THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A phone call from a nurse may be the lifeline needed to help improve survival for heart failure patients. New research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles finds that check-in calls may help save lives. “There’s a lot ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to reducing stroke risk among women, new research suggests that the more estrogen a woman is exposed to over the course of her life, the better. The finding follows nearly a decade spent tracking stroke risk among roughly 123,000 ChineseContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Changes in U.S. abortion laws have prompted confusion among women about medication abortion and emergency contraception, or the “morning-after” pill. A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) underscores this lack of awareness about what’s legal or not from state to state,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While anyone can experience breast pain, don’t panic: It’s rarely cancer. Penn State Health offers some reassurance about what might cause the pain and when it might be time to have a mammogram. “We see a lot of patients who come looking forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For women experiencing menopause symptoms with no sign of relief in sight, it doesn’t have to be this way. An expert in women’s health offers some suggestions for helping control symptoms during this time of life when menstrual cycles end. “We sometimes hearContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most people think of eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia as afflictions of teenagers, but a new study finds that older women are also vulnerable to developing them, especially around menopause. The main driver of eating disorders in older women? Body dissatisfaction,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Intravenous (IV) lines are generally associated with medical centers — picture a patient in a hospital bed, an IV drip-dropping needed fluids, nutrients and medicines into their arm. But millions now are receiving IV treatments at home, and a new study warns thatContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study shows that many women diagnosed with and dying from cervical cancer are older than 65 — a group for whom routine screening is usually not recommended. Cervical cancer screening has been credited with a sharp drop in deaths from theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Mood swings. Hot flashes. Night sweats. Bad sleep. These are all debilitating symptoms of menopause, but now new research suggests they can start long before a woman stops having periods. “Women in the late-reproductive stage who are menstruating regularly but noting changes inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Few good treatment options exist for the millions of women dealing with the intense pain caused by endometriosis, but researchers say a new “cellular atlas” could help. A team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has developed a detailed molecular profile ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Continuing a decades-long trend, the percentage of American women who’ve ever had a child declined again in the latest figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “A lower percentage of women aged 15 to 44 in 2015–2019 had ever hadContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sperm donation is apparently a grueling and exacting process through which not many men emerge. Fewer than four out of every 100 men who apply to be sperm donors actually wind up providing a sample that’s used in fertility treatment, a new studyContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Older women who don’t stick to a set sleep and wake schedule may be more likely to struggle with feelings of depression and anxiety — even if they get a normal amount of zzzs. What’s more, a postmenopausal woman who goes to bedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Jasmine Quezada, a Los Angeles tax accountant, says she has known since age 10 she never wanted to be a mother. “I never thought parenthood was for me and that was no secret to my family or my friends,” Quezada, 31, said. “WhenContinue Reading