Breast-Sparing Operations Often Mean More Surgery Later
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Partial breast removal surgery to treat cancer is not likely to be a one-time operation, according to many breast cancer experts and a study released Thursday.One in five women who opt for partial breast removal, or bre…
Nearly Half of Newborns at Tennessee Hospital Are Drug-Addicted
ABC News(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — In the neo-natal intensive care unit at the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, nurses give baby Grayson morphine every three hours to help ease his painful withdrawal symptoms. “He’s currently on 160 microgra…
Poor Performances Due to Meat-Free Diet According to China Volleyball Team
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(BEIJING) — Chinese athletes were ordered to avoid eating beef, lamb and pork to minimize the risk of getting an accidental positive doping from clenbuterol-tainted meat for the London 2012 Olympics, according to the Telegraph….
Fertility Drugs’ Link to Breast Cancer Hinges on Pregnancy, Study Says
Comstock/Thinkstock(BETHESDA, Md.) — Do fertility drugs affect a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer? A new study suggests that the risk hinges on whether they actually help a woman get pregnant.Scientists have been concerned about the effects of…
Higher Doses of Vitamin D Reduce Hip Fracture Risk for Elderly Women
Creatas Images/Thinkstock(ZURICH) — Not all studies have drawn positive conclusions about vitamin D. Now a new study published in a prestigious medical journal suggests it can have a powerful positive impact on the elderly, who account for about 75 pe…
Genome Sequencing Making Fetal Health Testing Easier, Raising Questions
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(STANFORD, Calif.) — A new test is making it easier to determine the health of a fetus. But this new method to inform expecting parents about whether their late-term baby will be born with health problems also raises ethical questi…
Louisiana Woman Awakens After Giving Birth with Blood Clot in Brain
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW ORLEANS) — Tommy Scott came home from work on May 22 to find his wife Amber, who was nearly 38 weeks pregnant, lying immobile on the bed.“She was conscious, but she was — it’s hard to describe — one eye was ope…
NC Mom Who Lost Custody Got Kids Back for Final Month of Life
Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The North Carolina mother who lost custody of her children because she had Stage 4 breast cancer died this week at her parents’ home in Pennsylvania.Alaina Giordano, 38, was able to spend her final weeks with her children than…
Real Moms on the Realities of Losing the Baby Weight
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Earlier this month, a group of moms gave birth to a radical idea. Instead of focusing on the perhaps unrealistic pressures celebrities set to lose the baby weight, they decided to embrace their bodies to try to …
Continued Infertility Treatments Drive Pregnancy Successes
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LANSING, Mich.) — Women in their 30s and 40s who undergo multiple infertility treatments may be nearly as likely to deliver a baby as women who conceive naturally, according to new research that provides men and women with a mor…
Baby’s Birth Captured by MRI, Creating Time-Lapse Movie
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BERLIN) — This is not your average video of a live birth. German researchers have used Magnetic Resonance Imaging to peer inside a woman’s body during labor, a medical first that sheds light on the birth process.
The researchers…
Exercise May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In addition to keeping hearts healthy and bones strong, there’s another reason why women may want to exercise regularly — a new study published in the journal Cancer found a link between physical activity and redu…
Mother of the World’s First ‘Test-Tube Baby,’ Lesley Brown Dies at 64
David De Lossy/Digital Vision(BRISTOL, England) — The mother of the world’s first “test-tube baby,” born on July 25, 1978, died on June 6 in Bristol, England, The New York Times reports.
Lesley Brown apparently died of complications from a gallbladder…
North Carolina Senate Denies Funds for Sterilization Victims
iStockphoto/ThinkStock(RALEIGH, N.C.) — The North Carolina Senate rejected a plan to compensate victims of a mass sterilization plan that targeted mostly poor minorities for decades in the 20th century. On Wednesday, Senate Republicans refused to supp…
Miami Baby’s Peach-Size Tumor Removed in Womb
Keith Brofsky/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — Tammy Gonzalez looked back and forth between the ultrasound monitor and the technician’s terrified stare. “Is that on me or the baby?” Gonzalez asked, pointing to the mass resting on her unborn baby’s mouth. Tests con…
Early Menopause: The Physical and Emotional Toll
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Menopause, with its hot flashes, memory lapses and mood swings, is no walk in the park. But early menopause, also known as “premature ovarian failure,” can take a heavy emotional toll, according to Sheryl Kingsber…
Female College Athletes Need to Have Better Health Screenings
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MILWAUKEE) — College athletes push their bodies, but female athletes are at more risk with problems including bone loss, menstruation and diet, according to HealthDay News.Research shows that women athletes lack enough nutrition…
Breast Cancer Survivor Allowed to Swim Topless at Seattle Pool
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) — After failing to find swimsuits that fit comfortably, breast cancer survivor Jodi Jaecks asked the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department if she could swim topless at a local pool. At first their answer was no….
Eating Disorders Common in Older Women, Study Finds
George Doyle/Stockbyte/Thinkstock(CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) — Eating disorders have no boundaries when it comes to age, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.While people may associate eating disorders with teen …
Are You In Love or Lust?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MONTREAL) — Is it love, or just lust? The answer, it turns out, might have to do with which part of our brain is being activated.The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, analyzed 20 studies related to th…