Study finds that women with PCOS are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
...ns would exhibit more hormonal and menstrual cycle irregularity than women with PCOS only. It is estimated that five to 10 percent of reproductive aged women suffer from PCOS. While there is no actual cure for PCOS, researchers are working to identify effective treatments as well as possible causes for the con...Study sheds light on the developmental origins of polycystic ovarian syndrome
...ir than normal, and one in four reported menstrual irregularity of greater than four days. Five per cent of women reported that they had an existing diagnosis of PCOS. "We examined maternal weight in late pregnancy, birth weight and placental weight in relation to the symptoms of PCOS, or an existing or putative ...New insights into cost-effectiveness of implanted heart device
...the heart. If the device senses a life-threatening irregularity of the heart rhythm, it delivers an appropriate electric impulse to bring the heart back into proper rhythm. ICDs have been proven effective in reducing sudden cardiac death in patients who had been resuscitated from a cardiac arrest, and the eight t...Markers of PCOS inherited, persist and raise risk for heart disease, diabetes
Menstrual irregularity and unhealthy metabolic traits associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are inherited and persist with age, putting women with PCOS at a high risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. That finding is reported in a new study publis...Patient adherence for successful tuberculosis treatment
...the prescribed period. This defaulting, along with irregularity in taking the medicines, creates increased risk of serious relapse, which opens the way to a rise in transmission events and the emergence of bacteria resistant to the prescribed antibiotics. Starting from the principle that tuberculosis control mu......rticularly subject to sleep deprivation because of irregularity of sleep hours and disruptions in the circadian cycle. Poor psychomotor performance has been associated with an increase in error, which can be translated into an unsafe work environment. The identification of sleep deprivation in nurses is essenti...