Growth hormone plays key role in early puberty, breast cancer risk
Groundbreaking findings based on following 180+ girls for 14 yearsCredit: Cincinnati Children's When girls reach puberty at an unusually early ...
Tag: Gynecology
New treatment possibilities for young women diagnosed with rare form of ovarian cancer
Credit: PHSA A recent finding by researchers at the BC Cancer Research Institute and the University of British Columbia (UBC) ...
Is COVID-19 transmitted through breast milk? Study suggests not likely
The infectious virus was not detected in 64 samples of breast milk testedCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences As the ...
Contraceptive developed at UIC approved by FDA, offers new option for women
Credit: Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago A first-of-its-kind contraceptive developed at the University of Illinois Chicago has been approved by ...
Antibiotics associated with increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease
Credit: Gustav Mårtensson Antibiotics use, particularly antibiotics with greater spectrum of microbial coverage, may be associated with an increased risk ...
Patients’ access to opioid treatment cumbersome
Pregnant women less likely to receive treatmentCredit: Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy Women are having a difficult time getting ...
First US clinical trial testing efficacy of delivering aerosolized chemotherapy
The experimental PIPAC treatment may extend the lives of people with advanced ovarian, uterine, gastric and colorectal cancers whose current ...
Analysis of Ugandan cervical carcinomas, an aid for understudied sub-Saharan women
This is the first comprehensive genomic study of cervical cancers in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on tumors from 212 ...
Oxytocin can help prevent osteoporosis
In a laboratory experiment with rats, Brazilian researchers succeeded in reversing natural processes associated with aging that lead to loss ...
Effect of gadolinium-based contrast agent on breast diffusion-tensor imaging
Diagnostic accuracy using DTI was equivalent both before and after GBCA administration, despite a change in the values of the ...
Genetically similar fungi cause severe infections in different hospitals
Present in the human digestive tract, species of Candida can cause bloodstream infections in patients in hospital intensive care units; ...
Potential preterm births in high risk women predicted to 73% accuracy, by new technique
A new technique that can spot a potential preterm birth in asymptomatic high-risk women, with up to 73% accuracy months ...
A new way to target cancers using ‘synthetic lethality’
Approach exploits tumor weaknesses when 2 genetic defects are combinedCredit: NCI Center for Cancer Research With advances in genome sequencing, ...
Same-day IUD placements hard to come by in Ohio, study finds
Researchers: Obstacle to reproductive care could lead to unintended pregnanciesCredit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Though same-day access ...
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