By Kate Bass, B.Sc. Reviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. (Editor) A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a deep learning model that can predict breastcancer from mammogram images up to five years before a diagnosis can be made by doctors. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and is responsible for around 500,000 deaths each year worldwide. There are now many effective treatments for breast cancer, but...
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COPD may strike women harder than men
by Steven Reinberg, Healthday Reporter Smoking is its leading cause, and while women report smoking less than men, those with COPD have more trouble breathing, more frequent flare-ups and a poorer quality of life, researchers found. “Physicians need to be aware that symptoms for women may be worse for a given level of lung function and that exacerbations may be more frequent,”...
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Menopause ‘not the cause of midlife weight gain’ in women
by Australian National University Fat-mass continues to increase in middle-age women but menopause isn’t to blame, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). Mr Ananthan Ambikairajah, a Ph.D. Scholar from ANU, says post-menopausal women do have higher belly fat compared to premenopausal women, which could increase their risk of cardiovascular disease and dementia. “Older women can experience weight gain for many reasons....
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Fielding the Dangers of Fasting and Feasting With Diabetes
Those exempt from fasting include children younger than 12 years; people who are ill; travelers; and menstruating, pregnant, or nursing women. Healthy Muslims are obliged to abstain from all food, drink, and oral medications from dawn to sunset throughout the month. Most people eat two major meals a day—suhoor (meal before dawn) and iftar (meal...
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Preventing triple negative breast cancer from spreading
A breast cancer cell is like a house with three locks on the front door. Keys, or receptors, allow drugs to unlock the door and kill the cell. However, in triple-negative breast cancer, these keys are absent, thereby resulting in few options for drug therapy, until now. A protein called p53 suppresses and kills cancer in people. However, a defective, mutant form of...
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Ability to lift weights quickly can mean a longer life
Not all weight lifting produces the same benefit EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Lisbon, Portugal – 12 April 2019: Prolong your life by increasing your muscle power. That’s the main message of a study presented today at EuroPrevent 2019, a congress of the European Society of Cardiology.1 “Rising from a chair in old age and kicking a ball...
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FDA approves osteoporosis therapy for high-risk postmenopausal women
(HealthDay)—Evenity (romosozumab-aqqg) was approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausalwomen with a high risk for fracture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced. Evenity, a monoclonal antibody, blocks the effects of sclerostin and increases bone formation. It is indicated for use in postmenopausal women who have a history of osteoporotic fracture or risk factors for fracture and those who have failed or developed intolerance to other osteoporosistreatments. ...
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Active interventions generally helpful for urinary incontinence
(HealthDay)—Most active interventions are more likely than no treatment to improve outcomes for women with either stress or urgency urinary incontinence (UI), according to a review published online March 19 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Ethan M. Balk, M.D., from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and colleagues compared the effectiveness of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions to improve or cure stress, urgency, or mixed...
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Targeting stem-like cells could prevent ovarian cancer recurrence
Ovarian cancer is not the most common form of cancer, but it’s among the deadliest. That’s because about 70 percent of cases recur. A new study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) and several other collaborating institutions targets the root of recurrence with new drugs aimed...
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Women should not be alarmed by study linking HRT to Alzheimer’s disease
Doctors are encouraging women not to be alarmed by a new study linking the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with a slightly increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The Royal College of GPs says the research does not prove that HRT causes Alzheimer’s disease and that women who are using the therapy should continue to do so. The study, which was recently published in...