Women's Health News and Studies
Does Eating Your Placenta Have Any Real Health Benefit?
Very few scientific studies have explored any benefits or risks. We’re left with the “perceived benefits,” according to Dr. Crystal Clark, who has reason to question if placentophagy is all that.
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Skipped Meals Cause Big Bellies
Modern food science is increasingly finding that when we eat is as important as what and how much we eat and the findings often defy what seems to be common sense. One such example is skipping meals.
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Oil and Gas Fracking Likely Threat to Human Reproduction
Scientists recently published the findings of a study of fracking’s effect on humans, along with the conclusion that oil and gas fracking is likely to endanger human reproduction.
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Should Pediatricians See Unvaccinated Kids?
The measles outbreak has left pediatricians facing a dilemma: should they see unvaccinated kids or turn them away so contagious diseases don't infect other patients too young to be fully vaccinated?
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Medications May Be Lethal to Small Children
We don't know how many commonly used prescription and over-the-counter drugs in use today are safe during pregnancy, nursing, and childhood but we do know many are lethal to small children.
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Eat Spicy, Live Long
Functional foods taste great but they come with added benefits. Many of the world’s spiciest cuisines are vibrant with functional foods like garlic, chili peppers and powders, cinnamon, and turmeric.
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Vaccines for Childhood Rotavirus-Related Seizures
Rotavirus infection, the most common cause of diarrhea in infants and young children, can also cause seizures in some children. One Canadian study suggests 7 percent of children hospitalized with rotavirus had experienced seizures.
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Certain Flu Vaccine Protects Kids Against Childhood Leukemia
There’s even evidence that the Hib vaccine reduces a child’s risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the form of cancer most commonly diagnosed in children.
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Eggs And Embryos Lost After Cleveland Fertility Clinic Mishap
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Wrong Foods and Time On The Menu Lead To Obesity and Diabetes
A recent study indicates eating big meals at night, especially when they’re meals big in unhealthy foods, throws off the body clock.
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Weight-Loss Surgery Improves Health of Gut for 10+ Years
One result of a study on weight-loss surgery indicates the surgery causes healthful changes in the microbes that live in the digestive tract and these changes are evident as long as ten years later.
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Successful Vaginal Reconstruction Surgery for Scleroderma Patient
Doctors recently announced the successful outcome of a rare vaginal reconstruction surgery on a female scleroderma patient who suffered severe complications of the condition.
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Longterm Use of Oral Contraceptives May Cause Glaucoma
Women who take contraceptives for a long time may be at greater risk for eye problems, according to new research results presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in New Orleans.
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Antibacterial Products May Promote Nasal Staph Infections
Triclosan is a synthetic compound used in many personal care products labeled as antibacterial. It is considered safe to use, however, recent studies suggest otherwise.
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Why Do Cancer Treatments Differ from Person to Person?
Researchers from Australia seem to be one step closer to solving the mystery of why cancer treatments work in one patient but not another.
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Toxic Chemicals Found in Childcare Centers
Some of these flame-retardant chemicals added to furniture cause neurodevelopmental delays and others are hormone disruptors.
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Timing of Maternal Tdap Immunization Is Vital to Infant
It is assumed that mothers immunized for pertussis (Tdap) pass enough antibodies on to the infant to protect against infection until infant Tdap immunizations begin, if antibodies are not passed in sufficient amounts the infant is not protected until vaccination begins.
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Hypothyroidism Risk in Newborns with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Researchers from the Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles pulled medical records for 135 newborns from the optic nerve hypoplasia registry. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels were tested in all subjects.
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Cluster of Rare Birth Defects in Washington
There's a mystery involving rare birth defects in a small rural area of Washington state that's pitting mothers and medical personnel against the state's health department.
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Third-Hand Smoke: DNA Damage Risk for Infants and Toddlers
Third-hand smoke, the gunk that settles on floors, furniture, draperies, and even kids' toys, has the potential to damage DNA.
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Behavioral Assessment in VLBW Infants
The Infant Behavioral Assessment and Intervention Program (IBAIP) supports cognitive and physical development of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants.
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Warning Signs in Children at High Risk for Bipolar Disorders
Most children of a bipolar parent will never develop the disorder but a recent study has identified early warning signs in the children most likely to develop a bipolar disorder themselves.
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SSRIs May Not Help Adults Who Had Early Life Stress
Unfortunately, SSRIs don’t work for everybody. Dr. Jeremy D. Coplan noticed SSRIs often don’t work on depression patients who had experienced early life stresses.
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Solvent Exposure Before First Pregnancy: Breast Cancer Risk
Young women exposed to organic solvents before their first full-term pregnancy are at an increased risk of developing hormone receptor-positive breast cancer if it runs in the family.
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Smoking While Pregnant: Poor Impulse Control in Child
A study provides evidence that the children of mothers who smoked while pregnant are more likely to exhibit poor impulse control and be thrill seekers as adults than are the children of non-smokers.
