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Women's Health Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 16th, 2005
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Women's Health Weekly | Other Publications

Breast Cancer - Physical activity associated with women's improved survival

Cardiovascular Disease - Enlarged waist and high triglyceride levels predict CVD risk in older women

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Women taking HRT have higher risk of false-negative mammogram results

Menstrual Cycle - Asthma and hay fever linked to irregular periods

Acupuncture - Electroacupuncture analyzed, stimulation of hypothalamic aromatization shown

Addiction Medicine - Vaccine to treat nicotine addiction earns proof of efficacy in phase 2 trial

Alcohol Use - Health behaviors help physicians identify women more likely to have been abused

Anemia - Researchers offer inclusion factors to define anemia related to heart failure

Assisted Reproduction - "Side-stream" smoking is as damaging to IVF success as being a smoker

Autism - Birth factors associated with risk for autism

Breast Cancer - New data illuminates research in breast cancer

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - Positive results from study of drug in benign prostatic hyperplasia reported

Breast Cancer - Antibody drug's ability to select breast cancer patients for therapy reported

Breast Cancer - Apolipoprotein E polymorphism may be a risk factor for breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Avastin plus chemotherapy showed doubling of time without cancer progression

Breast Cancer - BI-RADS category 4 plus SR-negative tumor status yields poor prognosis

Breast Cancer - Company validates DNA methylation test as predictor of breast cancer recurrence

Breast Cancer - New findings in breast cancer described

Breast Cancer - Cyclooxygenase-2 expression rises in ductal carcinoma in situ

Breast Cancer - Data advance knowledge in breast cancer research

Breast Cancer - Data presented on circulating tumor cells in metastatic breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Data: Femara helped reduce risk of breast-cancer recurrence an additional 19%

Breast Cancer - Data: Tarvacin equivalent plus docetaxel inhibits breast tumor growth by 93%

Breast Cancer - Delayed versus immediate exercises following surgery for breast cancer compared

Breast Cancer - New research in the area of breast cancer detailed

Breast Cancer - Effects of cancer therapy agents altered by herbal medicine black cohosh

Breast Cancer - Efficacy of ultrasonography and color Doppler with FNA cytology examined

Breast Cancer - Fetal exposure to maternal cigarette smoke reduces later cancer incidence

Breast Cancer - Gemcitabine used as salvage chemotherapy in pretreated metastatic breast cancer

Breast Cancer - HER-2 overexpression inversely correlates with ER/PR expression in breast cancer

Breast Cancer - MRI more sensitive than mammogram in detecting disease in younger at-risk women

Breast Cancer - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Breast Cancer - MRI-compatible vacuum-assisted breast biopsy system shows promise

Breast Cancer - Multiple studies on breast cancer presented at clinical oncology meeting

Breast Cancer - Provider of analysis software signs distribution agreement for CAD system

Breast Cancer - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Role of FNAC in preoperative diagnosis of breast cancer delineated

Breast Cancer - Survival data on drug in phase 3 trial for metastatic breast cancer reported

Breast Cancer - Zometa reduces bone loss in patients receiving breast cancer treatment

Breast Cancer Screening - Interval breast cancer rates and screening accuracy assessed

Cervical Cancer - Studies advance knowledge in cervical cancer research

Breastfeeding - Advocates help communities latch onto a good idea

Breastfeeding - Nursing as good for children's blood pressure as exercise, salt restriction

Business & Finance - Medical devices company updates status of share repurchases

Business & Finance - Pharmaceutical company signs branded, generic drug agreements, reports on Q4

Business & Finance - Prochieve maker reports Q1 revenues of $4.3 million

Business Update - Breast cancer diagnostics company announces distribution agreement

Osteoporosis - Recent studies add new data to osteoporosis research

Business Update - Research firm examines microbiology test market

Cancer Research - Combretastatin A4 Prodrug trial indicates antitumor activity

Cancer Research - Interim phase I results for SB-743921 reported at ASCO meeting

Cancer Research - Toxicity testing in mice for PhG-alpha-1 complete

Cancer Screening - Shortage of radiologists and mammography technologists noted in some states

Cancer Therapy - Clinical trial results presented for trifunctional antibodies

Osteoporosis - Reports advance knowledge in osteoporosis research

Cancer Therapy - Companies announce presentation of PXD101 phase I results at ASCO

Cancer Therapy - Data: ECO-4601 also effective against breast and prostate cancer

Cancer Vaccines - DNA vaccine induces long-lived T-cell memory against tumor recurrence

Cancer Vaccines - Studies advance knowledge in cancer vaccines research

Candidiasis - Human commensal yeast Candida albicans has ancient origin

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors - Smoking, fasting glucose level associated with early ARM in Lithuanian women

Osteoporosis - Research add new data to osteoporosis body of knowledge

Cervical Cancer - Recent studies add new data to cervical cancer research

Cervical Cancer - Study says age alone shouldn't contraindicate radical surgery

Chemokine Receptors - Beta-chemokine receptors studied, functional expression in osteoblasts reported

Chemotherapy - Feasibility of individualized chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer analyzed

Childhood Obesity - Maternal obesity and no breast-feeding increase risk of childhood obesity

Osteoporosis - Researchers describe findings in osteoporosis studies

Chlamydia Trachomatis - Nucleic acid amplification tests show low C. trachomatis prevalence in Greece

Chlamydia Trachomatis - Systematic postal screening could increase sexual health inequality in U.K.

