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Hematologic cancer increases risk of delivery complications
A new study found that women with current cancer diagnosis have an increased risk of in-hospital complications, compared with women without cancer...
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Cancer mortality continues to drop in females as breast cancer reversal looms
Gains were strongest for melanoma and lung cancer, while ground was lost to uterine cancer.
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Most U.S. adults age 50+ report good health: Survey
Among the respondents, 41% said their health was very good or excellent.
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Twenty Years of Breast Reduction Surgery at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Preoperative weight loss and nicotine cessation reduced the number of complications following breast reduction surgery in this single-site...
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California to pay victims of forced, coerced sterilizations
California’s proposal is unique because it would pay women the state coerced to get sterilized while they were in prison, some as recently as 2010...
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CDC notes sharp declines in breast and cervical cancer screening
The new data come from the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, which provides cancer screening services to women with low...
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Patients’ sexual problems: Be proactive, make discussions routine
Elicit information about sexual health in the context of inquiring about other clinical issues, advised Dr. Anita H. Clayton.
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Racial and economic disparities persist in endometrial cancer care
Fewer Black, Latina, Alaska Native, and American Indian women receive guidelines-based treatment.
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Air pollution linked to increased fibroid risk in Black women
Exposure to ozone air pollution is linked to an increased risk of fibroids in Black women, according to new research.
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Pregnancy effect on chemotherapy does not affect maternal breast cancer outcomes