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fitness news , Font size Women's Health Azerbaijanis Attitudes Toward Cancer   - Reported, January 23, 2013   When it comes to matters of health and disease in the Republic of Azerbaijan, the most dreaded word is "cancer". Approximately 10,000 people out of a population of 7+ million are diagnosed annually with cancer in … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Forced Sexual Intercourse Among Internally Displaced Women in Azerbaijan   - Reported, January 23, 2013   Previous reports have shown that forced sexual intercourse and other forms of gender-based violence are a persistent public health problem for refugee or internally displaced women. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Unique 'Anonymous Delivery' law effective in decreasing rates of neonaticide in Austria   - Reported, January 23, 2013   Researchers, from the Medical University of Vienna, looked at the rates of reported neonaticide (where a child is killed within the first 24 hours of birth) in Austria … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Bahamas called out on Abortions:   - Reported, January 23, 2013   Although abortion is currently illegal in the Bahamas, the government revealed that it is aware of cases where licensed physicians perform abortions in private and public hospitals for justifiable reasons. Such abortions are … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health A study on cancer in Azerbaijan   - Reported, January 23, 2013   The WHO/ICO Information Centre on HPV and Cervical Cancer (HPV Information Centre) aims to compile and centralize updated data and statistics on human papillomavirus (HPV) and related cancers. This report aims to summarize … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Cervical cancer screening in Australia   - Reported,22 January 2013   The National Cervical Screening Program in Australia currently recommends that sexually active women between the ages of 18-70 years attend routine screening every 2 years. The publically funded National HPV … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Armenia: A Way to Make Abortion Safer   - Reported, January 22, 2013   In Armenia, abortion is widely available, but women continue to undergo riskier means of terminating unwanted pregnancies. A major problem is that a well-established alternative method, which is recommended by the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Factors affecting the performance of maternal health care providers in Armenia   - Reported, January 22, 2013   Over the last five years, international development organizations began to modify and adapt the conventional Performance Improvement Model for use in low-resource settings. This … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Parents told to destroy their IVF embryos in Australia   - Reported,22 January 2013   Hundreds of healthy frozen embryos are being destroyed because patients are led to believe they are only viable for as little as five years. There are more than 120,000 frozen embryos in storage in … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Concerns for overweight pregnant women: A study by University of Melbourne, Australia   - Reported,22 January 2013   We are certainly seeing more interventions in these women, they are more likely to have caesarean sections or instrumental births or have their labour induced, so that's … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Human papillomavirus infection in aboriginal women from northeastern Argentina   - Reported, January 22, 2013   Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the most frequent sexually transmitted bacterial infection (STBI) worldwide, with an estimated 89 million new cases per year. Up to 70% of such … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Keys to a good infant feeding in summer: Argentina Society of Pediatrics (SAP) Recommendations.   - Reported, January 22, 2013   The Association of Child Nutrition (ANI) produced a report which outlines tips to keep in mind, to avoid dehydration, diarrhea or heat stroke. * The importance of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Succeeding in the fight against obesity in Antigua & Barbuda.   - Reported January 21, 2013   Today, the focus remains on combating the epidemic of obesity and obesity-related illnesses. This article will review solutions proven successful in achieving weight loss in Antigua & … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Medical Treatment of Obesity A revolutionary new technique!   - Reported, January 21, 2013   Caribbeanislands, which are highly influenced by the American way of life and more precisely by its bad eating habits, are being hit today by a new scourge, obesity. Dr. Rémy Romney, a … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Breast cancer screening should begin at 40 in Antigua & Barbuda   - Reported January 21, 2013   After a recent study linking radiation exposure to breast cancer made waves globally, a local physician has recommendations for the women of Antigua & Barbuda. The study, published earlier … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Bilateral Krukenberg Ovarian Tumours Complicated by Pregnancy in an Antiguan Woman of African Ethnicity   - Reported January 21, 2013   The association of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma of the stomach to the ovary has been known since Krukenberg’s first description of the problem in 1896. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Human Papilloma Virus prevalence and type-specific relative contribution in invasive cervical cancer specimens from Italy - Reported, January 19 2013 Cervical cancer is a serious public health problem representing the 2nd most common cancer diagnosed among women worldwide. HPV infection is … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Cancer prevention among American Samoans - Reported, January19 2013 Unfortunately, little is known about the use of any cancer prevention services among American Samoans. The paucity of data has been due in part to the lack of a specific ethnic identifier. Until 1980, American Samoans … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Samoan islanders Cardiovascular disease risks. - Reported, January19 2013 The rapid temporal rise of Samoan obesity and obesity-related diseases has been attributed to modernization and its associated nutritional transition, in which these developing nations are consuming more … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Samoan women menstrual cycle function and reproductive endocrine status. - Reported, January19 2013 American Samoa and Samoa are now characterized by one of the world's highest levels of adult overweight and obesity. Our objective was to investigate patterns of menstrual cyclicity … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Spanish Smoking Law and Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke and Respiratory Health in Hospitality Workers: A Study - Reported, January19 2013 A smoke-free law came into effect in Spain on 1st January 2006, affecting all enclosed workplaces except hospitality venues, whose proprietors can choose … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health New drug combines photothermia and chemotherapy to help fight cancer - Reported, September 3, 2012 Spanish researchers have developed on a nanometric scale a new drug that combines photothermia and chemotherapy to help fight cancer. Until now, researchers have applied this new drug on … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Effectiveness of a Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Programme in an Urban Hospital in Angola   - Reported, 19 January 2013   Antiretroviral therapy is effective in reducing rates of mother-to child transmission of HIV to low levels in resource-limited contexts but the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Breast cancer knowledge and awareness among university students in Angola   - Reported, 19 January 2013   The high breast cancer mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa has been attributed to a lack of public awareness of the disease which often leads to late diagnosis of the disease. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Kampo, Japan's Traditional Herbal Medicine and Women   - Reported, 18 January 2013   Kampo is Japan's traditional herbal medicine and it is an integral part of the official Westernized medical system in Japan. We describe the Kampo approach to premenstrual symptoms. We present 3 … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Improving Maternal and Child Health in Afghanistan: A Study   - Reported, 18 January 2013   The evidence base on organising, delivering, and paying for effective and equitable health services in any resource-constrained setting is very weak. To make health service delivery work in … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Fertility & Pregnancy Surgical Menopause Causing Memory Loss   - Reported January 17, 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Early surgical menopause is the removal of both ovaries before natural menopause and often accompanies a hysterectomy. Unfortunately, women who undergo this surgery, at an early … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Japanese women are now getting fat   - Reported, 12 January 2013   Japanese Health Ministry said the number of young, skinny women has risen to troubling levels. A record 29 percent of those in their 20s are underweight, according to a recent government survey. Those with a body mass … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Secrets of Japanese women they do not get obese.   - Reported, 12 January 2013   An informative book by Naomi Moriyama entitled, Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat. Intrigued and a bit skeptical, although I follow a very similar style of diet, I found some delicious recipes to add to … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Only 3 percent of Japanese women take pain relievers during delivery   - Reported, 12 January 2013   As a country where children are commonly referred to as onaka wo itameta ko or “the child who made my belly hurt”, Japan is seriously lagging in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, … [Read more...]