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Endometriosis recurrence rate double in teens. (Seen in 35% vs. 19% or Older Women).
MIAMI BEACH -- Teenagers and young women under the age of 22 have almost double the rate of symptom recurrence after surgical removal of endometriosis, compared with older women, Dr. Claire Templeman reported.
In a chart review of 441 patients of all ages with laparoscopically and pathologically confirmed endometriosis, the overall incidence of symptom recurrence was 20%. But among the 34 women in the study who were under age 22 at the time of laparoscopic diagnosis, symptom recurrence was reported in 35%, compared with 19% in older women, she said at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
"The time from their surgery to the recurrence of their symptoms was the same in all patients at 1.15 years, but being an adolescent had a higher relative risk of 2.1 for symptom recurrence, ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 12, 2006 700+ words
CHICAGO, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Paliperidone extended-release (ER) tablets, an investigational, once-daily oral medication, maintained long-term symptom stability in patients with schizophrenia. Data from a multinational, multicenter phase III study were presented today at the Biennial Congress of
- Investigational Drug Paliperidone ER significantly delayed symptom recurrence...
- News wire article from: Chemical Business Newsbase July 12, 2006 700+ words
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- Conference on older women leads to new AoA initiative. (Administration on Aging)
- Magazine article from: Aging September 22, 1994 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Journal of Sociology Feldman, Susan November 1, 2000 700+ words
REVISIONING AGING: EMPOWERMENT OF OLDER WOMEN Jenny Onyx, Rosemary Leonard and Rosslyn...is only by positioning themselves as older women, feminist academics and researchers...theorising first-hand experience as older women. Sadly in our community, a contradiction...
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- Newspaper article from: Generations Hudson, Robert B. Gonyea, Judith G. June 22, 1990 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: National Women's Health Report December 1, 2006 700+ words
"Addiction among older women is hidden in their own shame, swept...signs of alcohol or drug abuse in older women were described to them. Instead...University of Maryland in Baltimore. In older women, the most commonly abused or misused...
- Don't forget older women's rights--HelpAge: in this fast-changing world, older...
- Magazine article from: Women in Action December 1, 2003 700+ words
According to HI, older women outnumber older men. In patriarchal societies, older women are more vulnerable since they are doubly...now age. HI's documented experiences of older women world-wide show this is particularly prevalent...
Source: HighBeam Research, Endometriosis recurrence rate double in teens. (Seen in 35% vs. 19%...