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Women's Health Weekly


Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 23rd, 2006
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Women's Health Weekly | Other Publications

Breast Implants - Breast implants were not shown to increase long-term breast cancer risk

Cervical Cancer - Human papillomavirus tissue affinity may contribute to carcinogenic potential

Fibroids - Fibroids have low recurrence rates after laparoscopic uterine artery occlusion

HIV/AIDS Transmission - HIV-1 acquisition may be increased by vaginal washing practice in African women

Menopause - Soybean phytoestrogens may have very limited benefit on bone health

Andropause - QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Company initiates phase II trial of fispemifene for andropause

Angiology - Carotid artery intimal hyperplasia is improved by estrogen replacement in ovariectomized rats

Assisted Pregnancy - Fertility preservation through ovarian tissue banking may improve pregnancy chances

Assisted Reproduction - Research add new data to assisted reproduction body of knowledge

Atherosclerosis - Monocyte adhesion is inhibited by 17-beta-estradiol via down-regulation of Rac1 GTPase

Blood Pressure - Blood pressure response to 17beta-estradiol varies according to age

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer drug, derived from botanical extract, could treat aggressive breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer found associated with steroid receptor RNA activator protein expression

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer linked to expression of autocrine motility factor

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer mortality is associated with region, race, and socioeconomic status

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer patients show preference for oral hormone therapy vs. monthly injections

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer patients' responses to radiotherapy studied

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer risk may be reduced by vigorous recreational activity

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer treated by possible antimetastatic formylated hexapeptide ligand

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer treated with combination of oral vinorelbine and capecitabine

Breast Cancer - Breast carcinoma cells receive support from vascular endothelial growth factor-D

Breast Cancer - Elderly patients with metastatic breast cancer should be included in prospective trials

Breast Cancer - HER-2/neu expression used to prognosticate primary breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Hirsutenone inhibits COX-2 and MMP-9 upregulation in mammary epithelial cells

Breast Cancer - Korean breast cancer patterns reflect those of Western countries

Breast Cancer - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to investigate chemokine antagonist for breast cancer

Breast Cancer - MCF-7 breast cancer cell growth inhibited by Antrodia camphorata

Breast Cancer - Metastatic breast cancer treated by combination of pemetrexed and gemcitabine

Breast Cancer - New findings in breast cancer described

Breast Cancer - Probe for new breast biopsy device launched by SenoRx Inc.

Breast Cancer - Recent findings in breast cancer provide new insights

Breast Cancer - Research add new data to breast cancer body of knowledge

Breast Cancer - Roche pursues European market approval of Herceptin for early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Role of ductal lavage in predicting breast lesions investigated

Breast Cancer - Socioeconomic determinants of breast reconstruction analyzed

Breast Cancer Risk Factors - Breast cancer risk prediction from diet quality indices was evaluated

Breast Cancer Screening - Breast tumor size prediction methods were compared for accuracy

Breast Cancer Therapy - Breast cancer risk reduction awareness was evaluated among women from different ethnic groups

Breast Cancer Therapy - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer therapy

Breast Cancer Therapy - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer therapy

Breast Cancer Therapy - Timing of aromatase inhibitors added to breast cancer therapy affects cost-effectiveness

Breast Cancer Vaccine - Breast cancer prognostic information is aided by monocyte chemotactic protein-1

Breast Cancer Vaccine - Breast cancer tumors frequently express cancer testis genes

Breast Cancer Vaccine - IL-12 and GM-CSF microsphere therapy eradicates tumors but does not provide long-term cure

Business & Finance - Coley Pharmaceutical Group reports Q4 revenue of $5.4 million

Cancer Gene Therapy - PEG10 is a c-MYC target gene in cancer cells

Cancer Gene Therapy - RNA interference induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in breast carcinoma cells

Cancer Therapy - Advaxis' listeria cancer vaccine receives regulatory approval for phase I/II testing

Cancer Therapy - Antimetastasis data to be presented by Chemokine at meeting

Cancer Therapy - Researchers' findings advance cancer therapy research

Cancer Vaccine - Antitumor activity in human lymphocytes is triggered by vaccine

Cardiology - Findings advance knowledge in cardiology research

Cardiovascular Disease - Low glycemic-index diet and exercise helps postmenopausal women lower cardiovascular disease risk

Cardiovascular Research - Adrenaline-driven cardiovascular response may have underlying gender-specific traits

