by University of Michigan Study suggests that many women using emergency care for fibroids may be better served in alternative health care settings. Credit: Michigan Medicine Fibroid symptoms, such as heavy menstrual bleeding and abdominal pain, are increasingly driving women to the emergency room. In fact, tens of thousands of women were seen annually in the emergency department...
More than half of cervical cancer cases in the United States occur in women who have not had timely Pap smears and/or HPV tests — screenings that allow for detection of precancerous or cancerous cells on the cervix. Encouraging low-income women, in particular, to participate in such screenings likely would improve cancer detection and save...
by Amy Norton (HealthDay)—After a concussion, women may be at heightened risk of lasting physical and mental symptoms, a new study finds. The study of 2,000 concussion sufferers found that women were more likely than men to still have some symptoms one year later. The problems included fuzzy memory and difficulty concentrating, as well as...
By Ada Wood, CNN Updated 6:28 AM ET, Fri February 26, 2021 Women may have a lower normal healthy range of blood pressure than men, new research has suggested. (CNN)When you visit the doctor, often the first order of business is wrapping a blood pressure cuff around your arm and looking to the display screen...
THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY (NAMS) CLEVELAND, Ohio (September 28, 2020)–Despite a common belief that women lose interest in sex as they age, a new study demonstrates that a significant percentage of women continue to rate sex as important throughout midlife. The study also identified those factors affecting which women continue to value sex most....
by From Mayo Clinic News Network All women face the threat of heart disease, which is the No. 1 killer of Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mayo Clinic cardiologist Dr. Amy Pollak, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says there are many important things women should know about heart disease. “The first...
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that women are less likely to get help for a drinking problem and are more likely to believe the problem will get better on its own. The study, which digs deep into the differences in the way men and women handle excessive alcohol consumption, suggests that different strategies for dealing with the problem should be developed for men and women. “We should ask ourselves, ‘How...
Wearing the wrong size bra is not only uncomfortable, it can cause a range of health problems. Research has shown that a lack of breast support often leads to breast pain, which is reported by 50% of women. An ill-fitting bra that doesn’t give the right support can also lead to breast skin damage – usually seen as...
Scientists have developed a pill that lights up breast cancer tumors. Approximately one in three breast cancer patients undergo unnecessary surgery or chemotherapy on tumors that are benign. There are also women with treatable cancers who die due to undetected tumors that are hidden by dense breast tissue. This is due to difficulties inherent in...
Immunotherapy enhances a patient’s own T cells to make them fight cancer better Doctors at the National Institutes of Health have cured a woman of her breast cancer using the experimental new treatment A woman has been cured of her breast cancer by a revolutionary treatment that used supercharged versions of her own immunity cells...
