Women should give up vaping if they want to get pregnant, study suggests
Research finds hormone that indicates fertility at lower levels in vapers and tobacco smokersWomen should give up vaping if they are hoping to get pregnant, according to a study that suggests it may affect fertility.In the first research to demonstrate a link between fertility prospects and electronic cigarettes across a large population, analysis of blood samples from 8,340 women revealed that people who vape or smoke tobacco had lower levels of anti-M üllerian hormone (AMH), which indicates how many eggs women have left in their ovaries.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 26, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Nadeem Badshah Tags: Vaping Fertility problems Medical research Health Science Smoking Society UK news Source Type: news
From baldness to sleeping problems, the bizarre symptoms of a hormone problem that affects one in 10 women
Jodie Relf, PCOS dietitian, based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, says less common symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome, such as skin tags and sleep problems are not talked about. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I'm dying because doctors missed my cancer: Woman, 68, given months to live slams 'callous' hospital bosses who 'condemned me to death' for repeatedly refusing to meet her
Anne Shaw, 68, developed terminal cancer after doctors failed to spot a golf-ball sized ovarian tumour clearly visible in a routine scan in 2019, then dismissed her concerns. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The 'Oopzempic' baby boom: Rise in unplanned pregnancies in women taking slimming jabs sparks warnings from top fertility experts
Dubbed 'Oopzempic babies', the phenomenon has even led some US physicians to prescribe the jabs off-label to treat polycystic ovary syndrome. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
INOVIQ Blood Test Marks Ovarian Cancer Breakthrough
Inoviq Ltd (AU:IIQ) has released an update. INOVIQ Ltd has announced the successful analytical validation of its innovative blood test for ovarian ...#inoviqltd #iiq (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Amino Acid Supplement Cuts Liver Risks in PCOS and Obesity Amino Acid Supplement Cuts Liver Risks in PCOS and Obesity
A proprietary essential amino acid supplement in adolescent girls with obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome improved multiple liver-related outcomes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
Ozempic Hurts the Fight Against Eating Disorders
It’s impossible to escape the soaring popularity of Ozempic and similar drugs these days—daily headlines, celebrity “success” stories, and apparent ease in procuring prescriptions (even Costco sells them now) abound. But the cumulative effect of all of this has many experts in the eating disorder field worried about how this might affect their patients. This makes sense—even for those without eating disorders, these drugs can feel both triggering and enticing. After all, research tells us about 90% of women are dissatisfied with their bodies. This sounds like a quick fix.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Cole Kazdin Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Ovarian Cancer: Another Promising Target for Liquid Biopsy Ovarian Cancer: Another Promising Target for Liquid Biopsy
A blood test to screen for ovarian cancer is one of many new liquid biopsy assays being evaluated to screen for cancer.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Why a New Study Dubbed India the ‘Cancer Capital of the World’
A new study has unveiled an alarming picture of declining overall health in India. The report, released by the Indian multinational healthcare group, Apollo Hospitals, found that skyrocketing cases of cancer and other non-communicable diseases across the country have now made it “the cancer capital of the world.”
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Despite reporting more than a million new cases every year, India’s cancer rate has not yet surpassed countries like Denmark, Ireland, and Belgium, which record some of the highest cancer rates in the world. It is also currently lower than the U.S....
Source: TIME: Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Astha Rajvanshi Tags: Uncategorized India Source Type: news
AI May Bring a Better Blood Test for Ovarian Cancer
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 -- Using AI to track fragments of tumor-associated DNA in the blood, scientists say they may be close to an accurate test for a silent killer: Ovarian cancer.
It ' s the fifth leading cause of cancer death in the United... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 10, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
SRU releases consensus statement on endometriosis detection
The Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) has issued a new expert consensus statement that aims to improve the evaluation of endometriosis.
The consensus, published April 9 in Radiology, provides recommendations for improving routine pelvic ultrasounds through additional maneuvers and imaging to improve diagnosis of deep endometriosis, according to the authors.
“Rightfully, patient advocates really want this,” statement first author Scott Young, MD from the Mayo Clinic told AuntMinnie.com. “They want better detection and there are a number of ways to detect endometriosis that are being worked on … all wond...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Ultrasound Womens Imaging Source Type: news
J & J Begins Another Trial Over Claims Its Talc Causes Cancer
Phil and Bernard Matthey’s wrongful death lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson has headed to trial. The suit claims the company is responsible for selling asbestos-contaminated baby powder that caused the death of the plaintiffs’ mother. Patricia Matthey died from ovarian cancer at the age of 72 In 2019. The Mattheys’ lawsuit notes their mother had used J&J’s talc-based product for most of her life.
Attorney for the plaintiffs, Lance Oliver, told the jury that Patricia Matthey applied baby powder to her body 41,000 times over the course of 50 years. He also told the jury that J&J continued sel...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - April 5, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Travis Rodgers Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Companies johnson Legal Mesothelioma talc Talcum Powder Source Type: news
Why Heart Disease Research Still Favors Men
Published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to the coverage of women’s issues around the world.
Katherine Fitzgerald had just arrived at the party. Before she could even get a drink, she threw up and broke out in a sweat. “I was dizzy. I couldn’t breathe. I had heart pain,” Fitzgerald says.
She knew she was having a heart attack.
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What she didn’t know then was that the heart attack could have been prevented. Fitzgerald, a health-conscious, exercise-loving lawyer, should have been taking statin drugs to s...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maggie Fox Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Hormonal Birth Control Doesn ’ t Deserve Its Bad Reputation
Almost two-thirds of U.S. women of reproductive age use some kind of contraception, according to the latest federal data. And millions of them use methods that contain hormones, including birth control pills, intrauterine devices (IUDs), rings, implants, injections, and patches.
Although the specifics vary from method to method, hormonal birth control generally works by halting ovulation and/or changing conditions in the uterus or cervix to prevent pregnancy. And it works well: efficacy rates approach 100% when these methods are used correctly.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen Explainer healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Doctors thought woman, 23, was pregnant but it was actually deadly cancer
"I thought I was too young to get ovarian cancer," she said. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