Cervical Cancer - Cervical cancer growth is inhibited by the angiogenesis modulator NOL7

Cervical Cancer - Cervical cancer screening may be enhanced by Digital Cervicography test

Cervical Cancer - Cervical cancer therapy with cisplatin appears comparable to other agents in same setting

Cervical Cancer - Drug-delivery system for cervical cancer lesions licensed to CytoCore

Cervical Cancer - Partial trachelectomy may offer viable treatment for women with cervical lesions

Cervical Cancer - Progression of cervical neoplasia linked to decreased galectin-3 expression

Cervical Cancer Screening - Reports describe recent advances in cervical cancer screening research

Cervical Cancer Screening - Studies describe new findings in cervical cancer screening research

Cervical Cancer Vaccine - Human papillomavirus-16 vaccine prevents cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Clinical Trials - Twice-yearly dosing of denosumab increased bone mineral density, phase 2 trial data show

Colorectal Cancer - Metastatic colorectal cancer may be manifested by an ovarian mass

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Protective mechanisms of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are reviewed

Contraception - Ortho Evra study shows risk of VTE and DVT similar to oral contraceptives

Coronary Artery Bypass - Recent findings illuminate research in coronary artery bypass

Coronary Artery Calcium - Estrogen may mediate the association between coronary and bone calcium

Dental Research - Periodontal status of osteoporotic women may improve with risedronate therapy

Depression - Depression may relapse in women who discontinue medication during pregnancy

Depression - Fluoxetine pharmacokinetics in elderly patients was evaluated

Diagnostics - DNA-based assay for rapid prenatal detection of common chromosome abnormalities released

Diagnostics - Findings describe new data in diagnostics research

Diet & Nutrition - Diet/disease link may be enhanced by nutritionist debriefing to assess food diary data

Diet & Nutrition - Nutrition council finds WHI study outcomes inconsistent for calcium, vitamin D supplementation

Diet & Nutrition - Racial, ethnic minority women urged by researchers to increase folic acid intake

Disease Associations - Cancer risk among patients with multiple sclerosis assessed

Disease Associations - Depression appears to negatively affect endothelial function in postmenopausal women

Disease Associations - Fall risk in disabled women may have independent association with diabetes

Drug Development - BioSante Pharmaceuticals submits Bio-E-Gel new drug application to U.S. FDA

Drug Development - European regulatory authorities recommend authorization to market Preotact

Endocrinology - Insulin control of placental gene expression shifts from mother to fetus over pregnancy term

Endometrial Cancer - Endometrial cancer therapy may be enhanced with adjuvant whole abdominal radiotherapy

Endometrial Cancer - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of endometrial cancer

Endometrial Carcinoma - Endometrial carcinoma progression is associated with HOXA10 deregulation

Endometriosis - Endometriosis declines after short synthetic endostatin peptide treatment in murine models

Epidemiology - Abnormal findings on exercise stress testing related to socioeconomic status

Facilities - Louisiana-based fertility center joins IntegraMed America's provider network

Finance - Ciphergen reports Q4 revenue of $6.6

Gynecology - Research add new data to gynecology body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine - Safe sex interventions have had a positive impact on female sex workers in Pune

HIV/AIDS Drug Abuse - Illness burden mediates relationship between pain and illicit drug use in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - Infant-only prophylaxis eliminates nevirapine resistance development in mothers and infants

HIV/AIDS Pharmacokinetics - Interpatient variability in plasma efavirenz levels determined by gender and race

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - Having an HIV+ sex partner independently associated with time to HIV seroconversion

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - Women in Cambodia at increased risk of HIV infection from husbands

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HIV/malaria therapies given concurrently during pregnancy may prove incompatible

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Nevirapine dose timing is important to insure adequate serum concentration in infants

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Sexual HIV transmission may bridge high-risk populations with general populations

Hormones - 17beta-estradiol suppresses TLR3-induced cytokine and chemokine production

Hormones - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of hormones

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - HPV-16 L1 virus-like particles are produced from Lactobacillus casei cells

Hyperprolactinemia - Prolactin suppresses GnRH but not TSH secretion in hyperprolactinemia

Hysteroscopy - Endometrial thinning prior to hysteroscopy may be achieved with oral contraceptives

Mammography - Breast cancer screening should focus on older women

Marketing - Latin American marketing effort of breast cancer detection products begun by Lifeline

