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Some Black women with advanced breast cancer opt against treatment, study finds
Date Posted: 2009-05-27
A new study has found that some black women with advanced breast cancer declined treatment with chemotherapy or radiation, though researchers did not know the reason why so many of the women opted against treatment, HealthDay/Las Vegas NOW reports.
For the study, researchers examined records for ...
Discovery of biological markers that may indicate poor breast cancer prognosis
Date Posted: 2009-05-27
A team of researchers has found an association between breast cancer survival and two proteins that, when present in the blood in high levels, are indicators of inflammation.
Using data from the Health, Eating, Activity and Lifestyle (HEAL) study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, part o ...
Pregnancy study finds strong association between two antidepressants and heart anomalies
Date Posted: 2008-11-24
Women who took the antidepressant fluoxetine during the first three months of pregnancy gave birth to four times as many babies with heart problems as women who did not and the levels were three times higher in women taking paroxetine.
Although some of the conditions were serious, others were not ...
Pregnancy and fertility following bariatric surgery
Date Posted: 2008-11-23
Women who undergo weight-loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery, and later become pregnant after losing weight may be at lower risk for pregnancy-related diabetes and high blood pressure - complications that can seriously affect the mother or her baby - than pregnant women who are obese, according ...
Blood Sugar Control Helps Diabetics Preserve Sight
Date Posted: 2008-11-17
Close monitoring means type 1 patients can avoid retinopathy, study suggests
FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Maintaining good control over one's blood sugar levels can help people with type 1 diabetes better avoid retinopathy, a serious disorder that damages the eye's retina, researchers say. ...
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