Ontario Study Of HIV Infection Among Women
June 2, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
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…
SWHR Sponsors Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Yale University, And Brigham And Women's Hospital Study On Exercise And Breast Cancer
April 12, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) is partnering with Susan G. Komen for the Cure® to sponsor research to study the link between exercise and breast cancer. “I’m pleased to announce SWHR’s $1,000,000 award from Susan G. Komen for the Cure® that will fund Dr. Jennifer Ligibel of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dr. Melinda Irwin of Yale University, and Dr…
SWHR Sponsors Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Yale University, And Brigham And Women's Hospital Study On Exercise And Breast Cancer
April 6, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) is partnering with Susan G. Komen for the Cure® to sponsor research to study the link between exercise and breast cancer. “I’m pleased to announce SWHR’s $1,000,000 award from Susan G. Komen for the Cure® that will fund Dr. Jennifer Ligibel of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dr. Melinda Irwin of Yale University, and Dr…
Sexually Active Teens Need Confidential Health Care According To Researchers
March 28, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
After reviewing existing research regarding the common practices of health care providers who see adolescent patients across the country, Rebecca Allen, MD, MPH, a clinician and researcher at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, and her colleague, Michelle Forcier, MD, MPH, an adolescent medicine specialist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, asserted that the nation needs to o…
Quality Of Life Significantly Increases After Uterine Fibroid Treatment
March 5, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Women who received one of three treatments for uterine fibroids at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston said their symptoms diminished and their quality of life significantly increased, according to a new study published in the May issue of Radiology. Uterine fibroids are benign pelvic tumors that occur in as many as one in five women during their childbearing years…
