Women's Health News

December 21, 2024

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Tiny Robots, Big Impact: Revolutionizing Infertility Treatment With Magnetic Microrobots

Dec. 17, 2024 — Infertility affects an estimated 186 million people worldwide, with fallopian tube obstruction contributing to 11%-67% of female infertility cases. Researchers have developed an innovative solution ...

First Full Characterization of Kidney Microbiome Unlocks Potential to Prevent Kidney Stones

Dec. 11, 2024 — Researchers have found definitive proof of a kidney microbiome that influences renal health and kidney stone formation, demonstrating that the urinary tract is not sterile and low levels of bacteria ...

AI-Powered Blood Test First to Spot Earliest Sign of Breast Cancer

Dec. 13, 2024 — A new screening method that combines laser analysis with a type of AI is the first of its kind to identify patients in the earliest stage of breast cancer, a study ...

New Method Could Improve Cervical Cancer Screening

Dec. 13, 2024 — Analyses of self-tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) can be used to divide HPV-positive women into three risk groups, according to a new study. This method could be important for enhancing cervical cancer ...

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Researchers Reveal Mechanisms Underlying Sjögren's Disease

Dec. 18, 2024 — Researchers are closer to understanding what drives the autoimmune disorder Sj gren's disease, thanks to new discoveries about the role of calcium signaling, regulatory T cells, and interferon. Their ...

The Genetic Basis of Fertility, Family and Longevity

Dec. 13, 2024 — A new review reveals how your DNA shapes reproductive health, fertility, and even life ...

Study Reveals Short Term Safety of Active Monitoring for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ

Dec. 12, 2024 — The first study comparing surgery to active monitoring as treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) finds women who carefully monitor the ...

Artificial Intelligence Improves Mammography-Based Risk Prediction

Dec. 12, 2024 — The future of breast cancer screening and risk-reducing strategies is being shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a recent review ...

Americans Are Uninformed About and Undervaccinated for HPV

Dec. 10, 2024 — Research shows that HPV accounts for 70% of all throat cancers, but only one-third of the public is aware that HPV causes throat ...

AI-Enabled Analysis of Images Meant to Catch One Disease Can Reveal Others

Dec. 4, 2024 — With the help of an AI tool, computed tomography (CT) scans taken originally to look for tumors or bleeding or infections, also revealed calcium buildup in arteries, a sign of worsening ...

Imaging Technique Allows Rapid Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Subtypes and Their Response to Treatment

Dec. 6, 2024 — An MRI-based imaging technique predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumors to treatment, and rapidly reveals how well treatment is working, in ...

Women With Ovarian Removal Have Unique Risk and Resilience Factors for Alzheimer Disease

Dec. 5, 2024 — New research has found that women who have had both ovaries surgically removed before the age of 50 and carry a variant of the apolipoprotein gene, ...

Innovative Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Early Clinical Trial for Breast Cancer

Dec. 5, 2024 — A groundbreaking phase one clinical trial explored a novel cell-based immunotherapy for breast cancer. The study focuses on a new treatment approach ...

Analyzing Multiple Mammograms Improves Breast Cancer Risk Prediction

Dec. 5, 2024 — A new method of analyzing mammograms identified individuals at high risk of developing breast cancer more accurately than the standard, questionnaire-based method did. The new method, powered by ...

How Breast Cancer Cells Survive in Bone Marrow After Remission

Dec. 4, 2024 — A new study has shed light on a previously poorly understood aspect of breast cancer recurrence: how cancer cells survive in bone marrow despite targeted ...

Long-Term Benefit from Anti-Hormonal Treatment Is Influenced by Menopausal Status

Dec. 3, 2024 — Today, women with estrogen-sensitive breast cancer receive anti-hormonal therapy. Researchers now show that postmenopausal women with low-risk tumors have a long-term benefit for at least 20 years, ...

Scientists Identify Brain Cell Type as Master Controller of Urination

Dec. 3, 2024 — Researchers have identified a subset of brain cells in mice that act as the master regulators of ...