Marketing - Uroplasty announces 6-year agreement with French company to distribute incontinence device

Menopause - Colon cancer risk related to body mass index may be modified in women

Menopause - Menopausal symptoms appear to be relieved by new oral estradiol therapy

Mental Health - Women's sexual satisfaction, self image increase after cosmetic surgery, study shows

Metabolic Syndrome - Metabolic syndrome is common following gestational diabetes in non-European women

Metabolic Syndrome - New metabolic syndrome definitions modestly predict coronary heart disease risk in women

Miscarriage - Stressed-out women more likely to miscarry early

Nanotechnology - Functionalized nanoparticles may be a useful drug carrier for tumor targeting

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Certain autoimmune disorders and risk of NHL have associations

Obstetrics - American Fertility Association releases U.S. HHS-funded brochures on embryo donation

Obstetrics - Americans prefer to leave child's sex to chance

Obstetrics - Collagen fibrils may form a barrier in decidualized mouse endometrium

Obstetrics - Decidual angiogenesis is driven by cytokine-stimulated fibroblasts

Obstetrics - Postpartum hemorrhage treatment with misoprostol may be viable therapy in remote areas

Obstetrics - Preeclampsia is detected by low levels of angiogenesis factor in urine

Obstetrics - Resolve: The National Infertility Association releases best practices guide on embryo donation

Oral Contraceptives - Oral contraceptive use is not associated with increased all-cause or cardiovascular mortality

Osteoporosis - Bisphosphonate antifracture therapy efficacy may be predicted by elevated bone turnover

Osteoporosis - Combination osteoporosis therapy addresses bone loss and new bone formation

Osteoporosis - Denosumab therapy shown to increase bone mineral density in women with osteoporosis

Osteoporosis - Findings advance knowledge in osteoporosis research

Osteoporosis - Hip fracture incidence appears to be reduced by antiresorptive bisphosphonates

Ovarian Cancer - Bcl-X-L is functionally non-equivalent for ovarian cancer cell regulation

Ovarian Cancer - Impact of age on outcome in advanced ovarian cancer evaluated

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer biomarkers are sought to enhance early disease detection

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer inhibited by 9-methoxy-2-methylellipticinium acetate

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer invasion and migration are stimulated by matrix enzyme and VEGF

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer patients did not benefit beyond six cycles of platinum-taxane therapy

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer prognosis predicted by glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer therapy with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin has good tolerability

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer treated by abraxane

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer treated by weekly dosing of irinotecan

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian carcinogenesis linked to estrogen receptor beta

Ovarian Cancer Screening - Cervical cancer screening via liquid-based vs. conventional cytology were compared

Ovarian Tumors - Epithelial ovarian tumors linked to expression and localization of aquaporin-5

Pain Management - Pain immediately after hysterectomy was not relieved by gabapentin

Parkinson Disease - Genetic susceptibility to Parkinson disease linked to a receptor polymorphism in women

Perinatal Depression - Perinatal and postpartum depression may be associated with familial genetic factors

Physician-Patient Relations - Self-advocacy in health care encounters may vary according to race

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Reports add new data to polycystic ovary syndrome research

Postpartum Depression - Postpartum depression risk factor identification may help target at-risk women

Preeclampsia - Hypertensive encephalopathy may arise from circulating growth factor in preeclamptic women

Pregnancy Complications - Miscarriage is not highly associated with periodontal disease in never-smokers

Pregnancy Termination - Preabortion psychological distress is reduced after abortion procedure

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Hypothyroidism treated with thyroxine is not associated with adverse perinatal outcome

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Sexual abstinence among adult woman is associated with positive health behaviors

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Vaginal chlamydia/cervical abnormalities association is not supported by study evidence

Stress Response - Isolated female rats subjected to stress heal faster than males

Substance Abuse Treatment - Women's substance abuse treatment programs may have inherent design flaws

Toxicology - Angiogenesis is modified by polychlorobiphenyl interactions with estrogen receptors

Toxoplasmosis Vaccine - Toxoplasmosis vaccine provides partial cross-protection against congenital transmission

Urinary Incontinence - Urinary incontinence treated with tension-free vaginal tape procedure offers good results

Urinary Incontinence - Urinary incontinence treatment costs and effect on quality of life were analyzed

Uterine Cancer - Biomarker that identifies uterine precancerous and cancer cells licensed by CytoCore



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