Archive for December, 2008
High Insulin Levels May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Data from the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study show that higher than normal insulin levels are an independent risk factor for breast cancer (breast cancer risk). Study investigators, led by Dr. Marc J. Gunter at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, examined the association between breast cancer and blood parameters at [...]
Teens May Not Know Risk Factors For Infertility
Canadian high school students may lack important knowledge about risk factors for infertility, survey findings suggest. For example, most students were unaware that some sexually transmitted infections can cause infertility problems. “About 80 percent of students said they were familiar with the term infertility,” Susan Quach, of Sunnybrook and Women’s College Hospital Fertility Center in [...]
3 Easy Steps To Protect Yourself From Trichomoniasis
As a woman, if you really want to keep better sexual and reproductive health, it is very essential for you to protect yourself from trichomoniasis. The parasite responsible for trichomoniasis mainly affects your vagina and cervix; as a result you can experience various health complications. Here are few ways that you can adopt in your [...]
How Broccoli Protects Against Cancer?
U.S. researchers have discovered a cellular process that explains how cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli work to prevent breast cancer. “Breast cancer can be protected against by eating cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and near relatives of cabbage such as broccoli and cauliflower,” first author Olga Azarenko of the University of California in Santa Barbara [...]
Estrogen Pills Can Benefit Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
For breast cancer survivors, the idea of taking estrogen pills is almost a taboo. In fact, their doctors give them drugs to get rid of the hormone because it can fuel the growth of breast cancer. So these women would probably be surprised by the approach taken by breast cancer physician Matthew Ellis, M.B., Ph.D., [...]
Is It Essential To Lose Weight With PCOS?
Battle with PCOS can seem just impossible for any one, particularly if you are weighing more. It can be very difficult for you to manage your weight with PCOS. Your health care provider may constantly recommend you to lose weight and you find it really a tough task, even if you are seriously following your [...]
Popular Class Of Diabetes Drugs Doubles Risk Of Fractures In Women
New findings out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of East Anglia show that long-term use of a popular class of oral diabetic drugs doubles the risk of fractures in women with type 2 diabetes (type 2 diabetes symptoms). “We knew going into this study that there was an association between [...]
Abortion And Miscarriage Bring Psychiatric Risk
Drug and alcohol problems and psychiatric disorders are more likely in women who have had an abortion or miscarriage, a University of Queensland study has found. PhD candidate Kaeleen Dingle found young women who lost a pregnancy were more susceptible to depression, anxiety, alcohol dependency and illicit substance abuse than women who had never been [...]
