Researchers at the University of Illinois have recently announced the findings of a study which compared the merits of a diet based on the currently recommended food pyramid and a diet based on lean meats and low fat dairy products. …

No one ever said having children was easy or cheap. In fact, giving birth could cost a mother more than money — it could cost her some teeth. According to a recently published study, pregnancy is being linked to tooth…

What do high carbohydrate snack foods, vitamin pills and anti-inflammatory pain medications all have in common?  All three were the subject of new studies, which give us some new and surprising information about the risks of breast cancer.

Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach described women who are pregnant or nursing as a population with “very, very special needs.”  These words spoken as von Eschenbach, commissioner for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), hosted a press conference earlier…

Women, who carry the gene mutation BRCA, may be faced with the decision of having mastectomy to avoid developing breast cancer. According to Dutch researchers, presenting at the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference in Berlin, Germany, women who carry the…

A prestigious group of world-renowned experts on menopause have joined forces for a re-evaluation of the controversial use of hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) for healthy women experiencing distressing symptoms of menopause.  Once hailed as a desirable antidote to some of the…

After a seven-year dip in numbers, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, have witnessed a steady increase in the number of mastectomies performed there in the past three years.  Evidence reveals a correlation between the higher number of…

Mammography is considered the gold standard in early breast cancer detection but some members of the medical community had hopes that adding ultrasound screening would improve the detection rate even further.  A recent study funded by the Avon Foundation and…

More and more research is being done to explore a child’s lifelong benefit from breastfeeding but new research has identified a link between breast feeding and a mother’s reduced risk of developing crippling rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a recent…

One popular form of contraceptive has been found to decrease specific arterial function that is vital to good cardiovascular health.  The study raises the question of the safety in using the contraceptive today at the risk of developing cardiovascular disease…