Women's Health Law Weekly

Metabolon, Inc. - Study seeks biomarkers of PMDD

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Bortezomib for injection showed positive activity across variety of lymphomas

MizMedi Hospital, Seoul - Laparoscopic surgical staging performed for locally advanced cervical cancer

Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Labs, Melbourne - Eggs from embryonic stem cells could benefit sterile women

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto - Damage to sperm DNA affects older men's chances of fathering children

Nacional Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Mexico City - Feasibility of sentinel lymph node biopsy in colorectal cancer examined

Nagasaki University - Studies describe new findings in breast cancer research

Nagoya City University, Aichi - Synthetic retinoid Am80 counteracts angiogenesis to stop myeloma

National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Rome - Hepatitis C viremia influences T-cell counts in HIV-coinfected patients

National Institute of Public Health of Quebec - Gene variants in premenopausal women correlate with bone mineral density

National Public Health Institute, Helsinki - Quality of life predicted in newly diagnosed melanoma and breast cancer patients

Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam - Changes in gene expression associated with response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

New York State Department of Health - Pelvic exenterations performed for gynecological malignancies

NW Connecticut Oncology & Hematology Associates - Breast cancer expert joins oncology and hematology clinical practice

Obstetrics - Planned home births in the U.S. are safe, say researchers

Orthovita, Inc. - Orthopedic biomaterial company announces CORTOSS papers published

Osaka University - Transplantation of sperm stem cells restores fertility after chemotherapy

Osel, Inc. - Bacterio-therapeutics company receives NIH grant for bacterial vaginosis

Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Victoria - Polymorphism in FANCA promoter region associated with breast and ovarian cancer

Potomac Center for Medical Education - Medical education center launches osteoporosis education initiative

Prince of Wales Hospital, New South Wales - Research in ovarian cancer provides new insights

Priority Healthcare Corporation - Companies form alliance to offer products and services in fertility marketplace

Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London - Ill-health and unhappiness among the risks for older mothers

Radiant Development - Transdermal HRT gets thumbs up from women in clinical trial

Rhode Island Hospital, Providence - Alcohol use associated with increased sexual risk taking in HIV-infected persons

Roche Pharma - Data confirms effectiveness of once-monthly oral treatment for osteoporosis

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo - Rare female genital tract tumor detected

SCOLR Pharma, Inc. - Phamra company offers updates on development of three products

Sher Inst. for Reprod Med & Mobilab, Las Vegas - Studies describe new findings in assisted reproduction research

Shiraz University - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of obstetrics

Shrimati Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, New Delhi - Early oral hydration after cesarean section speeds normal bowel function

Siebel Systems, Inc. - FEI Women's Health selects CRM solution

So. California Permanente Medical Grp, Los Angeles - Endometrial hydrothermablation effective for women with abnormal bleeding

Society for Women's Health Research - Some institutes support sex differences research, but many perform poorly

Society for Women's Health Research - Women among hardest hit by HIV/AIDS

Society of Nuclear Medicine - PET confirms brain changes in bulimia nervosa patients after CB therapy

Society of Nuclear Medicine - SNM award goes to pioneer of radiolabeled antibodies for cancer treatment

Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - New data show low testosterone more likely in men with diabetes

South Africa Medical Research Council - Reports add new data to diabetes pathogenesis research

St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein - Duckbill polyp snare is useful for treatment of endometrial polyps

St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton - DVT risk may be higher in users of combined HRT

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Oral liquid hydroxyurea promising for long-term use in babies with SCA

Stanford University - ART decreases disease progression/increases survival in HIV-infected children

Stanford University - Supplement significantly improves pregnancy rate, study reports

SW Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio - Areas of a baboon chromosome for bone mineral density hold human implications

Sydney Center for Reproductive Health Research - Estradiol-releasing vaginal ring and tablets equally effective, safe

Technion Israel Institute Technology, Haifa - Minimally invasive surgery for treatment of hyperparathyroidism described

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston - Immunologic factors predict long-term nonprogression in HIV-infected children

The Alliance for Better Bone Health - Inside the Calcium Conundrum

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation - New advances in breast cancer treatment presented at oncology meeting

Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston - New findings in breast cancer described

U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration - National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs released

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Precolposcopic procedures do not change cervical tissue gene profiles

Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Mexico City - Hydralazine demethylated and reactivated expression of tumor suppressor genes

University College London - Ultrasound screening evaluated for molar pregnancies in missed miscarriages

University Federal Rio Grande Sul, Porto Alegre - Stopping oral contraceptives lowers hypertensive women's blood pressure

University General Hospital ATTIKON, Athens - Advanced stage mucinous epithelial ovarian cancer studied

University Hospital of Vienna - Common death receptor 4 polymorphisms not predisposed to ovarian cancer

University Hospital, Mannheim - Successful airway management with Laryngeal Tube Suction II reported

University of Adelaide - Study sheds light on the developmental origins of PCOS

University of Alabama - Hippocampus denervation and ingrowth studied, apoptotic evidence revealed

University of Alabama - Researchers describe findings in obstetrics studies

University of Arizona - Patient sampling of type-specific HPV compared to clinician-directed sampling

University of Bari Policlin - Receptorial and mitochondrial apoptotic pathways traced

University of Bologna - Pramipexole shows promise for treatment

University of Bristol, Avon - Activated Akt expression in breast cancer correlated with patient outcome

University of California, Davis - Effects of androgens during menopause studied

University of California, San Francisco - MRI can help predict recurrence

University of Coimbra - CA-125 AUC prognosticated ovarian cancer

University of Cologne, Leverkusen - Etidronate and sequential monofluorophosphate may be effective in severe cases

University of Colorado - Oxidative stress may reduce large elastic artery compliance in older women

University of Genoa - Tissue-specific marker mammaglobin may detect breast cancer metastasis

University of Hamburg - Circulating breast cancer tumor cells correlated to bone marrow micrometastases

University of Klinikum Schleswig Holstein - Combination therapy of gemcitabine and carboplatin treated ovarian cancer

University of Liverpool - Prednisolone may hold promise for reducing recurrent miscarriages