5 August 2016

Early and late menopause can increase risk of type 2 diabetes

Women who begin menopause before age 46 or after 55 have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according...

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3 August 2016

Menopause and insomnia make women age faster

Two UCLA studies, respectively published in July in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Biological Psychiatry, suggest...

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2 August 2016

Women who start menstruation, menopause later more likely to live to 90

The number of women living to age 90 in the United States has increased significantly in the past century. Currently...

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1 August 2016

GMC to reduce the stress on doctors by piloting fitness to practise changes

The General Medical Council (GMC) has launched two pilot schemes to speed up fitness to practise cases and reduce their...

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29 July 2016

Used consistently, monthly vaginal ring may be highly effective against HIV in women

When used consistently for a month at a time, a vaginal ring containing an antiretroviral (ARV) drug called dapivirine provides...

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27 July 2016

Certain characteristics predispose women to different hot flash, night sweats pattern

Most women will get hot flashes or night sweats at some point in life. However, when these symptoms occur and...

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26 July 2016

Breastfeeding alters maternal metabolism and protects against diabetes for up to 15 years after delivery

An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München has studied the metabolism of women with gestational diabetes after...

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25 July 2016

Nuffield Health improves breast screening service for women across the UK

The UK’s largest not-for-profit healthcare provider Nuffield Health has, as part of its wider investment programme, improved its breast screening...

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