More than 1.5 million women living with HIV in Asia were infected by their partners and 50 million more are at risk of infection, according to a report released on Tuesday.
The “HIV Transmission in Intimate Partner Relationships in Asia” report by UNAIDS said the women at risk are either married or in long-term relationships with [...]
A sparse form of fat that helps keep newborns warm is more common in adults than previously thought and that discovery that could lead to a new way to lose weight, researchers said on Wednesday.
Once activated by cold temperatures, so-called brown fat burns calories faster than regular fat. It is normally so dormant in adults [...]
Diving into a plateful of healthy food can feel like doing your taxes: a necessary evil in order to keep you in the black…jeans you love, that is. But when the food is healthy and tastes great, too? Hallelujah! Luckily, we have some menus that will keep you slim, satisfied and genuinely surprised that healthy [...]
Coronary heart disease (CHD) symptoms are attributed to stress more frequently in women than men, according to a new study.
Presented at the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, the study can help understand why there is often a delay in the assessment of women with heart disease.
During the study, the researchers examined [...]
(HealthDay News) — For women worried about the risks of amniocentesis and other currently available tests for chromosomal disorders such as Down syndrome, a new, safer test may be on the horizon, researchers say.
Currently, prenatal genetic tests for Down syndrome, including amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, involve insertion of a needle into the uterus. These [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unleashed a PR blitzkrieg this week to urge about 85 percent of Americans to get vaccinated against the flu. The agency expanded its recommendations to include yearly shots for all children ages 6 months to 18 years and also calls for pregnant women to be vaccinated, along with [...]
Pregnant women have been waiting a long time for a blood test to definitively diagnose Down syndrome, and one may finally be on the near horizon. Researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they’ve overcome a significant hurdle in providing such a test, which won’t require them to sort maternal [...]
LONDON (Reuters) – Sticking strictly to a Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables offers substantial protection against cancer, heart disease and other major chronic illnesses, Italian researchers said on Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Smoking during pregnancy appears to affect children’s birthweight, and possibly their risk of becoming overweight, but it may not directly harm other aspects of physical and cognitive development, a large study suggests.
The findings, from a study of nearly 53,000 U.S. children born in the 1960s, found that those whose mothers [...]
London (PTI): Here’s yet another reason why you should cut the flab — obesity could give you cancer. A new research, published in the latest edition of the ‘British Journal of Cancer’, has found that overweight people are at a significantly higher risk of developing a range of common cancers.
In fact, according to researchers, an [...]
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