Chemo makes getting pregnant more risky
SF, CA, United States (AHN) – While exposure to chemotherapy may restore a female cancer patient’s overall health condition, the radioactive contact may not prove to be healthy for her reproductive system, stalling chances at pregnancy.
A recent study by the University of California, San Francisco, said that chemotherapy causes a range of damage to a woman’s ovaries.
Earlier studies largely focused on amenorrhea, or the lack of menstruation shortly after treatment, as the primary consequence to a woman’s reproductive health. This was confirmed by the women who participated in a survey, saying they were told the treatment would not have any negative consequences as long as their periods returned.
The earlier a young woman was diagnosed with cancer, the earlier she is likely to experience menopause, the study also found.
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Robot seals comfort Japan tsunami survivors
Fukushima, Japan (AHN) – Two small robotic seals are being used to comfort elderly victims of Japan’s tsunami and earthquake.
Many in Japan are still dealing with the memory of the devastating Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown at Fukushima. The March disaster killed thousands and left scores more injured and homeless.
More than half of the tsunami victims were over the age of 65, and in one nursing home south of the tsunami-ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, elderly Japanese survivors are finding comfort in a couple of furry robotic seals.
The Paro seals, nicknamed Love and Peace by residents of the Suisyoen Nursing Home, were gifts from the robotic division of the Japanese company Daiwa House. Suisyoen’s general manager said that using this kind of therapeutic robot lowered the barriers that would normally be in the way of using live animals. The seals have helped the elderly residents cope and have literally given them something to hold on to.
Animals are frequently used as therapy for elderly patients and these two robotic pet seals, with their anti-bacterial coating, provide the same companionship a pet gives. The elderly residents can hold onto them, hug them and bring them along to group activities.
Residents say the seals are as cute and soft and cuddly as a living creature, except when the batteries run out.
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