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Intrauterine Devices Better Than “The Morning After Pill” As Emergency Contraception

May 10

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Click Here to Read More … A systematic review of 35 years of data published online in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction shows that intrauterine devices (IUDs), commonly known as a ‘coil’ should be routinely used as emergency contraception, given that their failure rate is less than one per thousand and because it has proven more effective than the “morning after pill”…
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Pregnancy Risk With Contraceptives Higher Than Women Think

Apr 28

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Click Here to Read More … Adult females appear to have considerable knowledge gaps regarding the efficacy of contraceptives – most over-estimate the effectiveness of condoms, the ring, the patch, the pill, and depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. David L…
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HIV Rates For Black Women In Parts Of The US Much Higher Than Previously Estimated

Mar 11

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Click Here to Read More … Study results released indicate that the HIV incidence rate for US women living in areas hardest hit by the epidemic is much higher than the overall estimated incidence rate in the US for black adolescent and adult women. The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) announced results from its HPTN 064 Women’s HIV Seroincidence Study (ISIS) which found an HIV incidence of 0…
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Traumatic Brain Injuries are Likely More Common Than Previously Thought

Mar 6

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Click Here to Read More … In a recent study published in Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic researchers applied a new, refined system for classifying injuries caused by force to the head and found that the incidence of traumatic brain injury is likely greater than has been estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Men with Strokes Call for Help Quicker Than Women, Mayo Clinic Study Says

Feb 3

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Click Here to Read More … A Mayo Clinic study, presented at the American Stroke Conference in New Orleans in early February, says that men experiencing a stroke call for emergency help quicker than women, especially if they are married.
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Study Of Electronic Medical Records Reveals That Women Report Feeling Pain More Intensely Than Men

Jan 26

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Click Here to Read More … Women report more-intense pain than men in virtually every disease category, according to Stanford University School of Medicine investigators who mined a huge collection of electronic medical records to establish the broad gender difference to a high level of statistical significance…
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Living Together May Be Mentally Healthier Than Marriage

Jan 24

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Once the honeymoon’s over, wedded couples grow less happy and social, research claims

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‘Rare’ Brain Disorder May Be More Common Than Thought, Say Mayo Clinic Scientists

Dec 27

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Click Here to Read More … A global team of neuroscientists, led by researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida, have found the gene responsible for a brain disorder that may be much more common than once believed.
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British Study Suggests Mammograms May Do More Harm Than Good

Dec 11

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But U.S. experts say getting them annually, starting at age 40, saves lives

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More than skin deep

Dec 4

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Click Here to Read More … There may be no such thing as a ‘safe’ tan based on ultraviolet (UV) radiation, according to a series of papers published in the October issue of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research.
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