Women’s health inquiry: Anger at slow progress
An epilepsy drug, a pregnancy test and mesh implants have all caused women or their babies harm. Source link
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Hair Relaxers Won’t Raise Black Women’s Cancer Risk
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Moderate use of hair relaxers doesn’t increase a Black woman’s risk of breast cancer, according to a new study. “While there is biologic plausibility that exposure to some components contained in hair relaxers might increase breast cancer risk, the evidence from epidemiologic studies to … Read more
Smoggy Air Might Raise Black Women’s Odds for Fibroids
By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Exposure to ozone air pollution may make Black women more likely to develop fibroids. Compared to women exposed to the lowest levels of the pollutant, Black women exposed to the highest levels had a 35% increased risk for developing the non-cancerous growths in … Read more
Women’s health: Female patients to be asked about ‘gender health gap’
Mika Simmons, co-chair of the Ginsburg Women’s Health Board, filmmaker, and host of The Happy Vagina podcast, said: “Every single woman I speak to, myself included, has experienced either misunderstanding or loss as a direct result of slow or inaccurate diagnosis of their health concerns. Source link
International Women’s Day: Illustrating the Covid-19 pandemic
“I came across this very interesting piece of information, that people who got Covid-19 were having weird dreams. I thought that was an amazing idea to explore. I also wanted to challenge myself to try to depict something which is very serious and slightly depressing, in an unusual and visually different way,” she says. Source … Read more
High BP in Pregnancy Could Affect Women’s Hearts Long Term
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pregnancy-related high blood pressure can lead to long-term heart risks, new research shows. Compared to those with normal blood pressure during pregnancy, women who developed blood pressure disorders such as preeclampsia and gestational hypertension had significant differences in heart structure and function … Read more
Mediterranean Diet Cuts Women’s Odds for Diabetes
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Nov. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Overweight women who eat a Mediterranean-like diet may reduce their odds of developing type 2 diabetes by 30%, compared with women who don’t, a new study suggests. The Mediterranean diet is rich in olive oil, fruits, vegetables, whole … Read more
BCCI announces Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana as captains of the 3 teams in Women’s T20 challenge
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced all 3 participating squads in the Women T20 Challenge, to be held in UAE, starting on November. It will be a short T20 competition, spanning from November 4-November 9, will be the third edition of the Women’s T20 Challenge that saw its inaugural year … Read more
Women’s cricket being well looked after by BCCI, can start full-fledged IPL with 6 teams: Mithali Raj
Batting great and India women’s ODI team captain Mithali Raj has said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) treats women’s cricket as a priority and it shows with the way the cricket board was able to schedule the Women’s T20 Challenge in the UAE and the proposed Sri Lanka tour. Mithali … Read more
Birth Control Pill May Cut Women’s Risk for Asthma
By Serena McNiff HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Could birth control pills build a bulwark against asthma? New research suggests that hormonal contraceptives, which alter the natural ebb and flow of female hormones, may do just that. A study of more than half a million women in the United Kingdom found … Read more