September 9, 2024 by Phillip Reese, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAbout 11,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 and about 1,500 died. The latest federal data shows the rate of new breast cancer diagnoses in Asian American and Pacific Islander women—a group that once had relatively...
August 31, 2024 by NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Credit: CC0 Public DomainResearch supported by the National Institutes of Health has found that measuring two types of fat in the bloodstream along with C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, can predict a woman’s risk for cardiovascular disease decades later. These findings, presented as...
by Stanford University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study by Stanford Medicine investigators unveils a new artificial intelligence model that was more than 90% successful at determining whether scans of brain activity came from a woman or a man. The findings, published Feb. 19 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, help...
Research throws light on the mystery of why women are much more prone to autoimmune disorders: A molecule made by one X chromosome in every female cell can generate antibodies to a woman’s own tissues. By Bruce Goldman X chromosomes and autoimmunityIn every cell in a woman’s body, one X chromosome is disabled to ensure...
by University of Texas at Arlington Linda Perrotti, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at UTA and senior author of the study. Credit: University of Texas at ArlingtonPrevious studies focused on cocaine use have found that women are more likely than men to develop an addiction, try cocaine at a younger age, use larger...
by Karolinska Institutet Golgi staining of mouse brain tissue. Credit: Silvia Maioli laboratoryA new study at the Karolinska Institute suggests that activation of a certain brain protein can protect women from developing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. “Cholesterol turnover and sex hormones are modifiable factors. Our results suggest that they may serve as potential treatment...
by Lori Solomon Most women with osteoporosis want to know their fracture risk, but only half have received this information from health care providers, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in Osteoporosis International. Charlotte Beaudart, Ph.D., from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and colleagues used data from the Risk Communication in Osteoporosis study...
How can we improve the detection, assessment, and treatment of female sexual dysfunction? Charlotte Methorst, MD, a urologist from Paris, and Carol Burté, MD, a sexologist and andrologist from Nice, dealt with these themes during a session at the French Urology Association’s 2023 conference, emphasizing the need for doctors to be involved in female sexual...
by Janosch Deeg, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Cardiomyocytes with stained mitochondria (red), sarcomeres (green) and nuclei (blue). Credit: Klaassen Lab, Max Delbrück CenterWhen the PRDM16 gene mutates, heart muscle cells undergo changes in their metabolism. This increases the risk of congenital heart failure in women more than men, as a ECRC research team led...
HEALTH 10 August 2023 By DANIELLE WILHOUR, THE CONVERSATION (Maria Korneeva/Getty Images) A migraine is far more than just a headache – it’s a debilitating disorder of the nervous system. People who have migraines experience severe throbbing or pulsating pain, typically on one side of the head. The pain is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and extreme sensitivity...