Cholangiocarcinoma - U.S. FDA approves compassionate use IND for DAVANAT/5-FU

Clinical Trials - Company reports CYC682 phase I data at 2005 ASCO

Contraception - Antiangiogenic agents disrupt ovarian function in non-human primates

Contraception - Contraception studied, novel endometrial targets identified

Contraception - Reports describe recent advances in contraception research

Contraception - Studies presented at meeting showing efficacy of vaginal ring for contraception

Cystic Fibrosis - System to measure breathing patterns of CF children to be used in trial

Diabetes Control - Report from endocrinology group shows America's diabetes health is in jeopardy

Diabetes Risk Factors - Mediterranean Lifestyle Program benefits diabetic women at risk for CVD

Diabetes Screening - HIV infected women with risk factors for diabetes need to be screened

Diagnostics - Ohio children's hospital signs agreement to purchase cycstic fibrosis gene assay

Diagnostics - Suboptimal staging a problem at nonspecializing institutions

Diagnostics - Treadmill testing has limited diagnostic value in women with suspected ischemia

Disease Associations - Depressive mood related to visceral fat in overweight premenopausal women

Drug Delivery - Encapsulated ceramide injected into bloodstream of mice kills cancer cells

Drug Toxicity - Animal-based testing for birth defects accurate only half the time

Eating Disorders - Yoga takes a bite out of eating disorders

Embryonic Development - Egg-activating factor examined, nuclear translocation clarified

Endocrinology - New findings in the area of endocrinology described

Endocrinology - Study findings suggest DHEA may function as a neuroendocrine mediator

Endocrinology - Study finds obese women can't increase insulin secretion appropriately

Endocrinology - Tamoxifen raises the risk for fatty liver disease in healthy overweight women

Endometrial Cancer - Lymph node pathway involved in spread of endometrial carcinoma

Endometrial Cancer Risk Factors - Comorbidities, genetics, and diet are risk factors

Epidemiology - Depression, suicide ideation rates higher among pregnant soldiers

Epidemiology - Family and work status associated with women's health in Finland and Sweden

Epidemiology - Trends in recent HIV diagnoses in the Spanish VACH cohort reported

Fabry Disease - Right ventricle involvement is common in Fabry Disease

Female Sexual Arousal Disorder - Efficacy data reported for topical cream treatment

Female Sexual Dysfunction - Women with FSD have decreased clitoral sensation

Fibromyalgia - Patients may benefit from cough remedy

Finance - China-based nutrition, personal care products company reports Q1 2005 results

Finance - ComfortScan maker records Q1 revenue of $62,414

Finance - Female condomn company reports second quarter financial results

Finance - Pharmaceutical company focused on cyclic mastalgia reports Q1 2005 results

Gastric Cancer - Chemotherapy regimen demonstrates survival benefits in advanced gastric cancer

Gastroenterology - One side effect of SERMs may be prevention of gallstones

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - SUTENT/SU11248 extends overall survival in Gleevec-resistant GIST

Gene Delivery - Stealth liposomes transport genes to breast cancer cells

Genetics & Genomics - Agreement signed to conduct trials of prenatal tests for genetic abnormalities

Gynecology - COX-2 inhibitors show therapeutic potential against uterine endometrial cancer

Gynecology - Distension fluid cytologically analyzed during diagnostic office hysteroscopies

Gynecology - Endometrial cancer developed following radiation therapy for cervical carcinoma

Gynecology - Significance of peritoneal cytology in endometrial cancer reviewed

Gynecology - Uterine cancer genetic fingerprints shape diagnosis and treatment

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Team reports progress assessing trial of HIV drug therapy in southern Africa

HIV/AIDS Vertical Transmission - CD4 count and HIV RNA are independent risk factors for mortality after delivery

Health Policy - Pharmacists should fill morning after pill prescriptions, survey says

Hepatitis C - Study examines two approaches for liver disease treatment

Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 - Hormonal contraceptives, BV, GBS are risk factors for HSV shedding

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Cancer risk in combined HRT users assessed in the Million Women Study

