Published in Health and Medicine Week, August 14th, 2006
Study 1: Reproductive and metabolic abnormalities may continue with age in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
"Dyslipidemia is a feature of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but its pathogenesis remains controversial." Scientists at Northwestern University "performed this study of mothers of women with PCOS to test the hypothesis that dyslipidemia is a heritable trait in families of women with PCOS and to investigate the impact of age on reproductive and metabolic phenotypes."
S. Sam and colleagues detailed, "Fasting blood...
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