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Top 10 Superfoods for Women
Health & Wellness  (tags: women's health, diet, food, disease, prevention, protection, women, study, healthcare, health, Body-Mind-Spirit )

Cal
- 258 days ago - shine.yahoo.com
Ever wonder if your diet is missing something? Add our expert-approved, eat-right picks to stay lean, healthy, and strong.
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The Deadly Disease Most Women Ignore
Health & Wellness  (tags: disease, Body-Mind-Spirit, illness, humans, heart attacks, women, women's health, study, research, medicine, health, interesting, healthcare )

Cal
- 270 days ago - health.yahoo.net
Often thought of as a man's problem, heart attacks kill 267,000 American women annually: more than all forms of cancer combined. Every year since 1994, heart attacks have killed more US women than men.
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FDA Pulls Approval Of Avastin For Breast Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: Avastin, breast cancer, safety, women's health, FDA, protection, research, medicine, news, government, health, healthcare, disease, environment, drugs, treatment, study, prevention, women, news )

Cal
- 548 days ago - npr.org
After more than a year of deliberations and an unprecedented public hearing in June, the agency has revoked approval of the biotech blockbuster Avastin, a medicine that chokes off the blood supply to various cancer cells, as a treatment for metastatic bre
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WOMEN'S HEALTH NEWS: Light Drinking Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Health & Wellness  (tags: women's health, health, healthcare, women, prevention, diet, study, protection, risks, safety )

Cal
- 565 days ago - latimes.com
Drinking as few as three to six glasses of wine a week may increase a woman's risk of breast cancer by 15%, Harvard researchers say.
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In Rural Pakistan, A Rare Hospital Geared For Women
Health & Wellness  (tags: women, world, women's health, health, healthcare, medicine, interesting, Body-Mind-Spirit, humans, government, treatment )

Cal
- 637 days ago - npr.org
The private medical clinic is leveraging technology and the Internet to serve tens of thousands of patients a year who otherwise would have little or no medical care.
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Depressed Women 'Have Increased Risk of Stroke'
Health & Wellness  (tags: research, women's health, medicine, humans, healthcare, health, women, study, disease, Body-Mind-Spirit, prevention )

Cal
- 646 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Women with depression may also be at increased risk of having a stroke, US researchers suggest.
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A Victory for Women's Health
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, women's health, science, study, protection, prevention, humans, news, women, disease, Body-Mind-Spirit, medicine )

Cal
- 670 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Today, the Institute of Medicine released an important report, Clinical Preventive Services for Women: Closing the Gaps, that recognizes the importance of access to preventive health services for women
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Ted Kennedy's Real Legacy on Women's Health
Health & Wellness  (tags: US, Teddy Kennedy, senator Kennedy, legacy on Women's health, women's health, Natiional Institutes, of Health, biomedical research, women, minorities )

Summer Lu
- 1362 days ago - politicsdaily.com
Kennedy also pushed for funds to be directed to the National Institutes of Health for biomedical research in 1993 and again in 2003. A provision in the 1993 NIH bill he co-authored was that women and minorities could not be excluded from that medical...
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Healthcare and Women's Equality Day Proclamation
Health & Wellness  (tags: US, Healthcare, Women's Equality Day, women's health, women's healthcare, benefits, insurance, women's rights, women's equality, equal access to medical resources )

Summer Lu
- 1362 days ago - empowher.com
this special day reminds us that our work in securing equality is not yet finished. The decisions we make today about legislation on health reform will impact generations for years to come.
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More Women Suffering From Stress Problems
Health & Wellness  (tags: Women's health, stress, depression, women, study )

Jollygirl
- 1517 days ago - independent.co.uk
Women's mental health is deteriorating as increasing numbers seek help from psychiatrists, new figures show. The burdens of keeping a job, raising children and looking after elderly parents are driving more than ever before to the edge of a nervous breakd
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Many Middle-Aged And Older Americans Not Getting Adequate Nutrition
Health & Wellness  (tags: Nutrition, Dietary Supplement, Osteoporosis, Cholesterol, Vitamin, Women's Health )

Kekuhouma
- 1533 days ago - sciencedaily.com
As older adults tend to reduce their food intake as they age, there is concern that deficits in these micronutrients lead to medical problems.
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STUDY: Mother's Diet Can Help Determine Sex of Child
Health & Wellness  (tags: Women's health, eating habits, genetics, biology, environmental influence, nutrition )

Rooibos
- 1852 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Fiona Mathews of the University of Exeter in Britain and colleagues wanted to find out if a woman's diet has an impact on the sex of her offspring. Oysters may excite the libido, but there is nothing like a hearty breakfast laced with sugar to boost a wom
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The Autoimmune Epidemic: Bodies Gone Haywire in a World Out of Balance
Health & Wellness  (tags: women's health, immune disorders, MD, MS )


- 1881 days ago - alternet.org
Scientists worldwide puzzle over an alarming and unexplained rise in the rates of autoimmune disease. Yet the media remain mute on this crisis.
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Breast Cancer Radiation Does Not Affect Women's Immune System
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, women's health, breast cancer, stress, reactions, radiation treatments, scientific research, medical research, immune system, cell activity )

Summer Lu
- 2044 days ago - medicalnewstoday.com
A new study shows that neither of two commonly used radiation treatments for early-stage, node-negative breast cancer has any effect on a woman's immune system; assess natural killer cell activity and number of circulating lymphocyte subsets, indicators..
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Breast Screening Decisions Should Be Made By Women Themselves
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, women's health, women's health decisions, breast screenings, decisions, British Medical Journal, informed choices, ages 40-49 )

Summer Lu
- 2044 days ago - medicalnewstoday.com
A woman in her forties should be encouraged to make up her own mind whether breast screening is best for her, rather having people tell her what to do, say two American experts in the British Medical Journal, this week's issue. 40-49 informed choice
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