Does the second dose of the HPV vaccine add anything? A trial of 20,330 girls in Costa Rica put that question directly, and the answer was no. One dose protected adolescent girls against the virus types behind most cervical cancers… Read More →
A screening mammogram comes back normal. When the breast tissue is dense, that clear result carries less reassurance than it sounds like it should. Among more than 9,000 UK women in exactly that position, a mammogram enhanced with contrast dye… Read More →
Fourteen hot flashes a day is about one every waking hour. That was roughly the starting point for 796 menopausal women in two randomized trials, and a once-daily pill containing no hormones cut moderate to severe episodes by about three… Read More →
Extra minutes did not buy men what fewer minutes bought women. Men's risk of death from any cause kept falling until about 300 minutes a week of moderate-to-vigorous activity, where it bottomed out at roughly 18% below inactive men. Women… Read More →
Two radiologists read every screening mammogram in Sweden’s national program, each one working independently. A trial of 105,934 women handed part of that job to artificial intelligence, and detection went up rather than down: 80.5% of breast cancers caught, against… Read More →
Resistance training showed no link to lower stroke risk in women. The signal sat in the heart instead: about 20% lower risk of a major cardiovascular event among women doing at least two hours a week, and about 44% lower… Read More →
Each additional alcoholic drink per day tracked with roughly a 10% higher rate of breast cancer, across nearly 40,000 women followed for a median of 25 years. The rise was gradual rather than a cliff at heavy drinking: risk climbed… Read More →
