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Alarming revelation: Women over 50 live in fear
10-20-2006 · EurekAlert!A study by Queensland University of Technology has found women over 50 fear for their safety and want to learn how to better protect themselves.
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- Pre-implantation genetic screening reduces both ongoing pregnancy and live birth rates in over 35s
07-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
Pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS), often considered to hold out the best chance for older women undergoing IVF to have a pregnancy and birth, does not increase ongoing pregnancy or live birth rates, an embryologist told the 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Wednesday, July 4). The research is published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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- Conflicting attitudes hinder participation in clinical trials
02-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
Women have conflicting attitudes about participating in clinical trials because of uncertainties about trusting the experimenters, fear of the trial itself and hope that the research will result in medical progress, according to a new study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
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- Is fear of gaining weight keeping many women from trying to quit smoking?
11-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
Is a fear of getting fatter partly to blame for the fact that nearly one in five American women still smokes, and many don't try to quit? Although there are many possible reasons for the stubborn persistence of smoking, fear of weight gain is high on the list for many women, says a researcher who has devoted much of her career to studying this issue.
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- New study finds married men do less housework than live-in boyfriends
08-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
The age-old stereotype that women do more housework than men has gotten more credibility with a George Mason University study co-written by sociologist Shannon Davis. The study of more than 17,000 people in 28 countries found that married men report doing less housework than men who are live-in boyfriends.
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- City-dwelling women at greater risk for breast cancer
11-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
Women who live in urban areas have denser breasts, making them more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a new study.
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- MRE could provide a definitive diagnosis for people with muscle pain, Mayo Clinic study shows
11-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
An estimated nine million men and women in the United States live with myofascial pain syndrome, a condition marked by pain that permeates muscles in the neck, back and shoulders. The condition is difficult to diagnose and not entirely understood, but research studies indicate that a new imaging technology developed at Mayo Clinic holds promise for a definitive diagnosis and, perhaps eventually, new treatments for people who have the syndrome.
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- Good for the goose, not so great for the gander
02-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
A provocative new model proposed by USC molecular biologist John Tower may help answer an enduring scientific question: Why do women tend to live longer than men? The model suggests how, on a genetic level, the evolution of aging and sex may be inextricably linked. It concludes that sexual differentiation processes may exact a high biological cost -- reduced function of the cell’s mitochondria and shorter life span in males.
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- Duke researchers highlight gender differences in heart failure
11-14-2006 · EurekAlert!
Women tend to live longer with heart failure than do men, and they also tend to have a less severe form of the disease, which is characterized by reduced performance of the heart muscle, according to a study by Duke University Medical Center cardiologists.
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- Breast cancer diagnosis comes late for women in gentrifying neighborhoods
01-31-2008 · EurekAlert!
Women who live in Chicago's gentrifying neighborhoods are more apt to receive a late diagnosis of breast cancer than women who live in poverty-stricken neighborhoods, University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have found.
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- Less help at home -- Female support for new Moms on the decline
12-11-2006 · EurekAlert!
How is motherhood different than it was a century ago? In the past, live-in grandmothers, relatives and other women were frequently available to assist with childcare. But times have changed. New research by Brown University sociologist Susan E. Short shows that today's mothers with young children are getting substantially less help around the house. Even when other women are living in the household, they aren't necessarily on hand to help with the kids. This research appears in Demography.
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