Women's Health
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BREAKING NEWS: Encouraging Results for New Breast Cancer Treatment
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Experts Support Nearly Universal Flu Vaccination for 2010-2011
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Long-Term Breast Radiotherapy Trials at Odds Over Risk of Second Malignancies
Major Finding: No increased risk of contralateral breast cancer or second malignancies was observed after 30 years’ follow-up in the Stockholm...
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Oophorectomy Halves Risk of Contralateral Breast Cancer with BRCA Mutations
Major Finding: Oophorectomy reduced the risk of contralateral breast cancer by 55% among women younger than 50 years at diagnosis.Data Source:...
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BRASS Registry Enables Clinical, Genetic Research in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Age, Tumor Characteristics Predict Locoregional Failure After Neoadjuvant Breast Cancer Therapy
Major Finding: In patients treated for breast cancer with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, age, clinical tumor characteristics before therapy, and...
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Current and Former Smoking Pose Large PAD Risks in Women
Major Finding: Cigarette-smoking women had a 14-fold increased risk for symptomatic peripheral artery disease during 13 years of follow-up,...
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Study Predicts Large Increase in Surgeries for Stress Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Prolapse
Major Finding: The number of stress incontinence surgeries is predicted to increase from 211,000 to 310,000 between 2010 and 2050. The number of...
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Breast Cancer Mortality Reduced by 26% With Mammography
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10-Year Breast Cancer Survival Rates Improve
Major Finding: 10-year survival for breast cancer patients improved from 25% in the 1940s to 76% in the 2000s. Data Source: A review of data from...