Colonoscopy Prep Harder On Women Than Men, Reports Harvard Women's Health Watch Colonoscopy is especially important for women, because they're more likely to have polyps or lesions deeper in the colon. Only colonoscopy examines the entire length of the colon. Emptying the contents of the colon-a step called bowel prep-is essential to a successful colonoscopy. But there's some reason to believe that bowel prep for a colonoscopy is harder for women than for men, reports the November 2008 issue of Harvard Women's
Health Watch.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comProstate Cancer Risk Did Not Reduce With Vitamin E And Selenium An initial independent review of data from a study looking at whether selenium and vitamin E supplements prevented prostate cancer found they had no benefit, taken either together or alone.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHIV/AIDS Campaign Launched In Tanzania To Address Issue Of Multiple Sex Partners The group Femina
Health Information Project has launched a campaign in Tanzania to raise public awareness about issues surrounding multiple concurrent sex partners in an effort to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, the Guardian/IPP Media reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPanelists At Forum Say Media Portrayals Of Teenage Pregnancy Mask Negative Impacts Well-publicized celebrity teenage pregnancies and depictions of teen pregnancy in films represent a "squandered opportunity for a serious national discussion of teen motherhood," panelists said at a recent public policy forum organized by the University of Chicago's Chapin Hall Center for Children, the AP/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSimple Test To Predict Pre-Eclampsia In Sight A team of UK researchers has found that women who develop pre-eclampsia in pregnancy have lower than normal levels of a marker protein in their blood at the three-month stage and this could open the door to developing a simple blood test for this potentially life-threatening condition.
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