7 January 2013

Ten years of adjuvant tamoxifen treatment further reduces breast cancer recurrence and improves survival

For women with ER-positive (oestrogen receptor-positive) breast cancer, taking the drug tamoxifen for ten years rather than the usual five...

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7 January 2013

Anthropological expertise facilitates multicultural women’s healthcare

Collaboration between medical and anthropological expertise can solve complex clinical problems in today’s multicultural women’s healthcare, shows Pauline Binder, a...

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7 January 2013

Fear of treatment puts stress on women undergoing fertility therapy

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="390" caption="Fear of treatment puts stress on women undergoing fertility therapy. © Tahe Fertilidad"][/caption]Fertility treatment has a...

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7 January 2013

Good quality of life for couples who adopt

Couples who adopt after unsuccessful IVF treatment have a better quality of life than both childless couples and couples without...

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1 November 2012

The 2012-13 Innovating for Life Awards are open for entries

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Annie Hughes, Midwife at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust; Dr Maret Dymond, Lead Clinical Psychologist, Mindfulness,...

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14 September 2012

Obese and overweight women face increased risk of recurrence of most common type of breast cancer

Extra pounds - even within the overweight but not obese range - are linked to a higher risk of recurrence...

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14 September 2012

Study shows HIF-1 protein is involved in spread of breast cancer

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="450" caption="© hakan corbacı-Fotolia.com"][/caption]The invasion of cancer cells into the lymph vessels that connect the breast to...

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14 September 2012

Routine syphilis screening in pregnant women aided by simple, rapid diagnostic test

A simple and rapid test done near the patient that does not need laboratories, electricity, or highly trained staff (known...

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