VIDEO: Prophylactic Mastectomy On the Rise, Antidepressants During Pregnancy Linked With Heart Defect, Young Women With Autoimmune Condition at Increased Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack
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28.09.2009 | 1:49 min
(September 28, 2009 - Insidermedicine)
From New York - According to a report published in the journal Cancer, more and more women are turning to prophylactic mastectomy--a preventive procedure for high risk breast cancer patients that removes the unaffected breast. Researchers studied data from New York's cancer registry, analyzing over 69,000 cases. They found that from 1995 to 2005 the amount of prophylactic mastectomies more than doubled.
From Denmark - Women who take antidepressants during pregnancy put their babies at a small increased risk of heart defects, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. Danish researchers studied nearly 500, 000 babies born between 1996 and 2003. They found that babies born to women who took an SSRI during the first trimester were at a .4% increased risk of having a septal heart defect.
And finally, from the Netherlands - The presence of an autoimmune condition called lupus anticoagulant (LA) in young women dramatically increases their risk of stroke and heart attack, according to a report published in the journal Lancet Neurology. Researchers studied over 1,000 women under the age of 50, analyzing their blood samples and cardiovascular risk factors. They found that women with LA had a five times increased risk of heart attack and 40 times increased risk of stroke. Results also showed that oral contraceptives and smoking added significantly to this risk.
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