Women's Health Law Weekly

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Angiogenic balance may be essential for evading preeclampsia

Breast Cancer - Less than half of New York female Medicare beneficiaries have mammograms, analysis shows

Kuopio University Hospital - Findings advance knowledge in imaging research

Metabolic Pharmaceuticals Limited - Pharma company initiates recruitment process for clinical trial of obesity drug

Roche - "Mirror, Mirror" program empowers women cancer survivors

Spedali Civil Brescia - Acromegaly predicts fracture risk in post-menopausal women

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New Orleans - AN-238 inhibits growth of experimental, drug resistant endometrial carcinomas

Australia Communicable Diseases Control Directorate, Perth - Indigenous Western Australians have greater HIV transmission risk than nonindigenous people

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Duramed to acquire FEI Women's Health and its ParaGard IUD product

Boston University - Declining estrogen levels can cause dermatologic changes in post-menopausal women

Brigham and Women's Hospital - Cholesterol levels, lipid-lowering drugs are not associated with the risk of breast cancer

British Columbia Cancer Agency - Lymphoma patients with advanced disease and poor prognosis require intensified treatment

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh - Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A modulates stem cell matrix mineralization and angiogenesis

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Chromosomal abnormalities found in pregnancies conceived with technologies

Chosun University, Kwangju - Tanshinones from Chinese sage root suppress osteoclast differentiation

CHU Hopital-Nord, Saint Etienne - Promega 2.0 and Bird-Set rapid tests useful for detecting Y microdeletions

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. - Researchers' work adds to breast cancer body of knowledge

Cookridge Hospital, Leeds - Magna-Site tissue expander has dosimetric effect on post-mastectomy radiotherapy

Cooper Institute Centers for Integrated Health Research, Dallas - Planned walking helps sedentary women meet physical activity recommendations

Dalhousie University, Halifax - Limiting postoperative radiotherapy to vaginal vault lessened morbidity

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Cincinnati - Study shows black women may be more susceptible to toxic shock syndrome

E. Herriot Hospital, Lyon - Multiple fracture risk factors identified in postmenopausal women with osteopenia

East Carolina University - Routine screening recommended for factors associated with depression

East Carolina University - Women need to self-monitor for early ovarian cancer symptoms

Emory University, Atlanta - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Eppendorf Array Technologies - Low-density microarrays suitable for characterization of tumor cell lines

European Institute of Oncology, Milan - Scientists contend reducing chemotherapy due to obesity should be avoided

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare - Tool to assess therapy for pediatric anorexia and cachexia evaluated

ExonHit Therapeutics SA - Companies extend collaboration on blood diagnostics for early cancer detection

Fayetteville State University - Nurses must develop culturally sensitive methods to aid coping with cancer diagnosis

Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Pharmaceutical company presents results of in vitro fertilization trial

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia - Enhanced counseling positively affects decision making after BRCA1/2 testing

Fraunhofer-Institut, Hannover - Germ cell-transmitted alteration may be initiated by preconceptual maternal X-ray exposure

Genentech, Inc. - Data shows Herceptin plus chemotherapy reduces risk of breast cancer recurrence

George Washington University - Scintimammography depicts small lesions in women at increased risk for breast cancer

German Institute of Human Nutrition, Nuthetal - Researchers describe findings in breast cancer studies

Group Hospital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris - Percutaneous vertebroplasty for metastatic involvement of axis deemed feasible

Hacettepe University, Ankara - Transvaginal magnetic resonance imaging used in staging of cervical carcinoma

Harvard University - Research suggests headaches caused by oral contraceptives improve with continued use

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. - Interferon-based therapy Alferon treats human papilloma virus

Hong Kong Osteoporosis Center for Treatment & Research - Male SARS patients have reduced bone mineral density due to prolonged steroid therapy

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre - Preterm neonatal endothelin-1 levels correlate with severity of respiratory distress syndrome

Hospital Nord, Marseille - Studies advance knowledge in breast cancer research

Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron, Barcelona - Sentinel lymph node biopsy is useful predictive technique in cervical cancer

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. - Mammography system maker reports record increase in sales

Immtech International, Inc. - Malaria drug positioned for treatment in pregnant, lactating women

IMSS, Chihuahua - Micronucleus frequency is higher in lymphocytes from neonates of high-risk pregnancies

Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Vaginal microbicide phase III trial underway, 10,000 women to be enrolled

INSERM U602, Villejuif - Mesenchymal stem cells are present in the adult lung

Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec - Treatment outcomes improve when initial care received at larger hospitals

Institute for Cancer Research, London - BRCA1 and BRCA2 marked as ovarian cancer susceptibility genes

Institute for Community Health, Cambridge - Transtheoretical model promotes integrated pregnancy and STD prevention in family planning setting

Institute of Gynecologic Oncology, Bonn - Low-dose GM-CSF used as salvage therapy in breast and genital tract carcinoma

Integrated BioPharma, Inc. - Transient gene expression-focused firm donates $35,000 to breast cancer research

Karolinska University Hospital - HPV DNA persistence proves effective in detecting cervical neoplasia

Kosan Biosciences - Prostate cancer trial ended, metastatic breast cancer trial continues, company reports

Kyphon Inc. - Survey shows majority of women unaware of their risk for spinal fractures

Linkoping University - New findings in atherosclerosis described

Lund University - In vitro fertilization not associated with cancer risk in Sweden

Maastricht University - Vegetable or fruit consumption not shown to be associated with ovarian cancer risk

Mayo Clinic - Researchers report the psychological and social impacts of contralateral prophylactic mastectomies

Mayo Clinic & Mayo Foundation - Studies add new findings to breast cancer body of knowledge

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - HIV reactivation by phorbol esters or T-cell receptor ligation requires PKCalpha and PKCtheta

Medical University of Graz - Recognition and treatment of early vulvar lichen sclerosus aid remission

Monash University, Clayton - Baboon shown to be good model for studies of human kidney development

National Cancer Institute - Decline in breast cancer deaths explained by use of screening, adjuvant therapies

New York University School of Medicine - HIV reverse transcriptase activity correlates with viral load

North Texas Uterine Fibroid Institute - Texas center treating uterine fibroids with U.S.FDA-approved thermal ablation system

Oregon Health Science University - Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among Asian Americans analyzed

Oregon Health Science University - Recruitment strategies for Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study discussed