Monthly Archives: March 2015

What makes some women able to resist or recover psychologically from assault-related trauma?

In a study of 159 women who had been exposed to at least one assault-related potentially traumatic event, 30% developed major depressive disorder, which may be attributed to self-blame common to… …read more

Study: High stress for new mothers increases secondhand smoke risk for infants

Recent mothers who experience higher levels of social stressors are the least likely to have rules that totally ban smoking in the home, which could expose their infants to secondhand smoke and… …read more

Women veterans younger, more depressed when referred for heart test

Further study needed on stress-induced heart disease, microvascular anginaWomen veterans who had specialized heart tests were younger and more likely to be obese, depressed and suffer from… …read more

Actavis and Medicines360 announce FDA approval of LILETTA (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system)

Actavis plc, a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, and Medicines360, a nonprofit women’s health pharmaceutical company, have announced the approval of LILETTA (levonorgestrel-releasing… …read more

Lives at risk as women are too scared to find out if they carry the ‘faulty’ BRCA cancer gene mutation

According to new research by leading research charity, Ovarian Cancer Action, a quarter of women say they would choose NOT to be tested for the BRCA gene mutation (which can lead to both breast and… …read more

U.S. women’s awareness of breast density varies by race and ethnicity, education and income, Mayo Clinic study finds

Disparities in the level of awareness and knowledge of breast density exist among U.S. women, according to the results of a Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. …read more

Younger Women Not in Tune With Heart Health

Women in their 30s, 40s and 50s don’t seek preventive care for heart disease, aren’t very good at gauging their risk for heart attack and often delay seeking treatment for symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (MI), a new study shows. Reuters Health Information …read more

Solutions in Uterine Infertility

Women born without a womb have long been told that they can never carry children. However, a groundbreaking surgery has proven that uterine infertility may be reversible in the future. Medscape Internal Medicine …read more

The Future of Fertility: Womb Transplant, Embryo Freezing

Womb transplant, ovarian tissue freezing, improvements in egg freezing are among the infertility treatments on the horizon. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more

Positive Phase 1 results reported for the first orally active oxytocin antagonist OBE001 to treat preterm labour

ObsEva, a Swiss biopharmaceutical company developing a novel generation of drugs addressing serious conditions compromising pregnancy from conception to birth, has announced the results of a Phase… …read more