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Treating Osteoporosis Calls for Physician, Dentist Collaboration
• Dental Health • • Gender: Female • • Public Health • May 15 08
Physicians and dentists should collaborate to improve early detection and treatment of patients who have or may develop osteoporosis, say researchers in the cover…
Domestic violence associated with chronic malnutrition in women and children in India
• Dieting • • Gender: Female • Apr 23 08
In a new, large-scale study exploring the link between domestic violence and chronic malnutrition, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have…
New Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Treatment of Hirsutism
• Endocrinology • • Gender: Female • Apr 22 08
The Endocrine Society has released new clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of hirsutism in premenopausal women. The guidelines appear in the April issue…
Sex Matters: From Sports to Life
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Trauma & Injuries • Mar 05 08
We know men and women are different on the outside, but the differences on the inside are astronomical, as well. Today, orthopaedic surgeons are…
Sex Differences Extend into the Brain
• Brain • • Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Feb 29 08
What was once speculation is now being confirmed by scientists: the brains of women and men are different in more ways than one.
Discoveries…
Women Take Almost 50% More Short Term Sick Leave than Men
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Feb 05 08
Women take almost 50% more short term sick leave than men, finds research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine .
But…
How Air Force Women Are Handling the Stress
• Gender: Female • • Neurology • Aug 19 07
About 20 percent of Air Force women deployed during the Iraq war report that they are experiencing at least one major symptom of post-traumatic…
Why Women Get More Migraines Than Men
• Gender: Female • • Headaches • • Migraine • Aug 05 07
For every man with a migraine, three women are struck by the severe headaches that often come with nausea, sensitivity to light and sound,…
Do women really talk more than men?
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 05 07
Refuting the popular stereotype that females talk more than men, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found women and men both…
Gene variations contribute to aggression and anger in women
• Gender: Female • • Genetics • Mar 09 07
Ever wonder why some women seem to be more ill-tempered than others? University of Pittsburgh researchers have found that behaviors such as anger, hostility…
Study takes next step—Why women suffer more knee injuries
• Gender: Female • • Trauma & Injuries • Mar 07 07
Female athletes are up to eight times more likely to suffer knee injuries during their careers than males, and now researchers may be closer…
Healthy Women with High Cholesterol at Increased Risk of Stroke
• Gender: Female • • Stroke • Feb 20 07
Healthy women with no history of heart disease or stroke significantly increase their chances of having a stroke if they have high cholesterol, according…
Stroke risk higher in less well-educated women
• Gender: Female • • Stroke • Jan 16 07
A study involving Swedish women indicates that the risk of stroke has a marked inverse correlation with years of education, European researchers report in…
Hereditary stroke more common in women
• Gender: Female • • Stroke • Dec 28 06
Women are more likely than men to inherit an increased risk of having a stroke, new research indicates.
The findings, which appear in the…
Jawbone trouble rare with osteoporosis drugs
• Gender: Female • Aug 31 06
Despite reports about the risk of jawbone deterioration among individuals taking certain osteoporosis drugs, most patients are not at risk, according to the latest…
Preventive Measures May Reduce Risk of Jawbone Deterioration in Women Taking Osteoporosis Drugs
• Gender: Female • Aug 25 06
Media reports on a connection between certain bone-strengthening drugs and the death of bone tissue in the jaw have raised concerns for many women,…
New hope for women with Alzheimer’s disease
• Gender: Female • Jul 18 06
Leuprolide acetate helps women with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease maintain functional capabilities for a longer period of time, according to data presented Monday by Voyager…
American women and girls not getting enough calcium
• Gender: Female • Apr 25 06
A University of Maryland study shows that while calcium intake is going up in some groups of Americans, teenage girls and young women, especially…
Shoe Fanatics -Latest Spring Trends Might be Better for Your Feet
• Gender: Female • Apr 12 06
Comfort or fashion? For most women, that question is a no-brainer when it comes to buying shoes. But style-savvy women may have more foot-healthy…
Snoring Highest Among Middle-Aged Women
• Gender: Female • Apr 11 06
A new study finds that habitual snoring in women is strongly tied to body mass index (BMI) and age, with snoring prevalence reaching its…
Parkinson Disease Increases Risk of Osteoporosis
• Gender: Female • Apr 05 06
People with Parkinson disease are at increased risk of developing osteoporosis, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology…
Woman Shares Personal Story of Clinical Trials Participation
• Gender: Female • Mar 31 06
Before the 1990s, women were excluded from most major medical research studies. The exclusion was based on liability concerns and a historical belief by…
Finasteride combined with oral contraceptives may improve female hair loss
• Gender: Female • Mar 21 06
Finasteride, a medication approved to treat hair loss in men, may also improve the condition in women when combined with oral contraceptives, according to…
Widowhood ups death risk for whites, not blacks
• Gender: Female • Mar 08 06
Research has long shown that older adults face a higher risk of death soon after losing a spouse. But a new study suggests that…
Hair Loss in Women: More than Meets the Eye
• Gender: Female • Mar 02 06
At least half of women in the U.S. will experience some form of hair loss by the time they are 50 years old. The…