Postmenopausal hormone therapy treatment may protect from dementia
Postmenopausal estrogen-based hormone therapy lasting longer than ten years was associated with a decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease in a...
Read MoreThird OSCE test centre for the NMC
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) announced in February a third UK OSCE centre for the test of competence for...
Read MoreBenefits and risks of eating the placenta after childbirth
Placentophagy – maternal consumption of the placenta – has become increasingly prevalent in the past decade among women seeking to...
Read MoreExamining women’s bones during menopause help understand risk of fractures
"Bone fragility is considered a silent disease," says Karl Jepsen, associate chair of research and professor of orthopaedic surgery at Michigan...
Read MoreScientists create cell ‘maps’ bringing breast cancer research forwards by decades
Scientists have created a ‘map’ linking the shape of breast cancer cells to genes turned on and off, and matched...
Read MoreProtein in womb plays role in future of bone health
Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have shown that limiting a specific maternal protein in pregnant mice...
Read MoreBrain scans at birth predict early signs of anxiety and depression
Early predictors of anxiety and depression may be evident in the brain even at birth, suggests a study published in...
Read MoreMaternal blood pressure before conception predicts gender of baby
A recently published study from China finds that a mother's blood pressure before conception may influence the gender of her...
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