Women's Health Law Weekly

Monash University - Hormone therapy was not shown to decrease women's risk of cardiovascular disease

Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto - Effect of obesity on insulin resistance during pregnancy may be modified by ethnicity

National Research Center for Women & Families - Breast cancer survivors making surgery decisions with limited information

Ohio State University - Cisplatin plus aspirin derivative reduces ovarian cancer cell chemoresistance

Osteoporosis - Older women at highest risk for hip fractures, least likely to get bone density screening

Pasteur Institute of Iran - Cord blood-derived MSCs can be chemically transformed into cardiomyocytes

Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London - Fertility-sparing surgery could be option for women with gynecological malignancies

Rouen University Hospital - Sentinel lymph node detection is enhanced by scintigraphy performed 1 hour postinjection

Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels - HPV DNA testing is effective to triage women with minor cervical lesions

Second University of Naples - Breast cancer risk elevated in first-degree relatives of Crohn disease patients

St. Marys Hospital, Manchester - Placental angiogenesis is dysfunctional in intrauterine growth-restricted pregnancies

Stanford University Medical Center - Low-fat diet benefits for women less than expected, Stanford researcher says

SUNY, Buffalo - Interventions may help childhood sexual abuse survivors avert adult sexual risk behavior

Technion Israel Institute of Technology - Studies add new findings to cancer therapy body of knowledge

Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology - A new I kappa B kinase beta inhibitor prevents human breast cancer progression

Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston - HIV-infected children have lower bone mass for their age and gender

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Cervical mucosal antibodies protect against human papillomavirus 16

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Introducing diaphragms increases overall protected sexual activity

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Pneumococcal vaccine in children decreases pneumococcal disease in HIV+ adults

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - STD male-to-female ratio provides clues to behavior changes in men who have sex with men

Umea University - Women with non hereditary breast cancer more likely to develop breast cancer again

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Studies add new findings to breast cancer body of knowledge

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - Pap test results predict HPV status in young women

University Clinic of Erlangen - Hereditary breast and ovarian cancers reviewed

University College London - Reports advance knowledge in breast cancer research

University General Hospital, Crete - Recent studies add new data to osteoporosis research

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Studies advance knowledge in breast cancer research

University of Athens - Pregnancy hormones and maternal diet may reduce breast cancer risk in offspring

University of California, Irvine - Researchers' data advance ovarian cancer research

University of California, Los Angeles - Reports add new data to cancer therapy research

University of Chicago - Fuzzy c-means clustering-based method used to segment breast lesions from MRI

University of Gottingen - Novel breakable stent shows promise for infant and neonatal interventions

University of Heidelberg - Human papillomavirus-induced dysplasia may be derived from preexisting monoclonal cell

University of Helsinki - Breaking the cycle of related factors may offer treatment plan for metabolic syndrome

University of Kansas Medical Center - ACIS assessment of HER-2/neu expression fast, accurate, and cost-effective

University of London Kings College - Methadone maintenance in HIV-infected drug users associated with better HAART compliance

University of Naples SUN - A functional serotonin transporter gene polymorphism is associated with binge eating disorder

University of Nottingham - Antitumor benzothiazoles showed inhibitory activity against cancer cell lines

University of Pennsylvania Medical Center - Researchers' work adds to gynecology body of knowledge

University of Pisa - Idarubicin displayed cytotoxic effect on breast cancer multicellular spheroids

University of Rochester Medical Center - Study claims encoding problems, stress cause menopausal women's memory lapses

University of Salerno, Fisciano - Anandamide inhibited adhesion and migration of breast cancer cells

University of Sao Paulo - Estrogen therapy was not shown to improve cardiopulmonary function in postmenopausal women

University of Stirling - Lower maternal tendencies may be related to higher levels of salivary testosterone

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - Program helps to reach women in remote areas at risk for cervical cancer

University of Texas, Austin - Confocal microscopy could aid detection of cervical precancerous lesions

University of Toronto - Combination sorafenib and gemcitabine stabilizes disease in advanced solid tumors

University of Turin - Higher serum hemoglobin levels may predict enhanced response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

University of Utah - LY294002-induced PI3K inhibition radiosensitizes cervical tumor cells in vitro

University of Virginia - Recent findings illuminate research in cancer risk factors

University of Washington - Antitumor efficacy of CD137 ligation is maximized by tumor vaccine

Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, Malaga - High levels of angiogenic protein are linked to the presence of macrophages in breast tumors

Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit - JAMA and U.S. NIH to announce dietary findings of Women's Health Initiative

Wayne State University, Detroit - Researchers' work adds to leukemia body of knowledge

Women's Health Research - Evidence of sex-based differences in lung cancer grows

Yale University - Proteomic analysis helps diagnose, classify preeclampsia

Yale University - Women pregnant with female babies experience more severe asthma symptoms