Pregnancy high blood pressure linked to dementia decades later

(Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who develop preeclampsia, a condition involving dangerously high blood pressure, have more than three times higher risk of dementia later in life than women who don't have this pregnancy complication, researchers say.

FDA panel votes against Alkermes' depression treatment

An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted against approving Alkermes Plc's experimental depression treatment.

Race may impact help-seeking by women facing barriers to breast cancer care

(Reuters Health) - African American women with abnormal mammograms may be less likely than those from other ethnic and racial groups to recognize the barriers to follow-up care that can delay a breast cancer diagnosis or to seek help overcoming them, a U.S. study suggests.