Health and Beauty Articles for Women

Estrogen shown safer during early years of menopause   

CHICAGO -
Hormone replacement therapy using estrogen only does not provide overall protection against heart attacks but there may be some benefit against heart disease in younger menopausal women, a study said on Monday.

The study from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., is the second to suggest that hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, is safer in younger women just entering menopause than it is in older women well past it.
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New Dow Corning® 9701
Cosmetic Powder is highly effective in masking wrinkles, absorbing sebum, and providing a smooth, powdery feel, giving formulators new options in addressing the growing premium skin care market.

A spherical silicone elastomer powder coated with silica, Dow Corning 9701 Cosmetic Powder (INCI name: Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer (and) Silica) can be used in a wide range of color cosmetic, skin care and sun care products.
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Patient in stable condition with rare, modern case of ‘Black Death’

LOS ANGELES - A woman is in stable condition with bubonic plague, the first confirmed human case in Los Angeles County since 1984, health officials said Tuesday.

The woman, who was not identified, was admitted to a hospital April 13 with a fever, swollen lymph nodes and other symptoms. A blood test confirmed the bacterial disease, and she was given antibiotics, officials said.

Bubonic plague is not contagious, but if left untreated it can morph into pneumonic plague, which is. Bubonic plague is usually transmitted to humans from the bites of fleas infected by rodents.
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‘Today’ contributor Dr. Judith Reichman sheds some light on ovarian cysts and offers advice on how they should be treated

By Dr. Judith Reichman
“Today” show contributor

Q:  I’m 35, and I recently saw my doctor because of increased cramping. After examining me, she did an ultrasound and found I have an ovarian cyst. Does this mean I’m at risk for ovarian cancer? Do I need immediate surgery?

A: Probably not, and probably not.
Studies have shown that cysts found prior to menopause are benign more than 90 percent of the time. Eight percent of women without any symptoms whatsoever, if given a pelvic exam or ultrasound, have been found to have cysts larger than 2.5 centimeters (or, a little over an inch) in diameter.
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From moisturizers to self-tanners, concealers to compacts, the editors of In Style magazine share this year’s ‘Best Beauty Buys’

By Amy E. Goodman
Editor, In Style magazine
For most, the arrival of spring is determined by a day in March. For Washingtonians, it’s the bloom of the cherry trees. At In Style, it’s the release of our annual 163 Best Beauty Buys, a ritual that we have celebrated for 11 years running.

We’re often asked how we select the best in makeup, skin, hair and body from the thousands of available products. The process begins in the fall, when our 20-plus reporters hit the ground running, interviewing leading experts across the country from dermatologists to aestheticians, from celebrity makeup artists to hairstylists.
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The confusion for women about whether or not to take supplements is at an all-time high. ‘Today’ contributor Dr. Judith Reichman sheds some light

By Dr. Judith Reichman
For the past decade, women have been exhorted to cut down on fat consumption and to get their calcium and vitamin D, through nutrition, sunlight and supplements.

Then, last month the promise that doing this every day, would keep the doctor away, appeared to be broken, when results from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), clinical trial were published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM.) Medical contributor, Dr. Judith Reichman was invited to appear on “Today” to shed some light on how women should process this information and what the studies mean. Here’s more on the subject:
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– Diana Kohnle
(HealthDay News) — If you have persistent redness of the face and look like you’re always blushing, you may have a condition known as rosacea. It typically affects people with fair skin, and typically doesn’t occur before age 30.

The cause of rosacea, which affects some 14 million Americans, is unknown, and there is no cure. But the American Rosacea Society offers suggestions on how to reduce the red, acne-like appearance of the skin.
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For the estimated three million American women with breast implants, one thing remains certain: At some point, they will need to be replaced or removed.

Breast implants do not last forever — whether they are filled with silicone gel or saline, or whether they were done to reconstruct a breast after a mastectomy or to augment the size or shape of a breast.

Knowing just when that time has come, however, and what to do if you suspect it has, is not always simple.
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— Robert Preidt
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Researchers have found a new means of spotting tough-to-treat cervical cancers.

A team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis says cervical malignancies that take up a lot of blood sugar (glucose) are more resistant to treatment than cervical cancers with a lower glucose uptake.

“We found that the tumors with higher uptake were associated with lower survival rates and lower disease-free survival rates,” radiation oncologist Dr. Perry W. Grigsby said in a prepared statement.
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While dieting is a common practice among college women, a new study has found that 83 percent of them diet no matter how much they weigh.

Worse, skipping breakfast and smoking are often the unhealthy techniques they use to try to reach their ideal size, said Brenda M. Malinauskas, lead author of the study, which appears in the March 31 online issue of Nutrition Journal.

She and her team polled 185 women college students, aged 18 to 24, about their dieting practices and physical activity. “I was a little bit surprised about the high percentage of women dieting,” said Malinauskas, an assistant professor in the department of nutrition and hospitality management at East Carolina University, in Greenville, N.C.
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