New Findings On Menstrual Disorders In Elite Athletes
It has long been assumed that menstrual disorders amongst elite female athletes are related to tough training regimes combined with insufficient energy intake. However, a new doctoral thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet overturns old ideas that elite sport can damage the health. Many elite female athletes can have a congenital condition, that gives them higher levels of testosterone and that might even contribute to their sporting successes.
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Innovation Would Be The Best Method To Fight Generics' Primacy In The Latin American Cardiovascular Drugs Markets
Latin American countries, due to their desire to mimic the lifestyles of developed countries, are increasingly falling prey to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). This situation is providing valuable opportunities to pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs that can reduce drug interactions and offer better efficacy and safety profile. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.pharma.frost.
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Simple Non-Invasive Test Predicts Heart Risk In Postmenopausal Women
Endothelial dysfunction is a disordered function of very small coronary vessels that cannot be seen by angiograms done during cardiac catheterization. The impairment of endothelial function is the primary etiology implicated in the origin and development of atherosclerosis. In a prospective study of 2264 post-menopausal women, endothelial function was measured by utilizing the noninvasive measurement of the brachial artery flow characteristics.
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$5 Million Gift From Barbra Streisand Supports Women's Cardiovascular Research And Education
A bold new resource for women's heart health, The Barbra Streisand Women's Cardiovascular Research and Education Program at Cedars-Sinai, has been created with a philanthropic gift of $5 million. The gift brings to nearly $16 million the money raised from her recent concert tours she has directed to charitable distribution in the areas of education, the environment, women's health, and other key civic concerns.
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African Countries Have Made Least Progress In Reducing Infant, Maternal Deaths, Report Says
Some countries in Africa have made the least progress among developing nations worldwide toward reaching targets in the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing infant and maternal deaths, according to a report released on Wednesday, Reuters reports (Roelf, Reuters, 4/16).
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Louisiana House Approves Bill Banning Use Of State Funds For Therapeutic Cloning
The Louisiana House on Tuesday approved a measure (HB 370) that would prohibit the use of state or federal funds for research on human somatic cell nuclear transfer, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports (Shuler, Baton Rouge Advocate, 4/16).
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Biotech Industry Supports 10% Biofuels Targets Set Out By The European Commission As Being Sustainable
The European biotech industry strongly supports EU initiatives to promote the use of biofuels to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Industry shares the concern of European leaders that the high use of energy stemming from fossil resources is irresponsible in the long term. It is the opinion of EuropaBio that the only feasible alternatives today to fossil-based energy for the transport sector are liquid biofuels.
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Breast Cancers Behave Differently Before And After The Age Of 70: Could Immune Defence Mechanisms Play A Role?
Researchers in Belgium have discovered that increasing age affects the way breast cancer behaves. As women approach the age of 70, they become less likely to be diagnosed with aggressive tumours that have spread to the lymph nodes. But after 70, the cancer is increasingly likely to spread, particularly if the tumours are small.
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No Link Found Between Malpractice Insurance Premiums, Tort Reform, And OB/GYN Supply
Conventional wisdom within the medical community suggests that dramatic increases in malpractice premiums cause physicians to relocate or discontinue their practices in high-cost states. However, research published in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies reveals that most obstetrician-gynecologists do not relocate or discontinue their practice in response to this liability risk.Researchers led by Y.
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Conservative Senators Should Not 'Drag Their Feet' On Reauthorization Of Global HIV/AIDS Program, Opinion Piece Says
Conservative Senate Republicans should not "drag their feet and jeopardize" the reauthorization of the President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) writes in a Politico opinion piece, adding, "Delay is not the friend of those suffering abroad or ... of our own nation's health.
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