in the October 12, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The environment could be playing a critical role in the expression of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in women living in Alabama, as compared to women in California, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Among the Medicare population from 2005 to 2020, Black women had less access to new mammography technology compared with white women, even when getting their mammograms at the same institution, according to a study of over 4 million claims.
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in Alabama may be more likely to have excessive hair growth and insulin resistance, whereas women with PCOS in California may be more likely to have higher testosterone levels, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
A pooled analysis evaluating the 15-year effect of sigmoidoscopies has found that receiving one sigmoidoscopy significantly reduces long-term incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in both men and women. The analysis is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, named Geoffrey M. Wahl, PhD, and Norman Wolmark, MD, FACS, FRCSC, two leading breast cancer researchers, as recipients of this year’s Brinker Awards, Komen’s highest scientific honor.
Two new discoveries led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators help improve the understanding of what drives the development of ovarian cancer and why some women’s tumors do not respond to therapy.
A meta-analysis of 32 studies showed that the immune system within the vagina ebbs and flows, depending on menstrual-cycle stage. The analysis identified 53 distinct messages that immune cells sent to one another.
Telemedicine-driven program cut the time from an initial new patient visit to fertility treatment from more than two months to 41 days
An 8-year study of nearly 1300 low-income adolescents in Los Angeles found that students who attended high performing charter high schools were much less likely to engage in risky substance use by the time they reached age 21. Males who attended the high-performing schools also had better physical health and lower obesity rates as young adults while females had substantially worse outcomes in those two areas.
In a new study of younger heart attack victims in Ontario, Canada, researchers found that the healthcare system delivers high quality care for younger heart attack survivors; however, there are still disparities between men and women.
Using a combination of biomarkers and mood assessments, researchers will study how pregnant women who are experiencing depression respond to different antidepressants in a clinical trial funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health to UTHealth Houston. Depression affects approximately 12% of pregnant women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Case Western Reserve University researchers have identified a mechanism in brain tissue that may explain why women are more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease—a finding that they say could help lead to new medicines to treat the disease. The researchers found that the female brain shows higher expression of a certain enzyme compared to males, resulting in greater accumulation of a protein called tau.
The October issue of AJG highlights new clinical science and includes a supplement, ACG Monograph on GI Diseases and Endoscopy in Pregnancy & Postpartum Period, which includes recommendations for the care of pregnant patients with GI and liver diseases.
A federally-funded study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers discovered that communication among cells is altered in pregnant women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) after giving birth.
Women with severe preeclampsia (severe high blood pressure) during pregnancy may be treated with extended-release nifedipine, a blood pressure-lowering medicine, daily during the labor and delivery process, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.
While breast cancer death rates dropped by 43% from 1989 to 2020, Black women continue to be 40% more likely to die from the disease despite lower incidence. These findings are outlined in the latest edition of American Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Statistics, 2022.
Higher levels of a key inflammatory marker were related to older breast cancer survivors reporting cognitive problems, researchers found in one of the first long-term efforts to examine the potential link between chronic inflammation and cognition in older breast cancer survivors.
The two most significant risk factors for developing breast cancer include being a woman and increasing age. Michele Blackwood, MD, FACS, is Chief, Section of Breast Surgery at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, discusses mammograms for women over 70.
Women with breast cancer have more options made possible by the dynamic field of oncoplastic surgery, which is a combination of cancer surgery with traditional plastic surgery techniques to remove breast cancers and simultaneously leave the remaining breast as intact as possible.
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