Pre-pregnancy heart abnormalities may predict recurrent preeclampsia risk
Study Highlights: Women who had pregnancy-related high blood pressure (preeclampsia) multiple times had recognizable heart abnormalities between pregnancies that could help predict their risk for heart and blood vessel disease during subsequent pregnancies and even later in life. Healthcare providers should inform women who have had preeclampsia of their increased risk and monitor them for heart and blood vessel disease.
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Special issue highlights new heart disease research on women, call for more
Study Highlights: A women's themed issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes focuses on women and heart disease. Some new research shows women have greater risks for complications after artery-opening procedures; often receive suboptimal care when being discharged for coronary artery disease; and women may be less likely to return to work by one year after suffering a heart attack.
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What are Breast Lumps?
A breast lump is a localized swelling, protuberance, bulge, or bump in the breast that feels different from the breast tissue around it or the breast tissue in the same area of the other breast. There are different reasons why breast lumps develop, and most are not cancerous. Causes include infection, trauma, fibroadenoma, cyst, fat necrosis, …
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What are the causes of breast pain?
Breast pain, also known as mastalgia, mammalgia, and mastodynia, is common and may include a dull ache, heaviness, tightness, a burning sensation in the breast tissue, or breast tenderness. If the pain is linked to the menstrual cycle, it is known as cyclical mastalgia (cyclical breast pain). According to the Breast Cancer Foundation, breast pain …
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Gynecomastia causes & treatment
Gynecomastia is a common condition in men and boys. The breasts swell and become abnormally large. All men and women have breast glands, but they are not noticeable in men, because they tend to be small and undeveloped. Breast gland enlargement in males may affect newborns, boys during puberty, and older men. By adulthood, 90 percent of cases …
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WHO Director-General: invest in health to end plague in Madagascar
The Director-General of WHO has outlined his vision for a Madagascar free of plague epidemics during a three-day visit to the island nation that started on 7 January 2018. "Madagascar can make plague epidemics a thing of the past through strategic investments in its health system – including better access to healthcare, improving preparedness, surveillance and response capabilities, and implementing the International Health Regulations," said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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One egg per day could reduce stunted growth
Feeding one egg per day to children aged 6 to 9 months for 6 months could almost halve the prevalence of stunted growth, a new study finds. Stunted growth is defined as impaired growth and development caused by poor nutrition in early life, particularly in the first 1,000 days. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “Children are …
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Boosting cancer-killing cells through oxygen starvation
New research has suggested that an immunotherapy type that cultures patients’ killer T cells in a laboratory before fine-tuning their cancer-destructive powers and returning them could be made more effective by growing the killer T cells in a low-oxygen culture. Writing in the journal Cell Reports, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel suggest that …
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Pre-pregnancy heart abnormalities may predict recurrent preeclampsia risk
Study Highlights: Women who had pregnancy-related high blood pressure (preeclampsia) multiple times had recognizable heart abnormalities between pregnancies that could help predict their risk for heart and blood vessel disease during subsequent pregnancies and even later in life. Healthcare providers should inform women who have had preeclampsia of their increased risk and monitor them for heart and blood vessel disease.
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What are Breast Lumps?
A breast lump is a localized swelling, protuberance, bulge, or bump in the breast that feels different from the breast tissue around it or the breast tissue in the same area of the other breast. There are different reasons why breast lumps develop, and most are not cancerous. Causes include infection, trauma, fibroadenoma, cyst, fat necrosis, …
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Dr Carissa Etienne elected for a second term as WHO Regional Director for the Americas
The WHO Executive Board, currently holding its 142nd session in Geneva, has appointed Dr Carissa Etienne for a second term as Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Nipple discharge: Causes and treatments
Experiencing unusual nipple discharge is the third-most-common reason women visit their doctors for conditions related to their breasts. This statistic is according to the Journal of Cellular Immunotherapy, who report that nipple discharge is the third most reported symptom in the breast after breast pain and a lump. Nipple discharge can affect men and women and …
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Eight Common Causes of Breast Pain
Women of all ages report having breast pain, also known as mastalgia. Pain can occur both before and after the menopause. However, breast pain is most common in younger menstruating women. While nearly 70 percent of women report breast pain at some point during their lives, only around 15 percent require medical treatment. The severity and location of breast …
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WHO, WFP and UNICEF: Yemen’s families cannot withstand another day of war, let alone another 1,000
“We have passed the grim milestone of 1,000 days of war in Yemen. As violence has escalated in recent days, children and families are yet again being killed in attacks and bombardments. “More than 1,000 days of families driven from their homes by brutal violence. 1,000 days without enough food to eat and safe water to drink. 1,000 days of bombed hospitals and damaged schools. 1,000 days of children recruited to fight. 1,000 days of disease and death … of unimaginable human suffering.
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UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks
UN Environment and WHO have agreed a new, wide-ranging collaboration to accelerate action to curb environmental health risks that cause an estimated 12.6 million deaths a year. Today in Nairobi, Mr Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment, and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, signed an agreement to step up joint actions to combat air pollution, climate change and antimicrobial resistance, as well as improve coordination on waste and chemicals management, water quality, and food and nutrition issues. The collaboration also includes joint management of the BreatheLife advocacy campaign to reduce air pollution for multiple climate, environment and health benefits.
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Scientists discover enzyme that supports brain tumor growth
Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have discovered that an enzyme helps brain tumors to grow. This finding offers the potential for new tumor treatment approaches. All cancer tumors need to “feed” in order to grow and spread. Much like healthy cells, cancer cells are unable to live without the presence …
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Recent asthma may be linked with abdominal aneurysm rupture
Study Highlights: Recent active asthma may increase the risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm and rupture in adult patients. Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a dangerous weakening of the main blood vessel in the body and may lead to rupture and sudden death. Asthmatic adults were significantly more likely than non-asthmatics to develop abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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Special issue highlights new heart disease research on women, call for more
Study Highlights: A women's themed issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes focuses on women and heart disease. Some new research shows women have greater risks for complications after artery-opening procedures; often receive suboptimal care when being discharged for coronary artery disease; and women may be less likely to return to work by one year after suffering a heart attack.
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Boosting cancer-killing cells through oxygen starvation
New research has suggested that an immunotherapy type that cultures patients’ killer T cells in a laboratory before fine-tuning their cancer-destructive powers and returning them could be made more effective by growing the killer T cells in a low-oxygen culture. Writing in the journal Cell Reports, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel suggest that …
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