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40 percent of women of childbearing age take folic acid

A record 40 percent of American women of childbearing age reported taking a daily multivitamin containing folic acid in 2004, up from 32 percent last year and the highest level since the March of Dimes began surveying women in the 1990s, according to the organization's latest survey, which was published today in Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report.

18 Sep 2004

We need to help mothers not only get jobs but keep them

Former welfare mothers who are unable to keep a steady job are more likely to have a teenage child drop out of school, according to a new Florida State University study.

16 Sep 2004

Total abstinence is the only way to protect the unborn baby against Foetal Alcohol Syndrome

Is there a safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy? Biochemist Kathy Kitson says the answer is no – total abstinence is the only way to protect the unborn baby against Foetal Alcohol Syndrome.

15 Sep 2004

New research into how women view their bodies

New research into how women view their bodies aims to challenge the as yet untested belief that thin, glamorous, perfect female models in advertising are socially desirable and "sell" products to the consumer more successfully than other body types.

14 Sep 2004

New study on female sexuality reveals increased use of sexual aids by women

The use of sexual aids and devices is often a sensitive and embarrassing topic for women, but a new landmark study on sexual aid usage conducted by the Berman Center and funded by an unrestricted educational grant from the Sexual Well-being store may help change women's acceptance of sexual aids

14 Sep 2004

Community-based women’s groups could reduce neonatal mortality in poor rural areas by 30%

Community-based women’s groups that address issues surrounding childbirth and care could reduce neonatal mortality in poor rural areas by 30%, say investigators in this week’s issue of THE LANCET.

9 Sep 2004

Measuring a womans fitness gives a clearer indication of coronary artery disease than measuring obesity

Women reporting higher levels of physical fitness have fewer coronary artery disease risk factors, less coronary artery disease, and a lower risk for cardiovascular events, whereas measures of obesity are not as strongly associated with these outcomes, according to a study in the September 8 issue of JAMA

8 Sep 2004

Postmenopausal women with heart disease have three fold increased risk of heart failure if they also have diabetes

In addition, diabetic women in the study who also had kidney disease or obesity, or whose diabetes was poorly controlled (fasting blood sugar levels above 300 mg/dL) had a risk of heart failure 6-10 times higher than that of women without diabetes.

7 Sep 2004

Hormone leptin could play a key role in treating bone loss, anorexia and infertility in women

A new study has found that the hormone leptin plays a key role in women’s reproductive and neuroendocrine health and suggests a future for the hormone in treating a number of conditions including exercise-induced bone loss, anorexia and in some cases of infertility.

2 Sep 2004

National clinical trial on early detection of ovarian cancer available at Massey

Virginia Gov. Mark Warner declared September “Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month” in a certificate of recognition to Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Cancer Center.

1 Sep 2004

Surgery plus radiation therapy an effective way to treat early breast cancer in women aged 70 and older

For early breast cancer, the standard of care is surgery to remove the cancerous lump followed by radiation therapy, thereby allowing the patient to keep her breast. However, older women are not always offered this option.

1 Sep 2004

Black women may not be getting mammograms as often as white women

Black women may not be getting mammograms as often as white women, despite a widespread belief that this particular racial disparity has been overcome, a University of Rochester Medical Center study shows.

27 Aug 2004

More women are surviving advanced breast cancer

Writing in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, (Vol. 22, No. 16: 3302-3308), doctors from 3 French hospitals reported on 724 women whose first diagnosis was breast cancer that had spread to other parts of the body (stage 4). It is rare for women to be diagnosed with such late stage disease.

27 Aug 2004

Success of breast screening varies between women

Breast cancer may be harder to detect and exclude among women with certain personal and lifestyle characteristics, according to research published in this week's BMJ.

26 Aug 2004

Sugar-sweetened beverages increase women's risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital have found that women who increased their intake or consumed higher amounts of sugar-sweetened beverages had a greater magnitude of weight gain and a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to women who consumed fewer sugar-sweetened drinks.

25 Aug 2004

Popular injectable contraceptive increases risk of STD's

The injectable contraceptive depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) appears to increase a woman’s risk of acquiring the sexually transmitted infections chlamydia and gonorrhea by approximately three fold when compared to women not using a hormonal contraceptive

23 Aug 2004

African-American women are less likely to be treated with breast reconstruction after mastectomy than women of other races

According to a new study published August 23, 2004 in the online edition of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, African-American women had significantly lower immediate breast reconstruction rates compared to Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic women. The abstract of this article will be freely accessible via the CANCER Newsroom.

23 Aug 2004

1 in 5 women who have mammograms every 2 years will have to undergo follow up evaluation for a false positive finding

A new long-term study finds over 20 years, only one in five women who have mammograms every two years will have to undergo follow up evaluation for a false positive finding. Only one in 16 will have an unnecessary invasive procedure over two decades.

23 Aug 2004

Evidence of pelvic floor nerve injury after routine vaginal birth

Women with pelvic floor disorders suffer from urinary and fecal incontinence as well as prolapse of the bowel, bladder and reproductive organs. (Bowel prolapse occurs when the bowel slips out of place, and pushes up against the walls of the vagina, which may cause a great deal of discomfort.)

20 Aug 2004

Benefits from short-term hormone therapy are likely to outweigh the risks

A group of prominent experts on treatment of the menopause today issued advice for doctors on the use of hormone therapy.

13 Aug 2004

Women's Health News

40 percent of women of childbearing age take folic acid

We need to help mothers not only get jobs but keep them

Total abstinence is the only way to protect the unborn baby against Foetal Alcohol Syndrome

New research into how women view their bodies

New study on female sexuality reveals increased use of sexual aids by women

Community-based women’s groups could reduce neonatal mortality in poor rural areas by 30%

Measuring a womans fitness gives a clearer indication of coronary artery disease than measuring obesity

Postmenopausal women with heart disease have three fold increased risk of heart failure if they also have diabetes

Hormone leptin could play a key role in treating bone loss, anorexia and infertility in women

National clinical trial on early detection of ovarian cancer available at Massey

Surgery plus radiation therapy an effective way to treat early breast cancer in women aged 70 and older

Black women may not be getting mammograms as often as white women

More women are surviving advanced breast cancer

Success of breast screening varies between women

Sugar-sweetened beverages increase women's risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Popular injectable contraceptive increases risk of STD's

African-American women are less likely to be treated with breast reconstruction after mastectomy than women of other races

1 in 5 women who have mammograms every 2 years will have to undergo follow up evaluation for a false positive finding

Evidence of pelvic floor nerve injury after routine vaginal birth

Benefits from short-term hormone therapy are likely to outweigh the risks

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