Women In Their 40s Get Some Help With The Mammogram Decision
An online tool asks the right questions to put a woman's breast cancer risk in perspective. It also addresses the emotions that surround cancer screening.
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Pitching Health Care In Baltimore's Red Light District
Nathan Fields, a health outreach worker, has a knack for building trust with some of the people who distrust public officials the most.
More Women Opt For IUD, Contraceptive Implant For Birth Control
The number of U.S. women choosing long-acting, reversible birth control methods has more than quadrupled since 2002, data suggest. Use of the pill, condoms and female sterilization has dipped a bit.
Aggressive Lowering Of Blood Pressure Carries Risks As Well As Benefits
The group of patients that was treated more intensively did 25 percent better than the one that was treated to the traditional target. But some side effects nearly doubled with intensive treatment.
Menopause: A Gold Mine For Marketers, Fewer Payoffs For Women
Advertising for products to treat symptoms of menopause is becoming much more upfront about issues like painful sex. But more than a few of the remedies are solutions in search of a problem.
Hormones May Help Younger Women With Menopause Symptoms
Thirteen years after a study on hormone therapy was abruptly halted due to concerns about cancer risk, some doctors say that it's safe for most younger women if they take hormones short term.
Surgery Helps Some Obese Teens In Battle To Get Fit
Three years after bariatric surgery, more than 200 severely obese teens studied had dropped about a third of their weight and improved their metabolism, heart health and self-esteem.
Should Human Stem Cells Be Used To Make Partly Human Chimeras?
The National Institutes of Health has issued a moratorium on funding work that puts human stem cells into nonhuman embryos. The concern is that hybrids might develop human brain cells, sperm or eggs.
How Do Stereotypes Of Mental Health Affect Us?
Twenty-three-year-old Alix Generous describes her years-long journey through misdiagnosis in the mental health system and how it affected her sense of confidence and self-worth.
What Can Fruit Flies Tell Us About Human Emotions?
Neurobiologist David Anderson explains why psychiatric drugs don't always work, and how researchers are working to find targeted forms of treatment — including his own experiments with fruit flies.