Category Archives: Women’s Health
Women At Risk Of Post Natal Depression May Be Identified By Blood Test
Researchers at Warwick Medical School have discovered a way of identifying which women are most at risk of postnatal depression (PND) by checking for specific genetic variants. The findings could lead to the development of a simple, accurate blood test which checks for the likelihood of developing the condition…
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The Importance Of Human Breast Milk Ingredient In Gastrointestinal Health
A new University of Illinois study shows that human milk oligosaccharides, or HMO, produce short-chain fatty acids that feed a beneficial microbial population in the infant gut. Not only that, the bacterial composition adjusts as the baby grows older and its needs change…
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Post-Traumatic Stress After ICU
Women are more likely to suffer post-traumatic stress than men after leaving an intensive care unit (ICU), finds a new study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Critical Care. However, psychological and physical ‘follow-up’ can reduce both this and post-ICU depression…
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Innovative Model Of Safer Indoor Sex Work Spaces Promote Health And Safety Of Street-Based Sex Workers
Safer indoor sex work spaces provide important and potentially life-saving benefits to sex workers including reduced exposure to violence and HIV and improved relationships with police, according to a study published by the Gender and Sexual Health Initiative of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British Columbia (UBC)…
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Intrauterine Devices Better Than “The Morning After Pill” As Emergency Contraception
A systematic review of 35 years of data published online in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction shows that intrauterine devices (IUDs), commonly known as a ‘coil’ should be routinely used as emergency contraception, given that their failure rate is less than one per thousand and because it has proven more effective than the “morning after pill”…
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News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: May 8, 2012, Online
1. Evidence Review: Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence May Have Benefits, Few Harms Intimate partner violence, or IPV, includes a range of abusive behaviors perpetrated by someone who is in an intimate relationship with the victim…
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Study Finds Invasive Bladder Testing Before Incontinence Surgery May Be Unnecessary
Invasive and costly tests commonly performed on women before surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) may not be necessary, according to researchers at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine and the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. The study, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was released online by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)…
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Women In Resource-Poor Countries Can Flash-Heat Breast Milk To Inactivate HIV
An international team led by UC Davis researchers has found that mothers in sub-Saharan Africa could successfully follow a protocol for flash-heating breast milk to reduce transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) — the virus that causes AIDS — to their infants…
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