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Bone marrow may be the missing piece of the fertility puzzle

By Kendall Teare A woman’s bone marrow may determine her ability to start and sustain a pregnancy, report Yale researchers in PLOS Biology. The study shows that when an egg is fertilized, stem cells leave the bone marrow and travel via the bloodstream to the uterus, where they help transform the uterine lining for implantation.… Read More: Bone marrow may be the missing piece of the fertility… »

For both health care and health care journalism, there’s something missing in the middle

December 19, 2018 Posted By Categories Joy Victory has been deputy managing editor of HealthNewsReview.org since 2016. She tweets as @thejoyvictory. In 2015, a few months before I started working at HealthNewsReview.org, Cosmopolitan magazine published my article, “Why are so many American women dying in childbirth?” Tired of women getting blamed for the problem, I… Read More: For both health care and health care journalism, there’s something… »

Vitamin D Could Be the Missing Link for Your PCOS, Says Study

Anxiety, unwanted facial hair growth, easy weight gain, and missing or irregular periods – these are all potential symptoms of PCOS. PCOS or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome became the part of the medical dictionary only a few decades ago. Since then, the rate of women diagnosed with PCOS has exploded. According to the recent studies, PCOS… Read More: Vitamin D Could Be the Missing Link for Your PCOS,… »