OBGYN and Reproduction Week

Endometrial Cancer - Hysteroscopic imaging may enhance cancer detection in women with atypical hyperplasia

Obstetrics - Early pregnancy failure may be effectively treated with gestational sac aspiration

Obstetrics - Effect of nicotine on cell column development may impair placental attachment to uterine wall

Obstetrics - Myomectomy may be better fertility-sparing choice for women with uterine fibroids

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Oral contraceptives/surgical therapy prove cost-effective for dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Alcohol Use - Study refutes theory that alcohol use is lower in European countries than in U.S.

Assisted Reproduction - Health and development of children born after assisted reproduction were focus of review

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer organ dose estimates lowered when based on actual patient population features

Business & Finance - CytoCore, Inc. announces second quarter results

Business Update - ThermoGenesis signs product development and supply assurance agreement with Cord Blood Registry

Cancer Diagnostics - Cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia diagnosed by Ki-67 immunostaining

Cancer Gene Therapy - Pharmacokinetics of oncolytic measles virotherapy clarified

Cancer Therapy - Celldex Therapeutics presents new EGFRvIII expression and clinical data at summit

Cancer Therapy - Selectivity for ovarian cancer cells enhanced by targeted oncolytic adenoviruses

Colorectal Cancer - Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer predicted by gynecological tumors in Lebanese

Contraception - American Public Health Association advocates wider access to OTC sales of Plan B

Contraception - U.S. FDA grants OTC status to Barr's Plan B emergency contraceptive

DNA Research - Genes are induced by mechanical forces in fetal lung epithelial cells

DNA Research - Regulated transcriptional network identified in embryo fibroblast cells

Dental Care & Obstetrics - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan promoting oral health among pregnant mothers

Depression - Social support/social networks are important to reduce incidence of postpartum depression

Dermatology - Treatment for hyperandrogenism in women should address underlying etiology of androgen excess

Developmental Biology - Early embryonic vessel growth relies on hypoxia-inducible factor to coordinate hematopoietic factors

Diabetes Control - Glucose-monitoring by continuous subcutaneous microdialysis is reliable in neonatal diabetes

Diabetes Epidemiology - ABCC8 gene mutations can induce neonatal diabetes

Diabetes Therapy - Diabetic therapy is related to impaired physical growth and delayed sexual maturation

Diagnostics - Diamics submits 510k to U.S. FDA for unique cervical collection device

Dysplasia - Dysplasia of the uterine cervix risk factors defined

Embryogenesis - Aberrations of early trophoblast differentiation predispose to pregnancy failure

Endocrinology - Sex-steroid effects on the pituitary-thyroid axis in transsexuals is studied

Endocrinology - Trans fatty acid-rich fat during pregnancy inhibits the hypophagic effect of insulin in offspring

Endometrial Cancer - 5-cm ancillary trocars minimize invasiveness for laparoscopic treatment of endometrial cancer

Endometriosis - Endometriosis staunches ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma proliferation in mice models

Enzymology - Methionine aminopeptidase 2 deletion causes embryonic defects and angiogenic disruption

Finance - FibroGen awarded grant from NHLBI to develop HIF-PH inhibitors to treat sickle cell disease

Genital Herpes - Single-day famciclovir effective for the treatment of recurrent genital herpes

Germ Cell Cancer - Testicular nonseminomatous germ cell cancer survival extended with surgery

HIV/AIDS Anemia - Maternal and neonatal vitamin A supplementation does not affect hemoglobin or anemia

HIV/AIDS Assisted Reproduction - PCR detects low HIV-1 RNA in semen preparations used for assisted reproduction

HIV/AIDS HAART - Placental transfer of lopinavir/ritonavir determined

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Novel strategies for preventing perinatal HIV transmission are focus of review

Healthcare Access - Malpractice concerns may deter Florida medical students from entering obstetrics and gynecology

Human Papillomavirus - Seventy percent of adults support use of HPV vaccine, despite ignorance of HPV

Insulin Resistance - Insulin resistance is linked to triglyceride levels and adipokine secretion in adipose tissue

Leukemia - Infant leukemia linked to MLL fusion genes

Malaria Therapy - Monthly sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine was effective against malaria in HIV-positive pregnant women