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Topic: women’s health

Cambridge firm uses next-generation DNA sequencing to detect more mutations in carrier screening

Cambridge firm uses next-generation DNA sequencing to detect more mutations in carrier screening

May 16, 2013 3:39 pm by | 1 Comments

 When a company sets out to enter a market inhabited by heavyweights like LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics, it better have something good. Good Start Genetics has applied next-generation DNA sequencing ... Read more
Why I will ask my doctor to use a new breast cancer test

Why I will ask my doctor to use a new breast cancer test

May 15, 2013 4:04 pm by | 0 Comments

I do not get annual mammograms, even though I am 42. I got a baseline in my late 30s in preparation for regular mammograms in a few years. That was ... Read more
Angelina’s alternative: New test spots breast cancer risk at cellular level

Angelina’s alternative: New test spots breast cancer risk at cellular level

May 15, 2013 3:17 pm by | 0 Comments

There is a new screening for breast cancer that could have allowed Angelina Jolie to choose watchful waiting instead of a double mastectomy.Earlier this year, Atossa Genetics launched the ForeCYTE ... Read more
Is Angelina Jolie’s surgery a logical response to genetic test results?

Is Angelina Jolie’s surgery a logical response to genetic test results?

May 14, 2013 3:16 pm by | 0 Comments

After reading Angelina Jolie’s editorial in The New York Times today, I came away with a few questions. How common is it to choose to have a double mastectomy as ... Read more
Women with BRCA gene often have to consider hysterectomy as well

Women with BRCA gene often have to consider hysterectomy as well

May 14, 2013 2:24 pm by | 0 Comments

For women with a genetic vulnerability to cancer, the option of a double mastectomy to improve their odds is an excruciating one that goes far beyond vanity and the uncertainty ... Read more
Brazilian study shows creatine helps fibromyalgia patients

Brazilian study shows creatine helps fibromyalgia patients

May 4, 2013 1:52 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Creatine, a supplement favored by bodybuilders, modestly boosted muscle strength in patients with fibromyalgia, Brazilian researchers report. Apart from helping with muscle weakness, though, the ... Read more
Study: Most women want OTC birth control pills

Study: Most women want OTC birth control pills

May 2, 2013 11:26 am by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to two-thirds of women favor making contraceptive pills available over the counter, according to a new nationally-representative survey.In addition, about 30 percent of women ... Read more
Recommendation of fewer mammograms for younger women did not change screening rates

Recommendation of fewer mammograms for younger women did not change screening rates

April 25, 2013 11:53 am by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The proportion of women undergoing screening for breast cancer every year did not change after a government-backed panel said women in their 40s shouldn't have ... Read more
Maker of faulty French breast implants apologizes

Maker of faulty French breast implants apologizes

April 24, 2013 11:51 am by | 0 Comments

MARSEILLE (Reuters) - The head of a French company accused of selling sub-standard breast implants apologized for the first time on Wednesday, just days after denying that the homemade gel ... Read more
Use of Depakote in pregnancy linked to higher autism risk for baby

Use of Depakote in pregnancy linked to higher autism risk for baby

April 24, 2013 10:19 am by | 0 Comments

Pregnant women who took the anti-seizure drug valproate during pregnancy increased the odds that their baby would have autism, and were roughly twice as likely to give birth to a ... Read more
Wow of the Week: Louisville hospital preparing for Thunder babies

Wow of the Week: Louisville hospital preparing for Thunder babies

April 20, 2013 10:21 am by | 0 Comments

Apparently the “biggest fireworks show in North America” — in addition to drawing up to 800,000 people to downtown Louisville – has the power to induce labor.About a dozen years ... Read more
Computer-aided detection may not make mammogram analysis more accurate

Computer-aided detection may not make mammogram analysis more accurate

April 17, 2013 3:43 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using a computer tool to help doctors analyze mammography images increases the number of early, non-invasive breast cancers that are caught, but also means more ... Read more
Are investors helping breathe new life into the women’s health market?

Are investors helping breathe new life into the women’s health market?

April 17, 2013 2:03 pm by | 1 Comments

In conversations with entrepreneurs starting or running companies in the women’s health space, I’ve heard a few of the same major challenges echoed: there’s not enough research, not enough education/awareness ... Read more
Turkish woman with donor womb is pregnant

Turkish woman with donor womb is pregnant

April 13, 2013 6:24 am by | 1 Comments

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The first woman to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor is pregnant, a hospital in southern Turkey said.Derya Sert, 22, who was born without ... Read more
Generic version of morning sickness drug withdrawn 30 years ago is back on the market

Generic version of morning sickness drug withdrawn 30 years ago is back on the market

April 8, 2013 7:40 pm by | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved a drug to treat morning sickness that was withdrawn from the market 30 years ago amid claims, since debunked, that ... Read more