Cervical Cancer Awareness Week - SOGC Reminds Women About The Importance Of Cervical Cancer Screening And Prevention To recognize Cervical Cancer Awareness Week (Oct. 27-31), the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) is reminding all Canadian women of the importance of taking proactive steps to prevent cervical cancer, such as receiving regular Pap test screening or HPV vaccination. Since their inception, Pap test screening programs have dramatically reduced the number of Canadian women who are diagnosed with cervical cancer, or who die of the disease.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSymptoms Of Toxicity Are Markers Of Breast Cancer Treatment Success An article published early online and in the December edition of The Lancet Oncology reports that if breast cancer patients who receive endocrine treatment develop hot flushes, vasomotor symptoms (such as cold and night sweats), and joint symptoms, then they have a lower likelihood of cancer recurrence. That is, the toxicity of the treatment is acting as an indicator of treatment success.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUniversity of Montreal Study On The Facial Responsiveness To Pain A study has found that people who facially express pain in a more intense way are not exaggerating if their perception of a painful stimulation is controlled. The study conducted by Miriam Kunz is published in the November issue of Pain. The study was conducted on 20 men and 20 women between the ages of 18 and 30. Kunz placed a heating device on their leg to provoke the painful stimulus.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOptimal Dose Of Vitamin E Maximizes Benefits, Minimizes Risk Vitamin E has been heralded for its ability to reduce the risk of blood clots, heart attack, and sudden death. Yet in some people, vitamin E causes bleeding. Scientists have known for more than 50 years that excess vitamin E promotes bleeding by interfering with vitamin K, which is essential in blood clotting. However, they haven't been able to pinpoint how the two vitamins interact.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPainbuster System Uses A Pump And Catheter To Deliver Local Anaesthetic Directly Into The Wound Area Providing Effective Pain Relief Patients and NHS Trusts are benefitting from a new pain relief system launched in the UK by Sheffield-based B. Braun Medical. The groundbreaking Painbuster System uses a pump and catheter to deliver local anaesthetic directly into the wound area providing rapid and effective pain relief for up to five days. Patients recover faster from surgery with significantly less need for painkillers such as morphine which can have unpleasant side effects.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPhysicians Not Following Guidelines For STD Screening, QuantiaMD Finds When it comes to sexually transmitted diseases, doctors may not be giving women the screening tests they need, QuantiaMD finds. According to a national survey of infectious disease physicians within the online medical community QuantiaMD, a full 42% of responders said they did not think it necessary to do yearly chlamydia screening for sexually active women under the age of 25.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWomen's Sexual Behavior Not Affected By Weight Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman's weight does not seem to affect sexual behavior. In fact, overweight women are more likely to report having sex with men than women considered to be of "normal weight." The study, published in the September issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, is based on data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth that looked at sexual behavior of more than 7,000 women. Dr.
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