Hydatidiform Mole - Prevalence hasn't changed in Finland over several decades

Hypertension - 'White coat' effect lessened with non-drug hypertension treatment device

Hypertension - Avoidant coping and genetics play role in cardiovascular risk in women

Hysterosalpingography - Effect of hysterosalpingography on serum cancer antigen (CA-125) levels analyzed

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza vaccination safe in second or third trimester of pregnancy

Information Technology - Eric Knox appointed to patient safety advisory board by risk management company

Legal Issues - Women in Zimbabwe push for HIV status disclosure law

Leukemia - Leukemia group honors researcher involved in development of children's drug

Lung Transplantation - Female lung transplant recipients at greater risk of acute lung injury

Malaria - Studies describe new findings in malaria research

Mergers & Acquisitions - Company announces acquisition of Salmedix

Myeloid Leukemia - Phase 1 data show significant activity of drug for myeloid leukemia with ara-C

Neuroendocrinology - Estrogen modulates cognitive, cholinergic processes in menopausal monkeys

Neuroendocrinology - Hormone interactions may counteract CEE's protective effects against stroke

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Data shows Gemzar has positive impact on survival, tumor shrinkage.

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Results from oral Hycamtin trials presented at conference

Nutrition - Copper supplementation analyzed, effects defined

Nutrition - Hippocampal formation studied, effect of prenatal protein malnutrition shown

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Reproductive cycle appears to exacerbate OCD in some women

Obstetrics - Cesarean section risk higher among acculturated Latinas in the U.S.

Obstetrics - Coagulation status linked to mid-trimester loss, but not later complications

Obstetrics - Effects of pregnancy on maternal work tolerance studied

Obstetrics - Elective induction of labor associated with more intrapartum interventions

Obstetrics - Etiology of nonimmune fetal hydrops studied in southern Thailand

Obstetrics - Findings advance knowledge in obstetrics research

Obstetrics - Postdural puncture headache increases hospital length of stay and ER visits

Obstetrics - Study probes mechanism of hemostasis during normal pregnancy

Obstetrics - Vaginal inserts of dinoprostone compared with cervical gel formulation

Oncology - Histology and angiogenesis have prognostic value in node-negative breast cancer

Oncology - VEGF plays a role in breast cancer metastasis to the bone

Organ Donation - Gender imbalance in living kidney donation found in Switzerland

Osteoporosis - Findings advance knowledge in osteoporosis research

Osteoporosis - Quantitative U.S. reveals prevalent bone loss among Vietnamese adult women

Ovarian Cancer - Genomics company initiates study of predictive product

Ovarian Cancer - Lymph node sampling prognosticated early stage epithelial ovarian carcinoma

Ovarian Cancer - Studies describe new findings in ovarian cancer research

Pain Management - Physical therapies compared for relief of pain during and after pregnancy

Patient/Physician Relationship - Women don't have sex preference for ob/gyns, but half prefer male surgeons

Pediatric Obesity - Educational publisher, U.S. HHS CDC team to support VERB campaign

Pediatric Obesity - Over-feeding in infancy might set the stage for childhood obesity

Pediatrics Cardiology - Intrauterine growth restriction linked with significant aortic thickening

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - More information needed on combined oral contraceptives for PCOS treatment

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - New findings in the area of polycystic ovary syndrome detailed

Pregnancy - Homicide is leading cause of injury deaths among pregnant women in U.S.

Product Licensing - Licensing agreement to market kinetin products in U.S. retail market announced

Prostate Cancer - Data from phase II study evaluating Quadramet with docetaxel reported

Protein Regulation - Aquaporin 1 water channels plot a course for tumor fluid movement

Pulmonary Medicine - Greater cord blood VEGF in preterm infants signals less respiratory distress

Rheumatoid Arthritis - Calcaneus BMD reflects daily leg activity of Japanese women with RA

Scoring System - Value of scoring system for differentiating benign and malignant adnexal masses

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Cervical cancer vaccine produces high anti-HPV immune response in adolescents

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Study shows mature couples who have sex often have happier relationships

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Survey reveals health misconceptions among women of all ages

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Vaginal, but not clitoral, sensation diminished after hysterectomy

Sleep Disorders - The better educated a woman is, the better she sleeps at night

Sociology Research - In U.S., women's weight gain brings loss of income, job prestige, study finds

Stress Urinary Incontinence - Muscle-derived stem cell culture doesn't need to be pure for SUI treatment

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - TDE precisely evaluates left ventricular function in SLE patients

Tobacco Use - Essential metals binding in human milk studied, influence of smoking shown

Toxicology - Organochlorine, mercury exposure affects thyroid status during pregnancy

Urology - Bladder doesn't shrink with age

Urology - Pacemaker treatment relies on electrical pulses to the bladder

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