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New Model May Pinpoint Timing of Final Menstrual Period
March 26, 2013 For women enduring hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, a new model could better estimate the timing of the final menstrual period, according to a recent ... > full story -
New Approach for Stopping Herpes Infections
March 25, 2013 Researchers have discovered a novel strategy for preventing infections due to the highly common herpes simplex viruses, the microbes responsible for causing genital herpes (herpes simplex virus 2) ... > full story -
New Chemo Drug Gentler on Fertility, Tougher on Cancer
March 22, 2013 A new gentler chemotherapy drug in the form of nanoparticles has been designed by scientists to be less toxic to a young woman's fertility but extra tough on cancer. This is the first cancer drug ... > full story -
Men and Women Get Sick in Different Ways: Developing Gender-Specific Medicine Is a Major Challenge of the Future
March 22, 2013 Recent research in laboratory medicine has revealed crucial differences between men and women with regard to cardiovascular illness, cancer, liver disease, osteoporosis, and in the area of ... > full story -
Dysfunction in Cerebellar Calcium Channel Causes Motor Disorders and Epilepsy
March 21, 2013 A dysfunction of a certain calcium channel, the so called P/Q-type channel, in neurons of the cerebellum is sufficient to cause different motor diseases as well as a special type of ... > full story -
New DNA Sequences Home in on Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risk
March 20, 2013 Researchers have identified new DNA sequences associated with breast cancer -- the most common cancer among women, with an average risk of developing the disease of 10 percent -- and ovarian cancer, ... > full story -
Ten Years of Tamoxifen Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrences, Improves Survival
March 20, 2013 For some women with breast cancer, taking adjuvant tamoxifen (Nolvadex) for 10 years after primary treatment leads to a greater reduction in breast cancer recurrences and deaths than taking the drug ... > full story -
Estrogen May Relieve Post-Menopausal Joint Pain, Study Suggests
March 20, 2013 Post-menopausal women, who often suffer from joint pain, could find some long-term relief by taking estrogen-only ... > full story -
Biennial Mammograms Best After 50, Even for Women With Dense Breasts, Experts Say
March 19, 2013 Screening for breast cancer every two years appears just as beneficial as yearly mammograms for women ages 50 to 74, with significantly fewer "false positives" -- even for women whose breasts are ... > full story -
Gene Profile May Help Identify Risk for Hormone-Sensitive, Hormone-Insensitive Breast Cancer
March 19, 2013 The overexpression or underexpression of a newly identified set of genes related to lipid metabolism may help physicians identify whether or not a woman is at risk for hormone receptor-positive or ... > full story
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