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Smoking Ban: Preterm Births and Asthma Hospitalizations Drop
Smoking bans are increasingly common in the last 3 decades. These bans have cleared the air and a recent study from the Netherlands indicates they've improved the health of newborns and children, too.
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Should Newborn Screening Protocols Include Genome Sequencing?
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, question the value of including genome sequencing to the standard regimen of tests given to newborn babies.
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Should Technology Allow Parents to "Design" Their Babies?
Is modern science approaching the point where designing the baby of one's dreams becomes a reality?
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Roseroot: Natural and Effective for Depression
The results of the study found roseroot to be almost as effective in treating mild to moderate major depressive disorder (MDD) but with far fewer adverse side effects that turn patients away.
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After Delivery: Risk of Clots, Stroke, Heart Attack
All women are at higher risk of stroke than men and that risk is especially high during and months after pregnancy.
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Ring Finger Length and Future Health Problems
For ages, the length of the ring finger has been the topic of medical attention, but ring finger length is mentioned in history far before modern medicine. Culturally, men with longer ring fingers were considered more fertile and thus more sought after as life-long mates.
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Link Between Childhood Leukemia and a Genetic Mutation
A recent study of the genomes of children with a rare form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) found that this particular genetic mutation increases a child's risk of cancer by 2,700 times.
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Researchers Devise an Effective Autism Screening Tool
The sooner autism is diagnosed, the sooner treatment and coping strategies can begin. The sooner these therapies begin, the better the chance the child will thrive throughout life. A new study has found a way to assess a child's risk much sooner. Seems it's all about the tilt and size of the head.
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PreNexa Prenatal Vitamins Added More DHA and Vitamin D
A pharmaceutical company, Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., announced its introduction of a new formula for its prescription prenatal vitamins marketed under the registered trademark name PreNexa.
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Pregnancy Hormones Ease Chronic Pain
During pregnancy, childbirth, and thereafter, many women don't experience pain to the degree expected. Many who use opiates for pain management find they don't need as much of it during this time.
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Phosphates and Soda Linked to Hypertension
A diet high in phosphates causes the production of FGF23 to go into overdrive, producing more than the kidneys can handle; cardiovascular disease can soon follow.
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Link Between PCOS and Psychiatric Problems
Between 6 million and 17 million women in the United States between the ages of 18 to 44 are estimated to be affected by polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
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Parents Pushing for Autism Coverage from Obamacare
Enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) leaves coverage of autism and many other medical issues up to state exchanges to establish the details of coverage if any.
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Oxytocin May Help Children with Autism
A single dose of oxytocin enhances brain activity while children with autism engage in social information, according to results of a recent study performed by researchers from Yale University.
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OTC Pain-Relievers Show Promise Preventing Recurrent UTIs
As many as 40% of women who experience a UTI will have recurrent episodes. A recent study suggests prevention of recurrent UTIs could soon be just a store shelf away.
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Researchers Want OTC Decongestant Off the Market
Phenylephrine has not been adequately tested as a decongestant until recently, prompting a team of research scientists to declare it so ineffective they urge the FDA to remove it from the market.
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Educational Support for Children of Resolved Autism
A new study reveals some cognitive and social symptoms of autism may linger and require on-going educational support for best long-term outcomes.
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Hormones and Endometrial Cancer in Postmenopausal Women
Past studies have proven a direct relationship between obesity and
increased risk of endometrial cancer. Researchers from National Cancer
Institute and National Institutes of Health recently published the
results of the study in the journal Endocrine-Related Cancer.
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Newborn Care Practices and Health Seeking Behavior
Although the details of the research are limited, a new study out of
Gujarat, India shows a direct connection between socioeconomic status
and medical care sought and received by pregnant women and newborns.
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New Type 1 Diabetes Genetic Discovered to Be “Game Changer”
Approximately 3 million people in the US have T1D. It develops during infancy or childhood and, since there is no cure at this time, the disease remains with the patient for the rest of his life.
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Why Chromosomal Birth Defects More Likely in Older Mothers
A team of research scientists has recently discovered a new clue in the mystery of why chromosomal birth defects, like those that cause Down syndrome, are more likely to occur in older mothers.
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Cognitive Development after Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction Treatment
Neonates born with intestinal obstructions are treated surgically in infancy. There are no studies revealing the long-term motor and cognitive development of these children during childhood years.
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More Bugs in Antibiotic-Laced Conventional Burger Meat Than Organic
A new study from Consumer Reports may suggest some rethinking about your beloved burger is in order. Industrial-scale beef producers include antibiotics as a daily part of their livestock’s diet.
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Mindfulness Therapy Equally Effective as Prescription Antidepressants
Prescription antidepressants are the traditional line of treatment for overcoming a depressive episode and staving off relapses but they come with side effects that many people cannot tolerate.
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Early Breast Cancer Detection Test for African-American Women
Young African-American women are more likely to develop triple-negative
strains of breast cancer. These strains have a high mortality rate with
most patients living less than five years.
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