Study Compares Antiretroviral Treatments Among HIV-Positive Mothers Who Received Nevirapine During Labor A recent review of a clinical study funded by NIH comparing antiretroviral treatment regimens that contained either nevirapine or ritonavir-boosted lopinavir found that ritonavir/ lopinavir is more effective than nevirpaine among HIV-positive women who previously took a single-dose of nevirapine to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, South Africa's
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBabies Who Get Incubator Care After Birth Have Lower Risk Of Depression As Adults, University Of Montreal Babies who receive incubator care after birth are two to three times less likely to suffer depression as adults according to a new study published in the journal Pyschiatry Research. The surprising discovery was made by scientists from the Université de Montréal and Sainte Justine Hospital Research Center in collaboration with researchers from McGill University, the Douglas Hospital Research Centre and the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College in the U.K.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGrandmothers Raising A Grandchild Should Not Neglect Their Own Health Precautionary
health measures such as mammograms and cholesterol tests that identify the risk of heart disease are critical for the well-being of women over 50. Add the responsibility of providing sustained care for a grandchild, and these preventive examinations become even more important.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSexual Intimacy And Breast Cancer Survivors: New Research An Indiana University study found that young, female breast cancer survivors often suffer from sexual and intimate relationship issues and are interested in using sexual enhancement products to treat these problems. The study, "Young Female Breast Cancer Survivors: Their sexual function and interest in sexual enhancement products and services," was published Nov. 4 in the journal Cancer Nursing.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comImproving And Refining Light Therapy Seasonal Affective Disorder, From Harvard Mental Health Letter Bright white light therapy has been used to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD) for more than 20 years. Although it remains a mainstay of treatment, in the past few years researchers have investigated ways to improve and refine light therapy, reports the November 2008 issue of the
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEvangelical Voters Remain Loyal To GOP, Wall Street Journal Opinion Piece Says "[H]undreds of articles" have appeared in U.S. newspapers over the past two years "making the claim that the old religious right was moving left and that [President-elect Barack Obama], with his religiously infused rhetoric and various 'outreach efforts', was leading the charge," Wall Street Journal deputy editor Naomi Schaefer Riley writes in an opinion piece.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSerious Mental Illness Linked To Increased Risk Of Stillbirth And Newborn Deaths Mothers with any form of serious mental illness are more likely to have children who are stillborn or who die within the first month, finds research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood (Fetal and Neonatal Edition). But the links between the causes of stillbirth and newborn death depend on the type of mental illness the mother has, the research shows. The researchers looked at 1.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDiscussion Of Effects Of Chronic Kidney Disease On Women's Sexual Health Chronic kidney disease (CKD) exacts a significant toll on a woman's sexuality and gynecologic
health. The various effects of kidney failure and its treatments on women's sexual
health from adolescence through menopause was the topic of an in-depth series of presentations at the American Society of Nephrology's 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStopping The Pain Of PTSD Before It Starts A faint waft of men's cologne in a shopping mall. The smell of a neighbor's barbecue. A flash of a face on TV: small unexpected sensory cues can trigger extreme reactions in people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), about one quarter of all people who have lived through a traumatic event like rape, assault, war or terror attack. New research by Israeli scientists from
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIn Kidney Donors Maternal And Fetal Outcomes Are Similar To Non-Donors When a woman contemplates donating a kidney, she need not worry about any potential
health risks it might pose to a future pregnancy, according to a paper presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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