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December 15, 2018

How Sleeping Mammary Stem Cells Are Awakened

New DNA Tool Predicts Height, Disease Risk

Most Popular Supplements: No Health Benefit

Cancer: Artificial Mole as Early Warning System

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Exercise-Induced Hormone Irisin Triggers Bone Remodeling in Mice

Dec. 13, 2018 — Exercise has been touted to build bone mass, but exactly how it actually accomplishes this is a matter of debate. Now, researchers show that an exercise-induced hormone activates cells that are ... read more

Novel Technique May Significantly Reduce Breast Biopsies

Dec. 11, 2018 — A novel technique that uses mammography to determine the biological tissue composition of a tumor could help reduce unnecessary breast biopsies, according to a new ... read more

Increased Risk for Breast Cancer After Childbirth May Last More Than 20 Years

Dec. 10, 2018 — The increased risk for breast cancer that occurs after childbirth can last more than 20 years. The risk may be enhanced when a woman is older at ... read more

Sprayable Gel Could Help the Body Fight Off Cancer After Surgery

Dec. 10, 2018 — A research team has developed a spray gel embedded with immune-boosting drugs that could help lower the risk of cancer recurrence after ... read more

Imaging Atomic Structure of Important Immune Regulator

Dec. 10, 2018 — A new study provides a biophysical and structural assessment of a critical immune regulating protein called human T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain containing protein-3 ... read more

Women Reveal the Reasons They Reject a Preventive Drug for Breast Cancer

Dec. 3, 2018 — Only around a fifth of women at higher risk of developing breast cancer think they need to take a drug proven to help prevent the disease, according to new ... read more

Genetic Background of Autistic Spectrum Disorders With Stem Cell Dysfunction

Dec. 3, 2018 — A recently completed study provides new information on functional changes in the brain connected with autistic spectrum disorders. The findings help ... read more

New Study Supports Mammography Screening at 30 for Some Women

Nov. 28, 2018 — A new, large-scale study of more than 5 million mammograms found that annual mammography screening beginning at age 30 may benefit women with at least one of three specific risk factors: dense ... read more

Cryoablation Shows Promise in Treating Low-Risk Breast Cancers

Nov. 28, 2018 — Cryoablation -- the destruction of cancer cells through freezing -- shows early indications of effectiveness in treating women with low-risk breast cancers. Researchers said that over the four years ... read more

Why Older Women Are Less Healthy Than Older Men

Nov. 28, 2018 — Genes that act late in life could explain why women have poorer health than men in older age, according to new ... read more

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December 15, 2018

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New Imaging Tools That Trace Key Breast Cancer Enzymes May Help Guide Therapies

Dec. 6, 2018 — A set of emerging diagnostic tools may help identify breast cancer patients who are most likely to benefit from therapies that target important enzymes fueling a range of subtypes, including ... read more

Insufficient Nutrition During Fetal Development May Lead to Early Menopause

Dec. 5, 2018 — Previous studies have demonstrated that fetal malnutrition can lead to adult chronic disorders such as type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease. A new study out of China now suggests that it also ... read more

Sex-Specific Effects of DHEA on Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition

Dec. 4, 2018 — Women 55 and older have an increased risk of bone and muscle loss but therapy with the hormone Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) may help prevent bone loss and increase muscle mass in older women, ... read more

How Much Do You Trust Dr. Google?

Nov. 28, 2018 — Women experiencing signs of breast cancer vary in how they value, use, and trust 'Dr. Google' when making sense of their symptoms, a new study ... read more

Citrate-Based Biomaterial Fuels Bone Healing With Less Rejection

Nov. 26, 2018 — A material based on a natural product of bones and citrus fruit, called citrate, provides the extra energy that stem cells need to form new bone tissue, according to bioengineers. Their new ... read more

Cancer Treatments May Affect Cognitive Function by Accelerating Biological Aging

Nov. 26, 2018 — Cancer treatments are suspected to accelerate certain aging processes in the body. A new study has found that indicators of such biological aging correlate with declines in cognitive function in ... read more

Breast Cancers Enhance Their Growth by Recruiting Cells from Bone Marrow

Nov. 23, 2018 — Researchers have discovered that breast tumors can boost their growth by recruiting stromal cells originally formed in the bone marrow. The study reveals that the recruitment of bone marrow-derived ... read more

Women Benefit from Mammography Screening Beyond Age 75

Nov. 21, 2018 — Women age 75 years and older should continue to get screening mammograms because of the comparatively high incidence of breast cancer found in this age group, according to a new ... read more

Women More Resilient to Extreme Physical Activity Than Previously Reported

Nov. 19, 2018 — Women that underwent extreme physical training and completed a transantarctic expedition did not show any more negative health effects than would be expected in men, according to a new study. The ... read more

How Sperm Find Their Way

Nov. 15, 2018 — Researchers have found that a protein in the cell membranes of sperm plays a key role in how they find their way to eggs. The PMCA protein may also help explain how egg cells only interact with sperm ... read more

Hidden Estrogen Receptors in Breast Epithelium

Nov. 9, 2018 — Scientists have uncovered that next to estrogen receptor positive and negative there are cells with very low amounts of the receptor protein. The discovery has significant implications for the role ... read more

