Women's Health Law Weekly

OptiMolecular Inc., Toronto - Selective estrogen receptor modulators safer alternative to traditional HRT

Princess Margaret Hospital - Protocol compliance prevents secondary fractures in older people

Roche Laboratories Inc. - Clinical trial in Spain will test efficacy of capecitabine

Royal Free & Univ. College Medical School, London - Intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer may prevent recurrence

Royal Marsden NHS Trust - Novel systemic therapies for breast cancer reviewed

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Gene promoter hypermethylation encourages rare ovarian malignancies

Rush University - Ecstasy alters the neurochemistry of the neonatal rat

St. Hedwig Hospital - Ultrasound detects postoperative complications after vaginal tape placement

St.-Luc University Hospital - Palm-controlled laparoscope holder useful for gynecologic surgery

State University of New York, Albany - Cyclin-dependent kinase 2 activated by cyclin E in breast cancer cells

Tartu University Clinic - Antenatal factors associated with maternal infection hamper infant neurology

Turku PET Center - [¹⁸F]FETNIM and [¹⁸F]FMISO uptake correlates with tumor oxygen status

Umea University Hospital - Chlamydia in men now also linked to infertility

Univ of London St. Georges Hospital - Compulsive behaviors in eating disordered women could be linked to trauma

Univ. of California, Davis - Maternal dioxin harms neural tube development in nonhuman primates

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Pediatric thyroid cancer highest among teenage girls

Univ. of California, San Diego - Long-term data show heart disease risk factors predict erectile dysfunction

Univ. of Texas Medical Branch - Controlling PTHrP production may have a role in breast cancer therapy

Universidad Complutense - Protein restriction affects fetal and adult rat pancreas differently

University College London - Ovarian ablation as a treatment for breast cancer

University of Alabama - UAB awarded $20 million to treat HIV-positive people in Zambia

University of California San Francisco - Synthetic estrogen exposure during pregnancy affects mouse urethral development

University of Complutense Madrid - Maternal marijuana consumption alters L1 expression in the male fetal brain

University of Illinois, Chicago - Program improves physical fitness in adults with Down syndrome

University of London, Surrey - Brk protein tyrosine kinase therapeutic cancer target

University of Maryland - Rhesus monkeys exposed to cocaine in utero have neurobehavioral deficits

University of Melbourne - Bone resorption inhibitors impact the anabolic effect of parathyroid hormone

University of Nebraska - Aromatase inhibitors for postmenopausal breast cancer therapy reviewed

University of Nijmegen - Human papillomavirus detection is not yet predictive of cervical cancer

University of North Carolina - Premenopausal bone loss associates with several health conditions

University of Pittsburgh - Effective treatments for interstitial cystitis are just over the horizon

University of Southampton - Indirect factors determine unfavorable birth outcomes in Kenya

University of Sydney - Women use different strategies to cope with the pain of mammograms

University of Tokyo - Retinoid imbalance facilitates estrogen-induced genital tract impairment

University of Washington - Human herpesvirus-8 oral shedding higher without antiretroviral therapy

University of Wisconsin - Agents used for treating epileptic children may affect bone health

University of Wisconsin - Vitamin D supplements might prevent anticonvulsant-induced bone disease

VA Medical Center - Thrombospondin-1 is a negative regulator of estrogen stimulation

VA Medical Center, Birmingham - Combinations of behavioral and drug therapy help patients with incontinence

Wayne State University - Nurses can prevent the hypertension-induced complications of pregnancy

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton - Human chromosome 13 DNA sequenced and analyzed

Western General Hospital, Edinburgh - More research needed on adjuvant endocrine therapy of breast cancer

William Blair & Company - Research coverage of Kyphon Inc. initiated

Yale University - Chemotherapy agent transmits "death signal" to other cells

Yale University - Night-time eating in adults with binge eating disorder described

Yale University School of Medicine - Research: Low-dose estrogen patch viable short-term option for menopausal women