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- WOMEN HEALTH: -G & O: -PREECLAMPSIA: -Glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme BB plasma concentration is elevated in pregnancy and preterm preeclampsia
Glycogen phosphorylase is a key enzyme in glycogenolysis. Released with myocardial ischemia, blood concentration of glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme BB (GPBB) is a marker of acute coronary ...
- WOMEN HEALTH: -G & O: Uterine fibroids and evidence-based medicine — not an oxymoron
The 2011 report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on comparative management of uterine fibroids noted, “Despite the prevalence and possible complications of uterine ...
- WOMEN HEALTH: -G & O: -Ulipristal acetate versus placebo for fibroid treatment before surgery
Uterine leiomyomas, or fibroids, are benign, hormone-sensitive, smooth-muscle tumors that occur in 20 to 40% of women of reproductive age.1,2 The most common symptoms are menorrhagia and ...
- PREGNANCY DEPRESSION: SSRI & ANTIDEPRESSANTS & PULMONARY HYPERTENSON IN BABIEs: -Antidepressants while pregnant linked to slight risk of lung problem in babies
January 13, 2012 Antidepressants Pregnancy and Medicines THURSDAY, Jan. 12 -- Women who use antidepressants called selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors such as ...
- WOMEN HEALTH: -HPV VACCINATION: -Some girls overestimate HPV vaccine protection
CHICAGO- Some adolescent girls who get the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer wrongly think they no longer need to practice safe sex, U.S. researchers said on Monday. The study, published in ...
- GESTATIONAL DIABETES & LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS: -Gestational diabetes and low socioeconomic status linked with increased risk of ADHD in offspring
CHICAGO – Children exposed to maternal gestational diabetes mellitus and low socioeconomic status, particularly in combination, appear to be at an increased risk of developing childhood ADHD, ...
- WOMEN HEALTH: -G & O: -Making sense of the new cervical-cancer screening guidelines
Over the past 60 years, U.S. mortality from cervical cancer has dropped by 70%, thanks to a successful screening program. In 1995, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ...
- DEPRESSION & INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: -Depressive symptoms and intimate partner violence in the 12 months after childbirth
Forty percent of women who report depressive symptoms following birth also reported intimate partner violence finds a new study published today (7 December) in BJOG: An International Journal of ...
- VIRTUAL CHILBIRTH SIMULATOR: -Virtual childbirth simulator improves safety of high-risk deliveries
CHICAGO – Newly developed computer software combined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a fetus may help physicians better assess a woman's potential for a difficult childbirth. ...
- GYNECOLOGY: -Chorionic disk extravillous trophoblasts in placental diagnosis
To study clinical and placental associations of increased amount of chorionic disk extravillous trophoblast (IAEVT), the frequency of selected clinical and placental parameters of 189 consecutive ...
- CERVICAL CANCER VACCINE: -HOW MUCH DOSE?: -Fewer than 3 doses of cervical cancer vaccine effective
Fewer than three doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Cervarix may be just as effective as the standard three-dose regimen when it comes to preventive measures against cervical cancer, ...
- WOMEN-SMOKING AFTER MENOPAUSE & INCREASE SEX HORMONE LEVEL
Elevated sex hormone levels associated with chronic disease risk A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) ...
- OLDER & HEAVIER WOMEN & FEWER HOT FLASHES: -Hot flashes may be fewer in older, heavier women
Study finds that obesity's impact on incidence of hot flashes may depend on age A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & ...
- ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS & POSTPARTUM BREAST CANCER EXPERIMENTAL: - Common class of pain drugs reduces severity of postpartum breast cancers
Published online on Aug. 7, 2011, the journal Nature Medicine reports that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including ibuprofen reduce the severity of postpartum breast cancers in animal ...
- REPRODUCTION: -G & O: -THE SOCIAL NETWORK OF INFERTILITY: -The social network of infertility: Study examines couples' privacy preferences
Couples who are having trouble getting pregnant adjust how much information they share with friends and family, depending on whether it's the husband or the wife who feels stigmatized about ...
