The Checkup Archive: Women's Health
Women more stressed by work intrusions
Between our Blackberries, iPhones and laptops, we all know the line between work and home life has gotten pretty blurred. But are those intrusions by work into our supposed downtime bad for us? A new study suggests it is, particularly for women.Paul Glavin of the University of Toronto and colleagues...
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Rob Stein
| March 9, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Family Health, General Health, Psychology, Women's Health
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Breast cancer decline stalls
The rate at which women are being diagnosed with breast cancer has stopped falling, according to a new analysis of federal data released Monday. The analysis of data collected by the National Cancer Institute found no significant change in the overall incidence rate for breast cancer among white women between...
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Rob Stein
| February 28, 2011; 1:58 PM ET |
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breast cancer, Women's Health, hormones
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Why do women hate their bodies so much?
I just read an unsettling article in Glamour that said 97 percent of 300 young women surveyed by the magazine reported having multiple negative thoughts about their own bodies in a given day. The average number was 13; many women said they had as many as 35, 50 or 100 such thoughts per day. So I'm sitting here thinking mean thoughts about my thighs and wondering, why do we do this to ourselves?
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
| February 24, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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Life's Big Questions, Me Minus 10, Nutrition and Fitness, Psychology, Weight loss, Women's Health
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Study: Womb surgery for spina bifida beneficial
Performing surgery on babies with the most severe form of spina bifida when they are still in the womb doubles the chance that they will be able to walk, according to a federally-funded study released Wednesday.
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Rob Stein
| February 9, 2011; 5:00 PM ET |
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Parenting, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, Women's Health
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Teen birth rate hits historic low
The long decline in teen births, which had stalled for two years, seems to be back on track, federal health officials announced Wednesday.
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Rob Stein
| February 2, 2011; 11:30 AM ET |
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Family Health, Kids' health, Motherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, STDs, Sex, Teens, Women's Health
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Hot flashes, night sweats may reduce breast cancer risk
It sounds too good to be true, but there might be a bright side to the night sweats, hot flashes and other unpleasantries associated with menopause. A new study finds that women who experience such symptoms may be at reduced risk of several common forms of breast cancer.
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
| January 27, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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breast cancer, Cancer, Reproductive Health, Women's Health, menopause
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