Women Who Are 'Larks' Have a Lower Risk of Developing Breast Cancer

Nov. 5, 2018 — Women who are 'larks', functioning better at the beginning of the day than the end of the day, have a lower of risk breast cancer, according to new ... read more

Half of Women Over 50 Experience Incontinence, but Most Haven't Talked to a Doctor, Poll Finds

Nov. 1, 2018 — Nearly half of women over 50 say they sometimes leak urine, according to a new national poll. Of more than 1,000 women between the ages of 50 and 80 who answered the poll, 43 percent of women in ... read more

How Protein Pair Controls Cellular Calcium Signals

Oct. 31, 2018 — Two recent studies report how a calcium-sensing protein called STIM1 signals that it's time to initiate calcium retrieval and then relays that message to its partner, the calcium channel ... read more

Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death With Genome Editing

Oct. 30, 2018 — Gene editing successfully prevented sudden cardiac death in a mouse model of inherited cardiac arrhythmia ... read more

Vitamin D Levels in the Blood Linked to Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Oct. 30, 2018 — New research finds that higher levels of vitamin D are associated with better exercise ... read more

Hormone-Blocking Injections Reduce Early Menopause from Breast Cancer Treatment

Oct. 29, 2018 — Final results of a clinical trial show continued evidence that women who get injections of the hormone drug goserelin along with standard breast cancer chemotherapy are more likely to become pregnant ... read more

Small Risks May Have Big Impact on Breast Cancer Odds of Childhood Cancer Survivors

Oct. 27, 2018 — Scientists found that the combined effect of common genetic variations can dramatically increase risk of breast cancer for female pediatric cancer ... read more

One Size Doesn't Fit All, When Using Hormone Therapy to Treat Endometriosis

Oct. 25, 2018 — Endometriosis -- a condition caused by uterine tissue growing outside of the organ -- affects 10 percent of reproductive-aged women, whom it causes chronic pain that is significant and debilitating. ... read more

Drug Improves Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Oct. 24, 2018 — The drug palbociclib, used in combination with standard treatment, improved survival for women with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer, according to a large phase III clinical ... read more

Thursday, December 6, 2018

New imaging tools that trace key breast cancer enzymes may help guide therapies

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Insufficient nutrition during fetal development may lead to early menopause

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Sex-specific effects of DHEA on bone mineral density and body composition

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

How much do you trust Dr. Google?

Monday, November 26, 2018

Friday, November 23, 2018

Breast cancers enhance their growth by recruiting cells from bone marrow

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Women benefit from mammography screening beyond age 75

Monday, November 19, 2018

Women more resilient to extreme physical activity than previously reported

Thursday, November 15, 2018

How sperm find their way

Friday, November 9, 2018

Hidden estrogen receptors in breast epithelium

Monday, November 5, 2018

Women who are 'larks' have a lower risk of developing breast cancer

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Half of women over 50 experience incontinence, but most haven't talked to a doctor, poll finds

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

How protein pair controls cellular calcium signals

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Monday, October 29, 2018

Hormone-blocking injections reduce early menopause from breast cancer treatment

Saturday, October 27, 2018

Small risks may have big impact on breast cancer odds of childhood cancer survivors

Thursday, October 25, 2018

One size doesn't fit all, when using hormone therapy to treat endometriosis

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Monday, October 22, 2018

Friday, October 19, 2018

How do pelvic floor muscle exercises reduce overactive bladder symptoms?

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Monday, October 15, 2018

3D mammography detected 34 percent more breast cancers in screening

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Molecular link between body weight, early puberty identified

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Monday, October 1, 2018

Monday, September 24, 2018

A fracture anywhere reduces bone density everywhere

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Simulations of every woman's breast tissue address delay on enhanced MRI cancer detection

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Obesity and vitamin D deficiency may indicate greater risk for breast cancer

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Distance helps re-fuel the heart

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Breast cancer screening does not reduce mortality

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Thursday, September 6, 2018

New way to identify telltale markers for breast cancer tumors

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

First-ever guidelines for detecting, treating perimenopausal depression

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Inhibiting nuclear factor kappa B improves heart function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Chemotherapy may lead to early menopause in young women with lung cancer

Monday, August 27, 2018

Marijuana found in breast milk up to six days after use

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Blood pressure and cholesterol lowering drugs continue to improve survival after a decade

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Watching neurons in action

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018

New aid to help identify and manage patients with diabetes at increased risk of fracture

Friday, August 10, 2018

Making weight: Ensuring that micro preemies gain pounds and inches

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Monday, August 6, 2018

PET tracer identifies estrogen receptor expression differences in breast cancer patients

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Cellular communication system in mice helps control female fertility

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Monday, July 30, 2018

Many young people don't know when female and male fertility declines, study finds

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Dense breast notification and insurance legislation analysis

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Osteoporosis, fracture risk predicted with new genetic screen

Monday, July 23, 2018

Thursday, July 19, 2018

High fruit and vegetable consumption may reduce risk of breast cancer

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Monday, July 16, 2018

Breast cancer follow-up imaging varies widely, study finds

Friday, July 13, 2018

Looking at the urine and blood may be best in diagnosing myeloma

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Optimizing pulsed electric fields to target cancer with calcium ions

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

How a Mediterranean diet could reduce bone loss in osteoporosis

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Friday, July 6, 2018

Breast cancer growth signals are enhanced by a protein outside cells

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

New findings on bacteria in female bladders

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

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