Different Menopausal Hormone Treatments Pose Different Risks

Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers have analysed the effects of seven different hormone treatments for menopausal symptoms on the risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attack. The study, which involved around one million ...

Cervical Cancer Deaths in Young Women Plummet After Introduction of HPV Vaccine

Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers found a reduction in cervical cancer mortality in women under the age of 25, which is likely due to the introduction of the HPV ...

Short-Term Menopausal Hormone Therapy Has No Long-Term Cognitive Impact, Study Finds

Nov. 21, 2024 — Short-term menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) did not have long-term cognitive effects when given to women in early postmenopause, according to a new ...

Healthy Women Have Cells That Resemble Breast Cancer

Nov. 20, 2024 — A new study finds that, in healthy women, some breast cells that otherwise appear normal may contain chromosome abnormalities typically associated with invasive breast cancer. The findings question ...

A New Discovery About Pain Signaling May Contribute to Better Treatment of Chronic Pain

Nov. 18, 2024 — When pain signals are passed along the nervous system, proteins called calcium channels play a key role. Researchers have now pinpointed the exact location of a specific calcium channel fine-tuning ...

Synthetic Cells Emulate Natural Cellular Communication

Nov. 12, 2024 — A research team has succeeded in synthesizing simple, environmentally sensitive cells complete with artificial organelles. For the first time, the researchers have also been able to emulate natural ...

Super Microscope Shows Nanoscale Biological Process for the First Time

Nov. 11, 2024 — A new microscope is capable of live imaging of biological processes in such detail that moving protein complexes are ...

Vitamin D During Pregnancy Boosts Children's Bone Health Even at Age Seven

Nov. 6, 2024 — Children whose mothers took extra vitamin D during pregnancy continue to have stronger bones at age seven, according to ...

Scientists Discover Key to Preventing Neurodegeneration in Parkinson's and Related Disorders

Nov. 1, 2024 — A team of researchers has uncovered a groundbreaking mechanism in the formation of harmful protein aggregates that lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's Disease. The team, led ...

Breast Cancer: The Diversity of Metastases

Oct. 31, 2024 — A comprehensive analysis of breast cancer metastases compares various methods and affords new insights into the biology of ...

Complexity of Tumors Revealed in 3D

Oct. 30, 2024 — A new analysis has revealed detailed 3D maps of the internal structures of multiple tumor types. These cancer atlases reveal how different tumor cells -- and the cells of a tumor's surrounding ...

Clinical Study Confirms Tissue Stiffening in Breast Cancer Can Drive Metastasis

Oct. 22, 2024 — Researchers evaluated tissues for fibrosis using MeCo Score, a diagnostic tool that can potentially predict the likelihood of relapse or recurrence among patients with early-stage breast ...

Study Highlights Complexity of Menopausal Hormone Therapy's Impact on Brain Health

Oct. 22, 2024 — A study suggests that menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) might have moderate effects on brain health, but this depends on past surgical history, the duration of treatment, and a woman's age at ...

Why Breast Cancer Spreads to Bone

Oct. 18, 2024 — Researchers have developed an in vitro cancer model to investigate why breast cancer spreads to bone. Their findings hold promise for advancing the development of preclinical tools to predict breast ...

Protein Blocking Bone Development Could Hold Clues for Future Osteoporosis Treatment

Oct. 11, 2024 — Scientists have identified a protein that blocks the activity of bone-forming cells (osteoblasts) by stopping them from maturing during the journey to sites of bone formation, a new study has ...

Keeping It Together: How Calcium Signals Help Cells Bury Their Dead Neighbors

Oct. 9, 2024 — Dying cells are typically expelled from epithelial sheets to prevent foreign substances and microorganisms from entering, but the mechanism underlying this process is unclear. A recent study has ...

New Therapeutic Strategy Identified for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Oct. 9, 2024 — Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains the most aggressive and deadly type of breast cancer, but new findings from cancer researchers are pointing the way toward therapeutic strategies that ...