Using the antibody Herceptin with chemotherapy, instead of after, improves treatment of women with HER2+ breast cancer, and should be the new standard of care, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who led what is regarded to be a key clinical trial the of

Postmenopausal women who take antidepressants face a small but statistically significant increased risk for stroke and death compared with those who don't take the drugs, new study findings indicate.The findings are from the federally-funded, by

The findings of a Women's Sports Foundation research team are shedding new light on the social and physical benefits that sports programs offer to girls and women.Released last month and entitled "Her Life Depends on It II," the study is a more

Policymakers need to address the influence of global deforestation and urbanization, in addition to that of greenhouse gas emissions, on climate change, asserts Brian Stone, a Georgia Institute of Technology city and regional planning professor, a

Expansion of renewable energy should appreciably improve the health status of the 700,000 U.S. workers employed in the energy sector, suggests a commentary by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers, in Milwaukee. Their review was published in an

Even though the fees and expenses associated with a mutual fund can greatly affect a shareholder's return, consumers are more likely to focus on past performance and virtually ignore cost information, researchers at Furman and Radford universities

Implantable devices called cardioverter-defibrillators don't appear to be associated with a reduced risk of death in women with advanced heart failure, says an article published in a recent issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.Heart about

Hopeful that some of the same antiretroviral (ARV) drugs used to treat HIV infection also can prevent it, researchers from a network funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health have enrolled the first participants into a new, large-scale trial

Women with incontinence, respiratory disorders, and gastrointestinal problems have increased risk for development of back pain, according to research reported recently in The Journal of Pain, the peer review publication of the American Pain pain of

Ovarian cancer is a frightening diagnosis that often comes after the cancer has spread. As a result, it's the most deadly of the gynecological cancers. But not all the news about ovarian cancer is grim. Incidence is declining. Doctors are more a