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FDA: Pelvic Mesh for Women Riskier Than Thought
A product commonly used in surgery to treat incontinence and other women’s health problems causes far more complications than previously…
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Benefit of Mammograms Even Greater Than Thought
The longest-running breast cancer screening study ever conducted has shown that regular mammograms prevent deaths from breast cancer, and the…
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Very tight braiding or weaving may be linked to a permanent type of hair loss that affects many African American…
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DNA Blood Test Cuts Invasive Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome
DNA in a pregnant woman’s blood can show whether her fetus has Down syndrome, thus hugely reducing the need for…
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Pregnant mothers, newborns addicted to opiates increases dramatically over past decade
The rate of mothers abusing opiates during pregnancy—including heroin, methadone and certain painkillers—has increased nearly fivefold in the past decade,…
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Study links milk-producing protein to aggressive breast cancer
The discovery that a protein which triggers milk production in women may also be responsible for making breast cancers aggressive…
Read More‘Artificial Pancreas’ Shows Promise in Pregnancy
LONDON – Scientists have shown how an “artificial pancreas” can help pregnant women with type 1 diabetes and say their…
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Melanoma rates increase ‘dramatically’ among young adults
A new study spanning multiple decades has found that skin cancer rates in the U.S. are rising dramatically, even as…
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First Baby Over Age 45? Expect Complications
A study of older new mothers in Israel finds that 8 in 10 experienced health problems during their pregnancies, and…
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