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OBGYN and Reproduction Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . September 15th, 2003

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Obstetrics - Laparoscopic transabdominal cervico-isthmic cerclage yields successful outcomes

Reproductive Medicine - Weight loss may help resolve reproductive disorders in obese women

Assisted Reproductive Technology - Nearly half of all ART procedures being done in just five U.S. states

Fetal Medicine - Veins isolated from the human placental chorionic plate may control blood flow

Obstetrics - The mineral water Spatone offers pregnant women an alternative source for iron

Vaccine Safety - Vaccinations during pregnancy often safe

Addiction Medicine - Mid- and late-term detoxification is safe for pregnant women and their fetuses

Asthma Therapy - Only some asthma drugs are known to be safe to use during pregnancy

Brain Development - Ascorbate may be involved in neuron, astrocyte differentiation

Breast Cancer - Aggressive breast tumors have a reduced level of delta-6-desaturase

Breast Cancer - Deep inferior epigastric perforator flap reconstruction is safe and reproducible

Breast Cancer - Elevated DNA damage is significantly associated with breast cancer risk

Breast Cancer - GnRH receptors provide targeted chemotherapy of gynecologic and breast cancers

Breast Cancer - Microarray-based cancer test uses gene expression platform

Breast Cancer - Phase I bridging study initiated for LEP-ETU

Breast Cancer - Quality-of-life scores cannot predict time to progression and survival time

Breast Cancer - Regular physical activity lowers risk of postmenopausal breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Results indicate a role of DLC-1 in breast cancer carcinogenesis

Breast Cancer - Tc-99m-MIBI scan is a prognostic factor in breast cancer

Breast Cancer - U.K. marketing rights to Modrenal obtained

Breast Milk - There are over 100 human colostral fat globule membrane proteins

Cervical Cancer - LabCorp to offer DNAwithPap test

Contraception - So many options can make it hard to choose birth-control method

Diagnostics - Three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound can assess fetal liver blood flow

Endocrinology - Hormone treatment delays myometrial connexin 43 and oxytocin receptor expression

Endocrinology - Reproductive hormones regulate neutrophil apoptosis

Fetal Development - Sex chromosome dosages play a role in murine placenta size

Fetal Medicine - Vasopressin and its receptors are important mediators of placental activity

Funding - Aetna awards grant to Society for Women's Health Research

Glycoprotein Hormone - Carbohydrate linked to follicle-stimulating hormone affects activity

Gynecology - Minimally invasive techniques may not help surgery-related ureteral injuries

Gynecology - Several concentrations of ethylene glycol are useful for follicle preservation

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Blood and cervicovaginal fluid HIV DNA loads can predict vertical transmission

Human Extravillous Trophoblasts - Nitric oxide and hepatocyte growth factor can protect cells from apoptosis

Human Papillomavirus - Alterations of the HPV-16 E5 gene increases expression, lowers cell lifespan

Immunology - Prolactin-like protein-A modulates immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface

Neuroscience - Magnetic field exposure during gestation has long-term effects on serotonin

Obstetrics - Black teen mothers have greater risk for low-birth-weight and premature babies

Obstetrics - Cadmium found in the placentas of mothers who smoke doesn't affect fetal growth

Obstetrics - Exposure to Ecstasy early in pregnancy induces brain, behavior changes in rats

Obstetrics - Interconceptional counseling alleviates anxiety after perinatal and infant loss

Ovarian Cancer - Epithelial ovarian carcinomas overexpress high mobility group A 1 proteins

Ovarian Cancer - Galactosyltransferase associated with tumor level remains high in ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer - Molecular abnormalities exist in the peritoneal fluid of ovarian cancer patients

Patents - Patent issued for isoflavones to treat estrogen-dependent disease

Pediatric Surgical Stress - Cortisol, C-reactive protein, IL-6 but not IL-10 vary postsurgery with age

Pediatrics - Lower birth-weights don't predict worse outcomes in pre-eclampsia-borne infants

Reproductive Medicine - Prenatal estrogen enhances reproductive function but not sexual behavior

T-Lymphotropic Virus I - Seroconversion to HTLV-1 is greater in female vs. male food handlers

Toxicology - Preconception health counseling could mitigate teratogenic exposures

Toxicology - Prenatal exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate compromises postnatal development

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