Postmenopausal women receive no additional mortality benefit from vitamin D after controlling for health risk factors such as abdominal obesity, a new study finds.
The research, consistent with advice issued last fall by the Institute of Medicine, found no evidence linking vitamin D to the prevention of cancer, cardiovascular disease, or other causes of death after controlling for health factors like abdominal obesity.
Taking the Pill for 10 years can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by almost half (45%), new research part-funded by Cancer Research UK showed last week.
Overall, women who took the Pill for any length of time had an approximately 15% lower risk of ovarian cancer than those who never took it at all – and the risk reduced further in women taking it for longer.
There are few cases of cancer which are curable and can be prevented. Unlike other cancers, skin cancer can be cured by simply sipping few cups of coffee in a day. It might astonish you but according to the researchers coffee reduces the chances of skin cancer by 20%.
The percentage of depressed adults in L.A. County is increasing annually. According to the L.A. County Department of Public Health, 16.6% of county women had been diagnosed at least once with a depressive disorder in 2007. According to two new studies, depressed women in their reproductive years have high rates of chronic disease factors, which may affect their overall health as well as future pregnancies. Furthermore, although the prevalence of smoking and physical activity has improved for these women from 2001 to 2009, the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, asthma, and high blood pressure has increased.
Fall typically marks the season when temperatures begin to cool and seasonal flu cases start to rise.
Arizona State University students, faculty and staff can protect themselves against the flu by getting a seasonal flu vaccine currently available at all ASU Health Services locations. The $20 cost for students is covered by the ASU Aetna and Bridge health plans. Private insurance companies can also be billed for students who bring in their insurance card.
If you want to live longer, popping a vitamin may not helpAmericans sure do love their vitamins and supplements. Every year, we spend a whopping $20 billion on them. But if you think all that cash is going to buy you a longer life, think again. A new study in this week’s Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that some supplements may actually shorten your life.
Smoking can bring on the menopause a year early, experts have warned.
As well as increasing the risk of bone and heart disease, smoking could cause women’s periods to stop prematurely, researchers say.
The study, carried out at the University of Hong Kong, assessed data from previous studies which included around 6,000 women from the United States, Poland, Turkey and Iran.
Ever feel like you’re more of a morning person than the men in your life? There may be a biological explanation.
A recent study conducted at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that women have a faster circadian rhythm than men, which may be the reason we wake up earlier and sleep less. Jeanne Duffy, one of the study’s authors, told NPR: “What we found was that the cycle length of the biological clock in women was shorter on average than it was in men,” with a difference of about six minutes.
Women who love their tresses should adopt a healthy lifestyle and avoid stress or they could lose their lovely locks.
Hair loss is something that a lot of us have to deal with. Usually hair loss is attributed to age or genes. But a new study of male and female identical twins has found that environmental or lifestyle factors like stress, smoking, heavy drinking and sun exposure could also trigger hair loss, especially for women.
Just how far apart—how diametrically opposite—are the answers pro and anti-life forces offer to the question of how to reduce maternal mortality among women in developing nations is a topic we’ve written about many times in NRL News and NRL News Today.
Pro-abortionists say the answer is more abortions and a policy of increasing “access.” Pro-lifers say most maternal deaths can be prevented with adequate nutrition, basic health care, and good obstetric care throughout pregnancy, at delivery, and postpartum. Legalized abortion only aggravates the existing problem, which starts with inadequate medical care.