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Uterine Cancer Cases On The Rise

An abrupt increase in the case of uterine cancer among older women has been noticed, in spit... is used for breast cancer also raises the risk of uterine cancer. Early detection has contributed towards increasing the 5 years survival rates to 77% in the ...

Do Women Die In Childbirth Because It Is More Preferable?

... fractures, increased susceptibility to infection, uterine rupture/ trauma, miscarriages and premature deliveries may be a consequence of physical abuse during pregnancy. In addition, elevated stress levels, depression could have disastrous effects on both the mother and the fetus. Female infanticide: Re...

Mercury Exposure Does Not Affect Intellectual Development

...thers of whom were exposed to mercury during intra uterine development. Majority of the mothers belonged to areas close to the Indian Ocean and ate 10 times more fish than Americans. The large number of children born with birth defects in Japan (around 1950s) due to the large scale dumping of toxic mercur...

Women With Fewer Periods Have Low Risk Of Gynecological Cancer

...emale reproductive system such as cervical cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer. Though the common perception is that regular menses means 'a good cleanout' but too much menstruation could cause several diseases including breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers, says Professor Ian Fraser, a professor of ...

Confusion Prevails Over the Risk and Benefits of Hormone Therapy

...which is a combination designed to protect against uterine cancer. In hysterectomy all or part of the uterus is removed. Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, which sponsored the WHI study said that hormone therapy should only be ...

Two-In One Approach To Prevent Incontinence After Prolapse Surgery

...rly 322 women who underwent surgical correction of uterine prolapse. The study participants were randomly selected to undergo pelvic correction surgery with or without the Burch procedure, in which the vagina is sutured to the pelvic ligaments on either side to support the urinary sphincter. One in four w...

Raloxifene Better Than Tamoxifen For Breast Cancer

... found to cause less of blood clots, cataracts and uterine cancer than tamoxifen in the trial. "It is clear that raloxifene is the winner of this trial," said lead researcher Dr. Norman Wolmark, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Tamoxifen is sold as a generic drug and is widely use...

Concerns About Popular Anti-Ulcer Pill Used For Inducing Labor

... problematic 'because of a relatively high rate of uterine hyperstimulation and the lack of appropriate dose ranging studies,' they said. However, the authors acknowledged that other approved drugs are expensive and must be refrigerated, whereas misoprostol is relatively cheap and can be stored at room tem...

Surgery or IUD for Heavy Periods

... percent to 30 percent are done to treat excessive uterine bleeding. However, hysterectomy isn’t an option for women who plan to have children, and its greater success in resolving heavy menstrual bleeding is also associated with greater risk. The reviewers noted that “adverse effects of hysterectomy were ...

Brazilian Women to Be Vaccinated To Prevent Uterine Cancer

Human Papilloma virus is a major cause of uterine cancer. According to the statistics it was found that the HPV causes 70 % of Brazil’s uterine cancer cases//. Hence the Brazilian government plans to test the new Gardasil vaccine which treats H...

Vaginal Delivery Should Be an Option after Multiple Cesareans

...fter a single or multiple cesareans and found that uterine rupture is one of the serious complications associated with labor. Statistics show that the complication was documented in 9 of 975 women who had had multiple prior cesareans (0.9 %) and in 115 of 16,915 women with a single previous cesarean (0.7%). ...

North East Having Highest Cancer Incidences In Country

...cidence rates of other common types like cancer of uterine cervix and breast (for female), the North Eastern states were not far behind. Mizoram ranked third in the country in these types. Source:PTI News...

Over Five Million Illegal Abortions In India Every Year

...use oral contraceptives in India, the use of intra uterine devices (IUD) is a meagre 1.6 percent as compared to over 40 percent in China," she pointed out. She said ARC, which has 29 member organisations including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, will launch campaigns to create awareness about ...

Breast Milk: The Mother of All Milk for Infants

... excess fat gained during pregnancy. Also ovarian, uterine and breast cancers seem to occur more with women who did not breast feed. Apart from the nutritive and protective benefits, there is an intangible blessing of breast milk. The branch of psycho-neuroimmunology has demonstrated the profound psycholog...

Uterine cancer may be associated with inherited mutations and a risk of many cancers

...omprehensively screen a large number of women with uterine cancer for Lynch syndrome mutations, said Heather Hampel, a genetic counselor in the clinical cancer genetics program and first author of the study. "It's important to identify women with one of these mutations because they have a very high risk for ...

Uterine Cancer May be Clue to Inherited Syndrome

...omprehensively screen a large number of women with uterine cancer for Lynch syndrome mutations, said Heather Hampel, a genetic counselor in the clinical cancer genetics program and first author of the study. “It’s important to identify women with one of these mutations because they have a very high risk fo...

Women Alerted against "Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy"

...ding, blood clots and increased risk of breast and uterine cancer. According to Dr John Eden, director of ...l Hospital for Women, he had referred two cases of uterine cancer in patients who had been taking natural hormone replacement therapy, to the Therapeutic Goods...

Extra Vaginal Bleed After ‘C’ Section Can be Prevented By Contraceptive Pils

...in patients with defects at the previous caesarean uterine scar.” They further also added, “However, it must be noted that this study is preliminary, and more work is needed to show the effectiveness in a large population of women with prior caesarean deliveries”...

Study Provides Evidence That Obesity Leads To A More Aggressive Ovarian Cancer

...nd prognosis of several cancers, including breast, uterine and colorectal. Their relationship to ovarian cancer is less well understood. Almost one in 60 women will develop ovarian cancer during their lifetimes. Most will be diagnosed with advanced disease and 70 percent will die in five years, making it o...

Hormone In Semen May Cause Cancer

...xually active women who are at risk of cervical or uterine cancer should encourage their partners to wear a condom to prevent increased exposure to the prostaglandins that might make their condition worse," said lead author Dr Henry Jabbour. ''This also highlights the potential for a new therapeutic approa...

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