24 February 2017

Men can show signs of depression when their partners are pregnant

Men who were stressed or in poor health had elevated depression symptoms when their partners were pregnant and nine months...

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22 February 2017

Effects of removing ovaries during hysterectomy

A study led by the University of Warwick has found a link between the removal of ovaries during hysterectomy and...

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22 February 2017

Smartphone app aims to reduce surgical complications for up to 3,000 hysterectomy patients

Around 30,000 hysterectomies are performed in Australia every year with up to 3,000 women undergoing the procedure affected by complications...

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20 February 2017

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...

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17 February 2017

Third 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...

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16 February 2017

Benefits 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...

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15 February 2017

Examining 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...

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14 February 2017

Scientists 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...

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