Older women suffering from clinical frailty stand to benefit from the first potential medical treatment for the condition.
Older women suffering from clinical frailty stand to benefit from the first potential medical treatment for the condition, according to a study presented last week by Penn Medicine researchers at ENDO, The Endocrine Society?s 91st Annual Meeting. Ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite, was administered to older women diagnosed with frailty, a common geriatric syndrome characterized by unintentional weight loss, weakness, exhaustion and low levels of anabolic hormones which increases risk of falls, hospitalizations, disability, and death.
Combination hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has long been associated with risks of stroke, blood clots, and breast cancer. Now researchers have linked combination HRT to an increased risk of dying of non-small cell lung cancer.
Combination hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has long been associated with risks of stroke, blood clots, and breast cancer. Now researchers have linked combination HRT to an increased risk of dying of non-small cell lung cancer.
Rowan Chlebowski, M.D., Ph.D., of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, and his colleagues report the findings from the Women's Health Initiative which show using estrogen and progestin led to a 59% increase in the risk of death if a woman developed non-small cell lung cancer.
Hyperkyphosis, or "dowager's hump" ? the exaggerated forward curvature of the upper spine seen commonly in elderly women ? may predict earlier death in women whether or not they have vertebral osteoporosis.
Hyperkyphosis, or "dowager's hump" ? the exaggerated forward curvature of the upper spine seen commonly in elderly women ? may predict earlier death in women whether or not they have vertebral osteoporosis, UCLA researchers have found.
Newly identified gene variants associated with the age at which females experience their first menstrual period and the onset of menopause may help shed light on the prevention of breast and endometrial cancer, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease.
Newly identified gene variants associated with the age at which females experience their first menstrual period and the onset of menopause may help shed light on the prevention of breast and endometrial cancer, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease.
Researchers are not entirely sure why women with chest pain are not getting the same recommended care as men, but a new study suggests there are disparities. Men traditionally receive aspirin and nitroglycerin en route to the hospital. A review of statistics shows that women with the same symptoms of chest pain are getting less care compared to men.
Researchers are not entirely sure why women with chest pain are not getting the same recommended care as men, but a new study suggests there are disparities. Men traditionally receive aspirin and nitroglycerin en route to the hospital. A review of statistics shows that women with the same symptoms of chest pain are getting less care compared to men.
Researchers have identified in mice two proteins essential for ovulation to take place. The finding has implications for treating infertility resulting from a failure of ovulation to occur as well as for developing new means to prevent pregnancy by preventing the release of the egg.
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have identified in mice two proteins essential for ovulation to take place.
The finding has implications for treating infertility resulting from a failure of ovulation to occur as well as for developing new means to prevent pregnancy by preventing the release of the egg.
The proteins, called ERK1 and ERK2, appear to bring about the maturation and release of the egg.
Traditional hysterectomies are invasive, requiring a six to twelve inch incision and four to six weeks of recovery. Rush University surgeons are turning to the daVinci Surgical System to perform a more precise, minimally invasive surgery.
U.S. doctors perform 600,000 hysterectomies each year, making it the second most common surgical procedure. Traditional hysterectomies are invasive, requiring a six to twelve inch incision and four to six weeks of recovery. Rush University surgeons are turning to the daVinci Surgical System to perform a more precise, minimally invasive surgery.
Researchers now say that women have stronger immune systems than men do. It seems that estrogen is responsible for the stronger natural immunity in women, compared to men. The result is better protection from bacterial infections.
Researchers now say that women have stronger immune systems than men do. It seems that estrogen is responsible for the stronger natural immunity in women, compared to men. The result is better protection from bacterial infections.
The Florida Department of Health joins health professionals and citizens around the state in celebrating women?s health during May.
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) joins health professionals and citizens around the state in celebrating women?s health during May. This year, the Women's Health Program has adopted health literacy as its overarching theme to promote women?s health across the lifespan. Throughout the month, special programs will be dedicated to increasing awareness about women?s health issues and encouraging women to make healthy decisions.
More working mothers are becoming disabled and losing their ability to support their families. That means it?s even more important for women to understand the role of Social Security disability health insurance, according to Allsup, which represents tens of thousands of people in the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) process each year.
More working mothers are becoming disabled and losing their ability to support their families. That means it?s even more important for women to understand the role of Social Security disability health insurance, according to Allsup, which represents tens of thousands of people in the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) process each year.
According to a new study, women who use birth control pills have less of a chance at developing muscle mass from resistance training. The study is the first to examine the effects of oral contraceptive hormone use and muscle gain.
According to a new study, women who use birth control pills have less of a chance at developing muscle mass from resistance training. The study is the first to examine the effects of oral contraceptive hormone use and muscle gain.
Oral contraceptive use was associated with higher cortisol levels among women age 18-31 during an exercise training program The pill was also shown to lower levels of anabolic hormones, necessary for building muscle among the women studied.
Obese women not doing frequent cancer screen risk their lives with higher cancer risk.
Obese women may be putting themselves at greater risk of breast cancer by not undergoing regular screening. According to new research by Dr. Nisa Maruthur and her team from The John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA, seriously obese women are significantly less likely to say they have undergone a recent mammography than normal weight women, especially if they are white. Maruthur?s findings are published online this week in Springer?s Journal of General Internal Medicine.
New research suggests sonohysterography (SHG), a simple ultrasound technique commonly used to evaluate the uterine cavity, improves the diagnostic capability of transvaginal ultrasound in detecting adenomyosis (a common benign condition of the uterus that causes dysmenorrhea, abnormal vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain).
New research from the Department of Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital suggests sonohysterography (SHG), a simple ultrasound technique commonly used to evaluate the uterine cavity, improves the diagnostic capability of transvaginal ultrasound in detecting adenomyosis (a common benign condition of the uterus that causes dysmenorrhea, abnormal vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain).
Women store fat more efficiently than men. Women have more difficulty losing fat while consuming fewer calories. A new review of the facts shows that perhaps women have an advantage in the way we store fat.
Women store fat more efficiently than men. Women have more difficulty losing fat while consuming fewer calories. A new review of the facts shows that perhaps women have an advantage in the way we store fat.
Estrogen may be the cause of why and how women differ from men when comparing difficulty with weight loss, and body composition. We all know women tend to store fat in the belly, hips and thighs.
Women have six to eleven percent more body fat than men, on average. A review from University of Wales researchers suggests that women store fat more efficiently than men.
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