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<title><![CDATA[Yoga soothes worst symptoms of menopause]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yoga can reduce hot flashes and night sweats among women going through menopause, and also appears to sharpen their mental function, researchers from India report.
To investigate whether yoga would help women with physical and cognitive symptoms of menopause, they randomly assigned 120 menopausal women, 40 to 55 years old, to yoga practice or simple stretching and strengthening exercises five days a week for eight weeks.
The postures, breathing and meditation included in the yoga intervention we...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-25 00:15:29</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Pill makes women pick bad mates]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/womens_health_20080814_1492.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Birth control pills could screw up a woman&#039;s ability to sniff out a compatible mate, a new study finds.
While several factors can send a woman swooning, including big brains and brawn, body odor can be critical in the final decision, the researchers say. That&#039;s because beneath a woman&#039;s flowery fragrance or a guy&#039;s musk the body sends out aromatic molecules that indicate genetic compatibility.
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are involved in immune response and other functions, and t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-14 23:27:47</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Celebrity mamas fuel post-baby body blues ]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/womens_health_20080812_1491.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[
Elaine Schoch once loved nothing more than spending her Sunday mornings flipping through the “mind-numbing” celebrity-filled pages of Us Weekly. 
Then something happened: her daughter Samantha, born Feb. 4, 2008. 
“I decided to subscribe right before I had my baby so I could still read the gossip every weekend,” says Schoch, a 31-year-old public relations maven from Denver. “But then I just got depressed. They’d have all these beautiful pictures of Christina Aguilera and Nicole Richie and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-12 14:40:27</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Urban teens misunderstand ‘morning-after pill’]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/womens_health_20080812_1490.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Urban-living minority girls appear to lack general knowledge about emergency contraceptive pills — more commonly known as the &quot;morning-after&quot; pill, new research hints.
Morning-after pills, which are taken after intercourse, consist of hormones that prevent a pregnancy from occurring. Since they can be taken immediately after intercourse (instead of waiting until the &quot;morning after&quot;), some doctors prefer the term &quot;emergency contraception.&quot;
The emergency contraceptive pill is a safe and effective...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-12 14:37:02</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Menopause raises risk of metabolic syndrome]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As women begin to enter menopause, their risk of developing a collection of heart disease risk factors appears to climb, a study has found.
Researchers found that among 949 U.S. women followed for nearly a decade, the risk of developing metabolic syndrome increased during perimenopause — the years during which a woman’s body begins to transition into menopause, usually starting somewhere in her 40s.
Metabolic syndrome refers to this cluster of risk factors for heart disease, stroke and diabete...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-01 21:38:41</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Does Bush proposal threaten access to the pill?]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/womens_health_20080801_1455.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[




Critics worry a Bush administration proposal to deny federal funding to any hospital, clinic, health plan or other entity that does not accommodate employees who object to procedures is so broad, it may threaten access to hormonal birth control.

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<pubDate>2008-08-01 21:21:37</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ladies, give your breasts a rest, research says]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/womens_health_20080717_449.html]]></link>
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Like many women, I’ve felt guilty about my slipshod breast exams for years. Sure, I’ll give the girls a good once-over in the shower now and then, but I’ve never diligently gone through all the motions (circular and otherwise), month in and month out. 
So it was with a certain amount of relief that I read a new analysis confirming that the breast self-exam (or BSE) truly doesn’t make much of a difference after all. 
According to a review by the Cochrane Collaboration, an international or...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-17 10:34:14</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asthma risk from too many nuts in pregnancy]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/womens_health_20080717_448.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Pregnant women who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily raise the risk their children will develop asthma by 50 percent, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.
The study also showed that moderate amounts did not seem to have an effect, meaning it is too soon to say whether pregnant women should give up nuts because they contain many important nutrients and healthy fats a developing fetus needs, they said.
&quot;We were the first to find these strong effects on asthma symptoms,&quot; said Saskia W...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-17 10:32:30</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Fat Burning Bodyweight Exercises for Women]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/womens_health_20080716_127.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Bodyweight exercises for women are an effective tool to build strength and lower the body fat. It can be done anytime, anywhere and without any fancy equipment - which makes it a great time saving way to build strength and fitness. And it gets rid of any excuses for not training. Here are 5 bodyweight exercises for women - 1) Reverse Crunch - knees bent, hands placed beside your hips flat on the floor, bring your knees towards your chin while exhaling. Your hips should come off the floor and slo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-16 01:57:13</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Premature Hair Loss in Women]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/womens_health_20080716_126.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Balding or premature hair loss in women can be a distressing problem, not only because it is so obvious but because it can knock a woman&#039;s confidence right down. Premature hair loss in women is a relatively common problem but fortunately it is often treatable, as long as you know what is causing it. Causes of Premature Hair Loss in Women The most common cause of hair loss in male or female pattern baldness, which is also called androgenic alopecia. Extra testosterone, hormones and DHT are presen...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-16 01:56:38</pubDate>
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