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In a move sure to stir controversy, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended on Monday that a more aggressive approach to treating high cholesterol in children should be implemented, even if it means prescribing …

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Women Given GARDASIL Have Fewer Abnormal Pap Smears
March 10, 2008 – 5:15 pm | 3 Comments

A new study shows that the HPV vaccine, GARDASIL, reduced abnormal Pap test results by 43 percent compared to women not given the vaccine. GARDASIL is FDA approved against the human papilloma virus (HPV) strains …

Aspirin May Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer
March 10, 2008 – 7:50 am | One Comment

Experts at London’s Guy’s Hospital reviewed 27 years worth of studies and concluded that anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin may reduce breast cancer by up to 20 percent.
The studies reviewed included 11 studies of women with …

What First Time Moms Expect From Pregnancy
March 8, 2008 – 9:41 pm | No Comment

A recent study conducted by the University of Haifa by Ora Gazit under the supervision of Dr. Miri Scharf, looked at how personal experiences affected thoughts on relationships with a newborn.

Estrogen Linked to Breast Cancer Recurrence
March 8, 2008 – 10:38 am | 5 Comments

A new study published in the March issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention demonstrates that women who have a recurrence of breast cancer have almost twice as much estrogen in their blood than those …

Breast Cancer Patients Lose Wages
March 5, 2008 – 10:29 pm | No Comment

The Journal of the National Cancer Institute in Canada has just published findings showing that women who are diagnosed with breast cancer experience a drop in wages during their first year of treatment of almost …

Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Cancer
March 5, 2008 – 8:41 pm | No Comment

Healthy women facing menopause should seriously consider the consequences of taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT). One major study was stopped in 2002 after women randomly assigned HRT were found to be at greater risk …

Pelvic Floor Disorders Affect Third of All Women
March 3, 2008 – 11:59 pm | No Comment

In the most comprehensive study of its kind ever, doctors studied 4,000 women aged 25 to 84, to determine the extent of a cluster of disorders generally thought to be age related. In order …

Ouch! UK Debates Medical Care for Elderly, Unhealthy
March 1, 2008 – 10:49 am | 3 Comments

A recent survey of 870 hospital and family doctors conducted by Doctor magazine indicates a staggering 60% of them would like to see free healthcare coverage limited or denied when the patient is elderly or …

HIV+ Women Want a Baby
February 29, 2008 – 4:13 pm | 3 Comments

One quarter of women with HIV want pregnancy and motherhood in their future. This statistic was examined in a recent study which also showed that the age of the women who were diagnosed played a …

Insulin Restriction Increases Mortality
February 29, 2008 – 2:24 pm | No Comment

New research appearing in the March edition of Diabetes Care shows an increase in mortality among women who are restricting their insulin use who have Type I diabetes.