Washington, July 9 : Pregnant teenagers are more likely to give birth prematurely and have a small baby than women in their 20s, says a new study.
Ali Khashan, from University College Cork, Ireland, worked with a team of researchers to study all 14-29 year-old women who had a live baby in the North West of [...]
Melbourne, July 07 : A nutrition expert has questioned the need for pregnant women to take vitamins by claiming that they are of no help during pregnancy.
Professor Maria Makrides said there was little scientific proof to support that taking iron or iodine supplements during or ahead of pregnancy.
“A lot of that messaging is increasingly coming [...]
Washington, June 17 : A gene mutation can dramatically increase the risk of blood clots in women undergoing breast cancer therapy.
In a study, researchers found that women taking tamoxifen for early-stage breast cancer who developed blood clots were more likely to carry a gene mutation for clotting than women taking tamoxifen who did not develop [...]
Washington, May 28 (ANI): Traffic-related air pollution may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in women, says a new study.
Low-grade inflammation may contribute to the higher incidence of type 2 diabetes in women exposed to air pollution, according to German researchers who published the finding in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP).
The [...]
Washington, May 24 : Previous studies have shown that women of reproductive age, especially when pregnant are highly prone to HIV infection. Now, a new study has warned that pregnancy is a time when men also are at higher risk. In fact, their risk doubles if their partner is both HIV-infected and pregnant.
Many women remain [...]
Washington, May 6 : High-pressure jobs increase young women’’s risk of heart disease, concludes a new study.
In the study, published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the research team assessed the impact of work pressure and degree of personal influence in the workplace on the heart health of 12,116 nurses, who were taking part in the [...]
Washington, Apr 21 : Women who gain a pound or two a year after age 20 increase their risk for postmenopausal breast cancer, says a new study.
The research was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting 2010.
To reach the conclusion, researchers analyzed information from 72,007 women in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal [...]
Melbourne, Apr 18 : Women who take a daily multivitamin pill may face a higher risk of breast cancer, a new study has claimed.
In the 10-year study, which followed more than 35,000 women, boffins found that those who regularly took a multi-vitamin pill increased the risk of developing a tumour by 19 per cent, reports [...]
Washington, April 7 : Women can lower their stroke risk by walking, a new study suggests.
In the study, researchers found that women who walked two or more hours a week or who usually walked at a brisk pace had a significantly lower risk of stroke than women who didn”t walk.
The risks were lower for total [...]
London, Apr 4 : A Norwegian company has developed a simple blood test for breast cancer in women.
Brainchild of Diagenic ASA, the test can pick up a cancer the size of a small seed before a woman has developed any symptoms, reports The Daily Express.
The test looks for raised levels of chemical “markers” for cancer [...]