Medical Research Focuses on Gendered Approach to Treatment
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In recent years, scientists have discovered that some diseases affect women and men differently, and that treatments for the same disease should perhaps vary by sex.
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Scientists discover why a treatment for ovarian cancer only works in half of the patients who have it.
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Researchers at Indiana University, Ohio State University and the University of Missouri have begun a five-year, $8 million project that will help doctors better understand the damage caused by breast and ovarian cancers.
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Concerns about infertility resulting from breast cancer therapy influenced treatment decisions in nearly one-third of young patients, according to a study published in the Oct.
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A new study conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggest that the male sex hormone testosterone has both a physiological and a psychological impact on female sexuality.
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A hormone therapy treatment has proven successful in fighting ovarian cancer, according to research.
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Women who receive combination hormone therapy are at double the risk of developing blood clots in their veins, according to a major government study on the treatment.
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Protecting the rights of women is a matter of fairness, social stability and public health. Improving the overall societal treatment of women and girls is one way to control the AIDS epidemic worldwide.
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Women in Britain with breast cancer will soon benefit from a pioneering surgical technique developed by Professor Robert Mansel and his team at Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine in the UK.
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Women diagnosed with breast cancer should be given a new drug instead of the standard treatment because it is safer, more effective and may increase overall survival rates, doctors have suggested.
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Researchers are still figuring out the dangers and benefits of hormone replacement therapy, but two new studies give a boost to estrogen as a defense against dementia
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Even though heart disease is the top killer of U.S. women and men, doctors are giving women short shrift when it come to preventive care, according to studies published on Tuesday.
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Mixing cells and eggs to be allowed in search for new medical treatments.
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NEW YORK  - Fewer than one third of women 40 to 60 years old have heard about the landmark study that found the risks of hormone therapy for most menopausal women probably outweigh their benefits.
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued revised guidelines on the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in light of major government studies linking the treatment to an increased risk of cardiovascular problems and
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A drug can treat  menopausal symptoms among women on tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer, say scientists.
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US researchers say they have developed a more accurate way of predicting heart disease risks in women.