Women's health - Salem for All Ages Releases Year 5 Progress Report
As a community that committed to becoming more age-friendly early on, and with a broad, cross-sector coalition, the Salem for All Ages initiative has commonly been highlighted...
View ArticleWomen's health - Age-Friendly Funding Alert: BCBS Special Initiatives Grant
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation will provide a limited number of non-renewable one-year grants of up to $50,000 through its Special Initiatives grant...
View ArticleWomen's health - ‘Very low' evidence supports CO2 laser for genitourinary...
Among postmenopausal women, CO2-laser therapy was a “safe energy-based therapeutic option” for management of the genitourinary syndrome of menopause; however, the quality of...
View ArticleWomen's health - Insomnia Drug Might Also Ease Menopause Night Sweats
A small study suggests a drug used for sleep disorders might offer women relief from night sweats.
View ArticleWomen's health - Obesity a risk factor for COPD, asthma for women regardless...
Abdominal obesity is a risk factor for COPD and asthma among premenopausal and postmenopausal women in South Korea, according to study findings published in Menopause. “Women...
View ArticleWomen's health - These Simple Steps Can Help Seniors Manage Their Health Care
Title: These Simple Steps Can Help Seniors Manage Their Health Care Category: Health News Created: 2/19/2022 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/22/2022 12:00:00 AM
View ArticleWomen's health - Age-Friendly Funding Alerts: Last Call for Shared Streets &...
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages communities working to become more age and dementia friendly and our network of stakeholders to check out the following...
View ArticleWomen's health - LTSS Center at UMass-Boston Report Focuses on Impact of...
A new research report from the LTSS Center UMass-Boston outlines how community stakeholders can help older adults better prepare for and recover from climate change-related...
View ArticleWomen's health - The silent killer: Why medical research is fired up about...
From long COVID to Alzheimer's, all manner of health woes are increasingly thought to have inflammation in common. Now, great medical minds are on the case.
View ArticleWomen's health - Report Reveals Treatment Gap, Disparities in Osteoporosis Care
About 71% of European women who require osteoporosis care do not receive it, according to recent data. An expert calls for Europe-wide and national strategies to provide...
View ArticleWomen's health - Keeping fit can cut your risk of dementia by up to a THIRD,...
Staying fit into middle age can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by up to a third, a study suggests. Even small gains in heart and lung health can be hugely...
View ArticleWomen's health - Intergenerational abuse, childhood violence may cause...
Women who experienced physical abuse in childhood or the sexual abuse of their own child reached menopause earlier than women who did not, especially if they experienced both...
View ArticleWomen's health - Ancient Erotic Pottery Teaches Peruvians to Prevent Prostate...
A Peruvian cancer prevention group has begun using erotic ceramics sculpted over a thousand years ago to teach men how to self test for early signs of prostate and testicular...
View ArticleWomen's health - Women who enter the menopause before the age of 40 are more...
Women who enter the menopause before they turn 40 could be up to a third more likely to develop dementia according to Chinese experts who examined data from 150,000 UK women.
View ArticleWomen's health - Early menopause puts women at greater risk of dementia later...
Women who enter menopause very early, before age 40, were found to be more likely to develop dementia of any type later in life compared to women who begin menopause at the...
View ArticleWomen's health - The Growing Role of Natural Antioxidants in Holistic Medicine
It seems as though the more we learn about disease, the more it comes back to inflammation. Chronic inflammation is a common comorbidity amongst the leading causes of death in...
View ArticleWomen's health - Can Early Menopause Increase Dementia Risk?
Women who enter menopause at an early age are at a greater risk of developing dementia.
View ArticleWomen's health - BRCA mutations linked to increased risk for pancreatic, male...
Pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 appeared associated with increased risks for prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, male breast cancer and possibly stomach cancer...
View ArticleWomen's health - Early menopause may raise risk of dementia later in life
Compared with women who enter menopause around age 50, women who experience very early menopause were found to be 35% more likely to develop some type of dementia later in...
View ArticleWomen's health - Study suggests link between sleep apnea and joint pain in...
The menopause transition is associated with several health issues. The incidence of both sleep apnea and joint pain, for example, are higher in postmenopausal women.
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