OBGYN and Reproduction Week

Liver Transplantation - Procedure improves sexual quality of life for women with advanced liver disease

Menopause - Effects of tibolone and estradiol on triglyceride levels compared

Menstruation - Statistical analyses assess ovulatory status in nonclinical situations

Neurology - Effect of menstrual cycle on memory quantified

Neuroscience - Study: Mothers turn fearless when peptide level drops

Obstetrics - 'Entertainment' ultrasounds stir up controversy

Obstetrics - Anemia in pregnant rats has differential effects on maternal, fetal Cu levels

Obstetrics - Assay kits now available in Europe detect down syndrome in first trimester

Obstetrics - Malpractice insurer offers shoulder dystocia procedure training

Obstetrics - Pilot study looks at earlier stage of glucose intolerance in pregnant women

Obstetrics - Rates of unnecessary cesarean deliveries and episiotomy are high in Brazil

Obstetrics - Strenuous maternal exercise has some effect on rat progeny renal function

Obstetrics - Ultrasound reveals pregnancy-induced reduction in maternal bone mass

Osteoporosis - Lumbar spine BMD associated with TNF gene polymorphisms in epidemiologic study

Osteoporosis - Oil extract of garlic suppresses ovariectomy-induced bone resorption in rats

Osteoporosis - Polymorphism significantly associated with BMD in postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis - Postmenopausal women with hyperprolactinemia may benefit from raloxifene

Ovarian Cancer - Akt phosphorylation is key event in induction of telomerase activity by E-2

Ovarian Cancer - GnRH-II stimulates p38 MAPK and apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells

Ovarian Cancer - More study needed on combination therapies and autologous stem cell transplant

Ovarian Cancer - Pathogenic role suggested for eukaryotic initiation factor oncogene

Ovarian Cancer - Phase II ovarian cancer trial commences

Ovarian Cancer - alpha-TEA is a potent and stable proapoptotic agent for ovarian tumor cells

Ovarian Tumors - Routine lymph node dissection unnecessary for low malignant potential tumors

Postpartum Depression - Income influences mothers' depressive symptoms

Preeclampsia - Hormonal control of leptin may be upregulated in preeclamptic placenta

Pregnancy - Mothers' DHA levels linked to more mature forms of attention in their infants

Proteomics - Protein discovery may help prevent premature births

Reproductive Biology - Uterine stimulation with E2 and OT modulates oxytocin receptor expression

Reproductive Medicine - Sperm cryopreserved for 21 years before cancer treatment yields live birth

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Kansas judge says doctors cannot be forced to report underage sex

Sexually Transmitted Disease - Chlamydia cases on pace for another record in North Dakota

Sexually Transmitted Disease - STDs on the rise in Britain

Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Kenya: Ignorant of STD risk, cross-generational couples do not use condoms

Societal/Cultural Issues - Women in rural India have no sexual rights, may be forced to undergo abortion

Tetanus Vaccine - Opportunities missed for tetanus vaccination in pregnant Turkish women

Toxoplasmosis - IgM response in pregnant women is too variable to predict timing of infection

Urinary Incontinence - UI highly prevalent among older women

Uterine Leiomyomas - Bupivacaine + epinephrine treats pain, blood loss in laparoscopic myomectomy

Uterine Leiomyomas - Transient uterine ischemia hypothesized to kill fibroids

Vulvovaginitis - Two-day regimen of fenticonazole nitrate studied as first-line treatment

Women's Health - Company offers exercise programs for pregnant women

Women's Health - Pennsylvania public-private partnership formed to curtail pregnant women smoking