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.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLyrica Reduced Pain Of Fibromyalgia In Patients Regardless Of Symptoms Of Anxiety Or Depression Pfizer's Lyrica reduced pain of fibromyalgia in patients regardless of whether they experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression at the beginning of the study, according to a pooled analysis presented today at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com$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.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNo 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.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew 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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