News tagged with childbearing age


Folic acid survey of Spanish-speaking women finds most are missing benefits

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Only 17 percent of Spanish-speaking women of childbearing age in the United States are taking a multivitamin containing folic acid daily, according to the first- nationally representative folic acid awareness survey to focus ...





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Women's biological clock revealed: Hormone may predict age at menopause

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 29, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Age at menopause may now be predicted more realistically according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). The study revealed that anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) ...


Diagnosis of arthritis 5 years earlier in childless women compared to those with children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nulliparous women (those who have not given birth to children) are diagnosed with chronic arthritides (including ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) an average of 5.2 years before parous ...


What is the clinical character of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is characterized by inflammation in perihepatic capsules with concomitant pelvic inflammation. The pain in the right upper abdomen appeared as the main symptom. These cases have to be cautiously ...


Childbearing increases chance of developing the metabolic syndrome

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Childbearing is associated directly with future development of the metabolic syndrome — abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular disease risk factors — and for women who have had ...


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Rise in births for couples on benefits

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Increased government support for families has coincided with a rise in births among women who left school at 16 compared to those who stayed in education after the age of 18.


Mouse ovaries and testes age in unique ways

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created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aging leads to large changes in gene activity in the ovaries of mice, but only limited changes in testes, according to research published in the open-access journal, BMC Biology. A lifespan-extending calorie-restricted diet ...


WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease in women

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.


Migraines increase stroke risk during pregnancy

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created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who suffer migraines are at an increased risk of stroke during pregnancy as well as other vascular conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and blood clots, concludes a study published on bmj.com today.


The Medical Minute: Preservation of fertility -- gynecologic cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In recent years, several new innovations have been employed in the treatment for women with gynecologic cancer in an effort to preserve fertility. These innovations consist of conservative ovarian staging, embryo/oocyte cryopreservation, ...


Childless women fare as well psychologically as mothers at mid-life

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 07, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

For one day each year, motherhood brings flowers, cards and Sunday brunches, but a new University of Florida study asks, how important is it for women’s happiness in midlife whether and when they had children?



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