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Cell-based method can predict how breast cancer patients will respond to treatments

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a method that should be able to predict whether a patient with breast cancer will benefit from a particular treatment or not.

27 Dec 2022

Females score higher than males on the widely used 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test, study shows

Females, on average, are better than males at putting themselves in others' shoes and imagining what the other person is thinking or feeling, suggests a new study of over 300,000 people in 57 countries.

27 Dec 2022

An estimated 19 million US adults living with long-COVID

In a recent study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, a team of researchers examined the risk factors and prevalence and impact of long coronavirus disease (COVID) among a representative sample of adults in the United States (U.S.) and reported that close to 19 million U.S. adults suffer from long COVID.

26 Dec 2022

When it comes to harvesting energy, some guts do it better than others

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that a portion of the Danish population has a composition of gut microbes that, on average, extracts more energy from food than the microbes in their fellow Danes' guts.

25 Dec 2022

High coffee intake associated with cardiovascular disease mortality in hypertensive individuals

A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association describes that excessive consumption of coffee can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease-related mortality in individuals with severe hypertension.

23 Dec 2022

Most preventive care visits for reproductive-age women happened with OB/GYNs, study shows

While preventive health care is usually associated with primary care providers, a majority of office visits for preventive services among reproductive-age women happened with obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs), a University of Massachusetts Amherst study shows.

23 Dec 2022

Adherence to Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of preeclampsia during pregnancy

In a new study evaluating the Mediterranean diet and adverse pregnancy outcomes, investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that women who conceived while adhering to the anti-inflammatory diet had a significantly lower risk of developing preeclampsia during pregnancy.

22 Dec 2022

Using the gut microbiome to understand and treat respiratory diseases

Researchers review the role of the gut microbiome in certain respiratory diseases.

22 Dec 2022

Dutch study shows the effectiveness of COVID vaccination in reducing hospitalizations

The study, which is currently available in the medRxiv* preprint server, reveals that the COVID-19 vaccination has prevented a large number of hospitalizations during the pandemic.

21 Dec 2022

Migrant and nonmigrant women report gaps in overall quality of maternal and newborn care

A recent study examines how obstetric healthcare services differed between women considered to be natives of Europe as compared to migrants.

21 Dec 2022

PCOS increases risk of pancreatic cancer

A new study in confirms that a history of polycystic ovarian syndrome increases a patient’s risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

21 Dec 2022

Cross cultural study shows how maternal behaviors differentially shape infant early life experience

Mothers in the samples from the UK and Uganda have different attitudes toward parenting, but while on a group level the experience and development of their infants sometimes aligns with parenting attitudes, surprisingly, it did not always show such variation, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Eve Holden and Katie Slocombe of University of York, UK, and colleagues.

21 Dec 2022

Women who have cluster headache are more affected in their daily lives, shows study

Cluster headache, sometimes known as "suicide headache", have been described as a predominantly male disease.

21 Dec 2022

Women’s inequitable healthcare experiences reflect implicit bias, discrimination and disempowerment

For some women who experience serious and chronic physical or mental health conditions, one of their most daunting challenges is obtaining the belief and validation of health care providers, family members and friends, researchers found in a recent study.

20 Dec 2022

Women's Health News

Cell-based method can predict how breast cancer patients will respond to treatments

Females score higher than males on the widely used 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test, study shows

An estimated 19 million US adults living with long-COVID

When it comes to harvesting energy, some guts do it better than others

High coffee intake associated with cardiovascular disease mortality in hypertensive individuals

Most preventive care visits for reproductive-age women happened with OB/GYNs, study shows

Adherence to Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of preeclampsia during pregnancy

Using the gut microbiome to understand and treat respiratory diseases

Dutch study shows the effectiveness of COVID vaccination in reducing hospitalizations

Migrant and nonmigrant women report gaps in overall quality of maternal and newborn care

PCOS increases risk of pancreatic cancer

Cross cultural study shows how maternal behaviors differentially shape infant early life experience

Women who have cluster headache are more affected in their daily lives, shows study

Women’s inequitable healthcare experiences reflect implicit bias, discrimination and disempowerment

Study reveals changes in alcohol consumption by mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic

IU researchers uncover new ways to prevent serious side effects for breast cancer patients

Antidepressant use during pregnancy may combine with inflammation to alter offspring neurobiology

Novel approach could pave the way for new treatments to prevent relapse in breast cancer patients

Exercise reduces COVID-19 severity risk

The COVID-19 pandemic's traumatizing effect on mothers in the USA

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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