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• Gene Variant Raises Risk of Uterine Fibroids

  February 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have found a genetic marker that may indicate if ...

• Smoking May Harm the Egg, Embryo

  November 17 (HealthDay News) -- In research that might have implications for human reproduction, U.S. ...

• Method for Treating Cervical Lesions May Pose Pregnancy Risks

  June 6 (HealthDay News) -- A popular type of surgery for removing abnormal cells from ...

• Gleevec May Disrupt Ovarian Function

  March 6 (HealthDay News) -- Although it's a much more targeted treatment than standard chemotherapy, ...

• Pill Poses Little Cervical Cancer Risk

  Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Women taking oral contraceptives are at a slightly increased risk ...

• Diet, Lifestyle Changes Cut Some Infertility Risk

  Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Women who followed at least five certain lifestyle and diet ...

• Precancerous Lesions Raise Cervical Cancer Risk

  Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have had advanced precancerous lesions of the cervix ...

• Genetic Analysis Offers Insights Into AIDS Resistance

  July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Variations in three genes play a critical role in how ...

• CT Heart Scans Raise Cancer Risk

  July 18 (HealthDay News) -- CT scan coronary angiography (CTCA), a test to determine the ...

• Healthiest Diet Made Little Difference to Breast Cancer Survivors

  July 18 (HealthDay News) -- While a healthy diet remains a mainstay of cancer prevention, ...

• Breast Cancer Genes Don't Raise Tumor-Linked Death Risk

  July 12 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer who carry BRCA gene mutations have ...

• Reevaluating Hormone Replacement Therapy

  July 12 (HealthDay News) -- Five years after the results of the Women's Health Initiative ...

• Another Study Sees Heart Risks in Hormone Replacement Therapy

  July 12 (HealthDay News) -- Yet another study confirms that hormone replacement therapy should not ...

• Meats, Sweets May Boost Breast Cancer Risk

  July 11 (HealthDay News) -- A study of older Chinese women suggests that a move ...

• Preventing Group B Strep: Antibiotics During Delivery Fight Infection

  July 9 (HealthDay News) - One-in-four women carries the bacterium Group B streptococcus, the most ...

• Experts Offer Better Means of Gauging Breast Cancer Risk

  June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Current methods of gauging a woman's breast cancer risk that ...

• Private Insurance May Help in Earlier Cancer Detection

  June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Uninsured Americans or those with certain types of public health ...

• Researchers ID Genes for Some Common Diseases

  June 6 (HealthDay News) -- In the largest study to date of the genetics of ...

• Hair Relaxers Won't Boost Black Women's Breast Cancer Risk

  May 31 (HealthDay News) -- Black women who routinely use hair relaxers can relax: The ...