Seven for 2007: Seven Things You Should Know About Breast Cancer Risk, From the Harvard Women's Health Watch.
BOSTON, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There's no one big way to reduce your risk for breast cancer, but a combination of approaches could make a difference, reports the January 2007 issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch. Here are several factors that could affect your risk: Weight gain....

APA Survey Shows Holiday Stress Putting Women's Health at Risk - Video Available.
Added Holiday Stress Increases Women's Reliance on Unhealthy Behaviors More Often than Men WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly half of all women in the United States experience heightened stress during the holidays at great risk to the health of their minds and bodies, according to a...

Women's Health Foundation Secures Fitness DVD Funding From Pfizer.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Women's Health Foundation ("WHF") announced today the award of an unrestricted educational grant by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals to produce a fitness DVD and educational booklet of its unique program for women: Total Control(TM), A Pelvic Wellness Program for Women. Proven in research to flatten abs,...

Don't swallow everything you hear about women's health.
Fact: Women are prescribed significantly more medication and take more over-the-counter medications than men. Some medications are life-saving treatments for women and girls with serious or chronic health conditions. But some medications may, not be necessary or may be inappropriate, and may cause more harm than good....

Adolescent pregnancy in Argentina: evidence-based recommendations for public policies.
Abstract: In Argentina adolescent pregnancy is still regarded as a public health problem or a "social epidemic': However, it is necessary to ask from which perspective and for whom it is a problem, and what type of problem. This article presents the findings of a large quantitative and qualitative...

Trastornos del sueño relacionados con el climaterio femenino y su tratamiento.
RESUMEN Objetivo: revisar los aspectos fisiológicos del sueño, el efecto de la menopausia sobre el sueño, el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de las alteraciones del sueño asociadas a la menopausia. Resultados: los trastornos del sueño son patologías cada vez más frecuentes en la población general, con importantes...

Frecuencia y severidad de sintomas menopausicos en una poblacion de mujeres afro descendientes colombianas.
Introduccion Los sintomas de la menopausia o sintomas del climaterio incluyen un grupo de manifestaciones que van mas alla de los bochornos u oleadas de calor. Se pueden experimentar molestias cardiovasculares como la taquicardia o la bradicardia, dolores articulares o musculoligamentarios, trastornos del sueno y alteraciones de...

MDs mum on trial participation.
Nearly 95% of Americans in a recent survey said that their physicians have never spoken to them about participating in a medical research study. The survey results, released by the Society for Women's Health Research, also found that less than 10% of respondents had ever participated in such a...

Photos: 'Changing Behavior, One Woman at a Time'.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Their goal is ambitious. They want to reach out and touch every woman on the planet. The research studies support it, doctors advise it and still, behavior is not changing fast enough. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/beyondboobs/36272/...

Drug abuse linked to postpartum suicidal ideation.
WASHINGTON -- Current major depressive episode and drug abuse appear to be significant predictors of suicidal ideation in postpartum women, according to a study of 400 women with a history of neuropsychiatric illness who were followed before and after delivery. Women with a current major depressive episode...