In Klinefelter Syndrome Patients, What are the Common Behavioral Problems?
Discussion
Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a common genetic abnormaly with a prevalence of 1 in ~650 male births. It was first described in 1942 by Dr. Harry Klinefelter. It is associated with at least one extra X chromosome with the most common karyotype (~80% of patients) being 47 XXY. Other karyotypes are seen along with mosaicism. It is believed that although it is very prevalent, only about 25-33% of people with KS are identified. About 10% are identified before puberty with the rest usually identified because of hypogonadism and tall stature especially in teenage years or due to infertility in adulthood. KS is diagnosed...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 29, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Birth Control Options for Women Over 40
Gillian Dean, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Birth Control Options for Women Over 40
Many women believe, once they pass 40, that they are no longer fertile. In fact, a woman can get pregnant, intentionally or not, into her late 40s and beyond. And pregnancy after age 40 may carry greater risks. For this reason, contraception until menopause is important for women who are at risk for pregnancy and don't want to be pregnant.
Because of misconceptions about the health risks of different birth control methods, ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Combined HRT breast cancer risk 'may have been underestimated'
Conclusion
This study shows a link between the use of combined oestrogen and progesterone HRT and breast cancer risk, particularly among women who take the pill for a long period of time. But this is not the entire story.
The study included a large cohort of women. The risk increase for combined HRT is based on only 52 of the 39,183 women taking the combined pill who developed breast cancer.
Of these, only seven women had been taking the pill for more than 15 years. Therefore, the analysis was based on a very small number, which may mean the risk associations are not completely accurate.
Assessments were based on s...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Medication Older people Source Type: news
'Pregnancy saved my life': Mother noticed a cancerous lump while she was moisturising
Justine Cheadle, 38, from Northampton, was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer which had already spread to her lymph nodes while she was expecting her daughter Verity. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The 1 Thing You Need To Stop Doing To Your Vagina
For SELF, by Zahra Barnes.
A scary new report adds one more item to the “why women shouldn’t douche” list.
Gynecologists have been telling their patients not to clean their vaginas with douches for years—and now they have yet another strong point against it: The practice is associated with nearly a doubled risk of getting ovarian cancer, according to a large study from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
“Douching is just wrong,” Sherry Ross, M.D., an ob/gyn and women’s health expert at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa M...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why do Iranian women avoid mammography screening?
Why aren't more women in Iran seeking out breast screening? A new study shows...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Myths and misinformation hold back breast screening (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 11, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Should Women Have Breast Implants Removed?
It was a story with a bit of irony, as well as ominous health warnings.
Crystal Hefner, the 30-year-old wife of Playboy magazine mogul Hugh Hefner, announced in a story in People magazine last month that she'd had her breast implants removed because they were making her sick.
Hefner posted a photo of her post-surgery self on Instagram with the caption, "Using 2016 to reclaim my health and embrace and love myself for the real me."
The former model, now a DJ, was diagnosed a few months back with Lyme disease. Her symptoms included intolerance to foods and beverages as well as back, neck, and shoulder pain.
Hefner also su...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More Than Half A Million People Have Watched This Pregnancy Announcement
A brother's instant reaction to his sister's pregnancy announcement is a sweet reminder of how close siblings can be.
On Wednesday, Facebook page Love What Matters shared an old video of Lindsay MacPhee-Currie's pregnancy announcement. In the video, which was filmed in August 2014, she offers her older brother, Callum MacPhee, a bottle of wine at her home in Nova Scotia and jokes that she originally got it for herself, but that she can't "drink for the next nine months." In tears, her brother immediately hugs her. The announcement came as a shock to MacPhee-Currie's family, since doctors told her that her chances of c...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A moment that changed me: the chance to use new life-saving cancer drugs
A stroke of luck at a bleak time meant I got to take the ground-breaking Herceptin. It allowed me to live, and follow my dream of becoming an authorThough I loved being an English teacher, my dream from childhood was to be a writer. Aged 34, I was head of English in a secondary school, newly married, and about to start a family. Just three weeks after the wedding I found something strange in my right breast. It was more of a mass than a lump.On the 11 November 2004 at 1.35pm, I was told I had cancer. The words I remember were “no cure”, “mastectomy”, and “breast cancer and pregnancy don’t mix” – all said in...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 2, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Emma Carroll Tags: Breast cancer Health Medical research Books Source Type: news
Mother who blamed her inverted nipple on pregnancy is diagnosed with breast cancer
Ruth Taylor, 39, from Cardiff, as pregnant with her second son Harri Cerdin, now two, when she noticed her nipple had puckered and retreated inwards - but didn't realise this was a sign of cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to Take a Holistic Approach to Health
So much of American medicine focuses on treating the illness, rather than the whole person. Oftentimes, it seems easier to throw medicine at a cough or a cold, without exploring further to make sure the cough isn't a result of a chronic post-nasal drip because of allergy or sinus issues.
If you're tired of treating symptoms to make a condition better, rather than treating the condition as part of your whole body, you're not alone. The latest data from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) shows 4 of 10 adults and 1 in nine children are using some form of complementary medicine. This is not t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Opportunity for Women’s Health in Emerging Markets
In this month’s article, I explore issues relating to the health of women in emerging markets. I will recommend that pharma companies wishing to maximize the opportunity in women’s health need to start from an understanding of how women are viewed by society in these markets and challenge awareness, attitudes and access barriers that can lead to their health outcomes being sub-optimal. As a starting point, it is necessary to establish a working definition of women’s health. This isn’t as straightforward as it might seem, as women’s health can be considered at multiple levels.
The conditions which most obvious...
Source: EyeForPharma - April 8, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Marc Yates Source Type: news
Donald Trump Said Women Should Be Punished For Getting Abortions. They Already Are.
Anti-abortion groups tried to distance themselves from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday after he said in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that abortion should be banned and that there should be "some form of punishment" for patients who receive the procedure. Trump’s comments were out of step with what other Republicans have said about abortion -- namely, that the doctors who perform the procedure are the ones who should be punished, rather than the patients who undergo it. Anti-abortion groups often argue that patients who get the procedure do so out of desperation and r...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Donald Trump Said Women Should Be Punished For Getting Abortions. They Already Are.
Anti-abortion groups tried to distance themselves from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday after he said in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that abortion should be banned and that there should be "some form of punishment" for patients who receive the procedure.
Trump’s comments were out of step with what other Republicans have said about abortion -- namely, that the doctors who perform the procedure are the ones who should be punished, rather than the patients who undergo it. Anti-abortion groups often argue that patients who get the procedure do so out of desperation and r...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I Am My Mother's Chimera. Chances Are, So Are You.
For years the concept of a "genetic chimera" -- an individual with two genetically distinct cells lines in his/her body -- has sparked the imagination of writers: from Stephen King to Michael Crichton, from CSI to The Office. The idea that an individual could harbor his/her own twin is creepy and intriguing at the same time. Recent advances in DNA sequencing technology have allowed us to probe much deeper into a person's genome, to the point that today scientists believe that chimerism could be far more common than what we originally thought. Chances are, you could be your own twin. But how surprised would you be if I to...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 18, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
