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Estrogen–progestin Replacement Does Not Increase Stroke Risk
February 6, 2001 Hormone replacement therapy with estrogen and progestin does not alter the risk of stroke in postmenopausal women with heart disease, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American ... > full story -
Dangerous Beauty: Fungal Flowers Offer Clues To Biofilm Formation On Medical Implants
February 2, 2001 Researchers at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have found a key gene that allows fungi to stick to plastic surfaces and form thin coatings called biofilms. The gene, called FLO11, is ... > full story -
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Pioneering Surgery Seals Ruptured Birth Sac
January 24, 2001 Three months after an unusual operation to seal a rupture in the fluid-filled sac protecting a pregnant woman's growing fetus, a healthy baby boy was delivered at NYU Medical Center. Bruce Young, ... > full story -
Biological Program Prevents Development Of Pathogenic Form Of Fungi
December 4, 2000 Scientists from Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan have made a discovery that may help us win the biomedical war against fungal pathogens. As published in Genes & Development, ... > full story -
Estrogen Deprivation Leads To Death Of Dopamine Cells In The Brain
December 4, 2000 Estrogen deprivation leads to the death of dopamine cells in the brain, a finding by Yale researchers that could have implications for post-menopausal women. The cells can be regenerated if estrogen ... > full story -
The "Descent Of Women" A Silent Epidemic
November 22, 2000 Pelvic floor disorders can greatly decrease the quality of life. In the first comprehensive study of its kind, Adelaide University researchers have found the condition to be much more common than ... > full story -
Researchers Discover Role Of Estrogen Stimulator In Making Male Hormone; Finding May Help Explain Infertility In Some Women And Men
October 22, 2000 A hormone that stimulates the production of estrogen has a key role in making the testosterone women need as well, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia who say their finding may ... > full story -
Estrogen Therapy May Help Prevent Memory Decline In Elderly Women
October 12, 2000 Studies have found that estrogen replacement therapy prevents some of the decline in the ability to learn and to remember new material in postmenopausal ... > full story -
Stress Could Increase Risk Of Heart Disease In Women
September 21, 2000 Reduced estrogen levels due to stress may put some young women on a high-risk course for heart disease, reported researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center today at a meeting of ... > full story -
Estrogen Lifts Mood In Perimenopause
September 4, 2000 Women who suffer depression as they enter the early stages of menopause (perimenopause) may find estrogen to be an alternative to traditional antidepressants, suggest National Institute of Mental ... > full story
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