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A new long-term study has found that women who have hot flashes at the start of menopause but not later seem to have a lower risk of heart attack or death compared to women who never experience hot flashes or whose flashes persist long after the start of menopause. Researchers also found that the few women whose hot flashes develop years after menopause began for them suffered more heart attacks and deaths when compared to women in the other groups. 

A wide range of clinical and non-clinical factors can affect whether women go on to have a vaginal delivery after having a caesarean, according to two major reviews published in the August issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Private health insurance, induction, cervical ripening agents, local guidelines and scoring systems were just some of the issues explored by the reviews of 60 studies, published over 24 years, covering more than 700,000 women and hundreds of hospitals in 13 countries.

Researchers from the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health at the University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, were keen to see if clinical and non-clinical interventions increased the uptake and/or success of vaginal births after caesarean sections (VBAC).

“Many women who have had caesarean sections opt for the same procedure with their next pregnancy” says lead author Christine Catling-Paull. Read more info…

Emerging data clarifying the risks of insufficient thyroid activity during pregnancy on the health of the mother and fetus, and on the future intellectual development of the child, have led to new clinical guidelines for diagnosing and managing thyroid disease during this critical period. The guidelines, developed by an American Thyroid Association (ATA) expert task force, are presented in Thyroid, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. () and are available free online at

Clinical studies are producing critical data demonstrating the harmful effects not only of overt hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism on pregnancy, but also of subclinical thyroid disease and maternal and fetal health.

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Results from a recent small study suggest that traditional Chinese acupuncture may help reduce the severity of hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause. In the study of 53 postmenopausal women, scientists found that women who received this type of acupuncture twice a week for 10 week had significantly less severe hot flashes and mood swings than women who were given a sham acupuncture treatment. 

Wearing noticeable metal braces is not necessarily the only way of getting a Hollywood smile.

The dentists have presented an alternative – Invisalign orthodontic method. The patient is given a set of thin clear teeth aligners which must be worn 23 hours a day and taken off only while eating and brushing teeth. In a matter of two weeks, each teeth aligner moves the teeth to a certain position, and then the patient changes it for another one.

So, step by step, millimeter after millimeter, the teeth are moving towards their right position.

It is particularly interesting that the system gives the patients an opportunity to watch with the help of a computer how the teeth will change and look like – from the very first day of wearing an Invisalign teeth aligner till the end of treatment. Wea

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