While students look forward to the holidays as a chance to unwind, ’tis the season to “network before they need work,” advises Brett Woodard, director of the Career Development Center at Saint Joseph’s University. Students should use this time purposefully, he says, to “plant seeds” for their career search by deepening existing relationships and expanding […]
Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on November 26th, 2011 | No Comments »
In a finding that confirms what many obstetricians and gynecologists suspected, Duke University researchers report that younger women who undergo hysterectomies face a nearly two-fold increased risk for developing menopause early…
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Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on November 19th, 2011 | No Comments »
According to a new investigation from the University of Leicester published yesterday in the international journal Family Practice, testimonies from women’s personal experience of cervical smear testing in the UK are frequently negative. The investigation highlights the anxieties, stress and pain that some women suffer during the test…
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A study released Monday contributes to the growing pile of evidence that suggests newer types of birth control pills carry increased risks of blood clotting and may not be safe for certain groups of women…
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Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on November 10th, 2011 | No Comments »
A new study by a University of Iowa researcher suggests that males score better on technical aptitude tests than females because boys and men are simply more interested than girls in technical things, like taking apart a bike…
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Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on November 6th, 2011 | No Comments »
Estrogen may prevent strokes in premature or early menopausal women, Mayo Clinic researchers say. Their findings challenge the conventional wisdom that estrogen is a risk factor for stroke at all ages. The study was published in the journal Menopause…
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Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on October 13th, 2011 | No Comments »
Getting women to meet the U.S. federal government’s recommended level of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity remains a huge challenge. A large new study shows that where women live affects just how likely they are to exercise…
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Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on October 13th, 2011 | No Comments »
New research analyses maternal breastfeeding in Spain throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Experts believe that its development is associated with socio-demographic factors such as the advice of healthcare professionals, longer maternity leave, a woman’s integration into the workplace and her level of education…
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Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on September 30th, 2011 | No Comments »
A new test has been developed by surgeons and scientists based at Southampton’s teaching hospitals, that could transform they way early-stage endometriosis is diagnosed. In an investigation funded by the Infertility Research Trust, Miss Ying Cheong, a consultant gynecologist and co-funder of the Complete Fertility Center in Southampton, together with Dr…
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Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on September 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
A study by University at Buffalo sociologists has found that the portrayal of women in the popular media over the last several decades has become increasingly sexualized, even “pornified.” The same is not true of the portrayal of men…
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Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on August 14th, 2011 | No Comments »