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Diabetes Takes Toll on Women’s Hearing: Study

February 4, 2012
By Ellin Holohan HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes is associated with hearing loss in women, especially if the blood sugar disease isn't well-controlled, new research indicates. The study, done by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, examined ...

Body image not always a drag on women’s wellbeing

January 31, 2012
Deakin University psychology researchers have found that body image isn't always a negative experience for women.

Ban calls on business leaders to increase investment in women’s education, health at WEF

January 30, 2012
Speaking at an event organized by the Every Woman Every Child initiative on Thursday, "Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [called on] business leaders attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, to increase their investment in women's education and health to ensure their well-being and encourage their participation in the world ...

Caffeine May Alter Women’s Estrogen Levels

January 26, 2012
THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Caffeine changes women's estrogen levels and has different effects in Asian and white women, a new study says. More than 250 women, ages 18 to 44, took part in the study between 2005 and 2007. On average, they consumed 90 milligrams of ...

C. Noel Bairey Merz to receive inaugural Journal of Women’s Health Award at 20th Annual Congress on Women’s Health

January 10, 2012
New Rochelle, NY, January 10, 2012 C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, will be awarded the inaugural Journal of Women's Health Award for Outstanding Achievement in Women's Health Research, to be presented at the 20th Annual Congress on Women's Health, March 16-18, 2012 in Washington, DC. Physicians, nurses, ...

C. Noel Bairey Merz to receive inaugural Journal of Women’s Health Award at 20th Annual Congress on Women’s Health

January 10, 2012
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., F.A.C.C., will be awarded the inaugural Journal of Women's Health Award for Outstanding Achievement in Women's Health Research, to be presented at the 20th Annual Congress on Women's Health, March 16-18, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

Moderate red wine drinking may help cut women’s breast cancer risk, Cedars-Sinai study shows

January 6, 2012
LOS ANGELES Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce one of the risk factors for breast cancer, providing a natural weapon to combat a major cause of death among U.S. women, new research from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows. The study, published online in ...

Moderate red wine drinking may help cut women’s breast cancer risk, study shows

January 6, 2012
Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce one of the risk factors for breast cancer, providing a natural weapon to combat a major cause of death among U.S. women, new research from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows.

Moderate red wine drinking may help cut women’s breast cancer risk, Cedars-Sinai study shows

January 5, 2012
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce one of the risk factors for breast cancer, providing a natural weapon to combat a major cause of death among US women, new research from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows.

FDA orders safety studies of women’s surgical mesh

January 5, 2012
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is ordering medical device manufacturers to study safety complications with surgical mesh widely used to repair women's pelvic problems.

Brigham And Women’s Surgeons Describe 3 Successful Full Face Transplants

January 4, 2012
In March 2011, a surgical team at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) performed the first full face transplantation (FFT) in the United States and went on to complete a total of three FFTs this year. Now, in the first research publication to evaluate FFT in the US, and largest series ...

Women’s Sexual Satisfaction Often Rises With Age: Study

January 3, 2012
TUESDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Sexual satisfaction increases with age among sexually active older women, according to a new study, while those who don't have sex are satisfied with their sex lives. The study included 806 older women who live in a planned community in the San ...