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    Gestational Diabetes May Increase Heart Disease Risk for Pregnant Women

    Women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy may have an increased risk of developing heart disease later in life, suggests a new 20-year study from researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland as published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar (diabetes) that occurs during pregnancy. […] More

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    Women with BRCA1 Mutation Should Remove Ovaries by Age 35

    A BRCA1 gene mutation significantly increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers in women. Now a large international study as published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests that women with a BRCA1 gene mutation should undergo preventive surgery to remove the ovaries by the age of 35 because the risk of ovarian cancer […] More

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    Medicaid Policies Block Low-Income Women from Tubal Ligation

    Tubal ligation, the most popular method of female sterilization, is highly protective against unwanted pregnancies. However, current Medicaid policies create roadblocks for low-income women who wish to undergo the procedure, argues a review written by researchers from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and other institutions in the United States as published in the […] More

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    Moderate Exercise Decreases Stroke Risk as Much as Strenuous Activity

    The health benefits of exercise are well-known. Now new research presented at the International Stroke Conference 2014 of the American Stroke Association suggests that moderate exercise could decrease the risk of stroke in women by 20 percent and could offset the increased risk in women taking postmenopausal hormone therapy. According to the Centers for Disease […] More

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    Daily Aspirin Use Reduces Ovarian Cancer Risk by 20 Percent

    Women who use low-dose aspirin daily may reduce their risk of ovarian cancer by up to 20 percent, suggests new research from the National Institutes of Health as published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Previous research has suggested that the daily use of aspirin may reduce the risk of breast cancer and […] More

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    Smoking Causes Earlier Menopause in White Women with Gene Variation

    The increased health risks associated with smoking are well-documented. Now a new study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania as published in the journal Menopause indicates that smoking causes menopause up to nine years earlier in white women with specific genetic variations. Previous research has demonstrated that smoking accelerates menopause by one to two […] More

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    Moms Need More Sleep Than Dads to Stay Healthy

    After a child is born, it is often the mom who wakes up in the middle of the night to care for that child. Consequently it is also often the mother who is lacking the most sleep. Now a study from scientists at Duke University claims that moms, and women in general, need more sleep […] More

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    Breastfeeding Cuts Mom’s Risk of Alzheimer’s by Two-Thirds

    Want to avoid Alzheimer’s disease later in life? Try breastfeeding your children for as long as possible. A new study of British mothers has found that breastfeeding moms reduce their risk of Alzheimer’s by two-thirds. The study conducted by researchers at Cambridge University found that, the longer a mother breastfeeds, the lower her chances of […] More

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