Improving IVF Success By Increasing Uterine Expression Of Developmental Genes

New research in Developmental Cell suggests that increasing expression of certain developmental genes at precise times in the uterus might improve pregnancy rates from in vitro fertilization-embryo transfers (IVF-ET), which remain low at around 30 percent. Conducted by researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the study was published online by the journal on Nov. 17…

Poor Oral Health Tied To Chronic Disease And Worse Overall Health In Ontario

Forty-five per cent of Ontarians 65 years and older did not see a dentist in the last year, increasing their risk of chronic diseases and a reduced quality of life , a new study by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital, Women’s College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES) shows…

Breast Cancer Risk Higher If Estrogen Or Testosterone Levels Higher

The risk of breast cancer is greater if levels of hormones estrogen or testosterone are higher in post-menopausal women, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital reported in Breast Cancer Research, an open-access BioMed Central journal. The researchers examined six different growth and sex hormones and discovered that higher levels raised breast cancer risk by 16% for each one…

Lack Of Drug Abuse Programs Lead To Higher Return To Women's Prisons

Female prisoners who did not participate in a drug treatment program after their release were 10 times more likely to return to prison within one year than other prisoners, a new study has found. More than one-third of those women were sent back to prison within six months, according to the national study led by Flora Matheson, a medical sociologist at St. Michael’s Hospital…

Ontario Study Of HIV Infection Among Women

Despite significant clinical advances in HIV care, an estimated 25 per cent of new HIV infections in Ontario from 2006 to 2008 were among women, according to a health study by researchers from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and St. Michael’s Hospital…

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