Women's Health Law Weekly

Lifespan - Researchers gain insight into teen pregnancy causes and prevention from teens themselves

Lund University, Sweden - Prolonged cell cycle transit a defining and developmentally conserved stem cell property

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, U.S. - New findings from the United States, Canada and South Africa in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, U.S. - Researchers from the United States, Germany and United Kingdom provide details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Reports from the United States, Japan and Australia advance knowledge in osteoporosis research

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Subarachnoid block improves postoperative functional status after vaginal hysterectomy

McGill University, Canada - Proliferation, not apoptosis, in embryonic mouse heart is affected by maternal folate deficiency

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, U.S. - Epithelial ovarian carcinoma prognostic factors after positive second-look surgery identified

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, U.S. - Worse endometrial cancer survival predicted by higher paclitaxel AUC

Mental Health - College women at risk for an eating disorder may benefit from online intervention

Merck - GARDASIL, Merck's cervical cancer vaccine, receives positive opinion from European Medicines Agency

Myriad Genetics - Myriad introduces enhanced molecular test for exceptionally high-risk breast cancer patients

National Institutes of Health, U.S. - Effect of endocrine-disrupting compounds on female fecundity and fertility are focus of review

National Institutes of Health, U.S. - Risk of miscarriage is not increased by aspirin use during pregnancy

National University of Singapore, Singapore - Research from Singapore, Taiwan and Denmark in diabetes provides new insights

New York Medical College, U.S. - Breast reconstruction using human acellular tissue matrix graft is effective

Nippon Medical School, Japan - Imaging diagnosis of breast implant material may enhance pre-operative decision-making

North Jersey Institute of Menopausal Lipidology, U.S. - Raloxifene positively affects cholesterol and beta-lipoprotein levels in osteoporotic women

Novo Nordisk - Novo Nordisk receives approval in the EU for use of NovoRapid in pregnancy

Nymox - Smoking status saliva test produced accurate results in Alaskan pregnant women, study shows

Obstetrics - California physician launches "BabyKick Alliance" for stillbirth education and prevention

Obstetrics - Prenatal health strongly influences future economic success

Oklahoma Breast Care Center, Oklahoma City, U.S. - Vacuum-assisted percutaneous intact specimen sampling device safe and accurate

Osaka Medical Center for Cancer & Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan - Breast cancer could be inhibited by preventing geranylgeranylation of Rho

Osaka Medical Center for Cancer & Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan - Breast cancer nonsentinel node metastases predicted by three-axillary lymph node sampling

Palatin Technologies - Palatin, King report bremelanotide may be effective in treating postmenopausal sexual dysfunction

Paracelsus Medical University, Austria - Studies from Germany, France and the United Kingdom add new findings to breast cancer body of knowledge

Policlinico Universitario di Udine, Italy - Normal karyotype acute myeloid leukemia prognosticated by breast cancer resistance protein

Rational Therapeutics - Ovarian cancer drug combination receives U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval

Rene Gauducheau Cancer Center, Nantes, France - FDG uptake into brown adipose tissue varies as a function of time despite age or environment

Research and Markets - Decrease in the number of children born impacts sales of contraceptives in the U.S.

Royal Free Hospital, London, U.K. - Findings from the United Kingdom, United States and Japan describe new data in HIV/AIDS research

Royal Hospital for Women, Carlton, Australia - Women's knowledge of HPV, cervical cancer, and vaccines was surveyed

Royal Marsden NHS Trust, U.K. - Researchers from the United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia - Ovarian cysts in young women may warrant consideration for surgical evaluation

Satakunta Central Hospital, Pori, Finland - Brisk daily walking improves lower-extremity muscle strength in postmenopausal women

Shanghai Second Medical University, People's Republic of China - Deep hypothermia with circulatory arrest lessens disruption of pulmonary surfactant metabolism

Shiga University, Japan - Proepicardial organs furnish cells that become coronary tissues and support vasculogenesis

Sichuan University, People's Republic of China -  Neisseria gonorrhoeae major outer membrane protein was expressed in Escherichia coli

Southeast University, People's Republic of China - Microarray paired with emulsions PCR is effective to detect fetal DNA in maternal plasma

Southern Illinois University, U.S. - Reports from the United States and New Zealand describe recent advances in breast cancer research

St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, U.S. - Cervical instability in the elderly can be safely treated with halo fixation

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, U.S. - Research from the United States and Thailand in HIV/AIDS provides new insights

State University of New York, U.S. - Papillary thyroid cancer prognosis in older patients improved with elective lymph node excision

Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark - Findings from Denmark, Poland and the United Kingdom describe new data in endocrinology research

Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Science Center, Toronto, Canada - Findings from Canada, Italy and the United States describe new data in breast cancer research

Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, U.S. - Risk of preeclampsia is increased in women with adult weight gain, prepregnancy overweight

Taipei Medical University, Taiwan - Cervical cancer risk predicted by high viral loads of human papillomavirus

Texas Technical University, U.S. - New findings in HIV/AIDS described from the United States and France

Thomas Jefferson University, U.S. - Diagnosis, treatment, and management of breast cancer in previously augmented women are described

Thomas Jefferson University, U.S. - New findings from the United States, Japan and Scotland in the area of diabetes described

Tottori University, Japan - Findings from Japan, the United States and the South Korea advance knowledge in cervical cancer research

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - Informing women of ultrasound detection rates for specific anomalies may raise anxiety levels

Tulane University, U.S. - Sexually transmitted disease rates higher in blacks than whites in United States

University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany - Unfavorable breast cancer outcome predicted by overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2

University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece - Urine test may detect human papillomavirus in women with cancer or high-grade lesions

University Hospital, Padua, Italy - Researchers' data from Italy, Austria and France advance heart disease research

University of Arizona, U.S. - New findings from the United States in the area of cord blood described

University of Arkansas, U.S. - Ductal carcinoma in situ recurrence predicted by receptor expression pattern

University of Athens, Greece - Ovarian cancer risk potentially reduced with paracetamol use

University of Auckland, New Zealand - Lipiodol flushing proves effective as fertility treatment for unexplained infertility

University of Calgary, Canada - Gap in endometrial survival rates between black and white women is narrowing

University of California, U.S. - Bone strength is not protected by age-related size increases in trochanter/femoral neck regions

University of California, U.S. - Community-based intervention improves Pap test receipt among Vietnamese-American women

University of California, U.S. - Raloxifene does not affect risk of cardiovascular events in postmenopausal women

University of California, U.S. - Researchers' data from the United States, People's Republic of China and Scotland advance lung cancer research

University of California, U.S. - Testicular and ovarian atrophy is induced by cell cycle regulator protein

University of Cambridge, U.K. - Breast arterial calcification may predict increased coronary disease risk in healthy women

University of Cambridge, U.K. - Breast cancer's association with single-nucleotide polymorphisms in RB1 gene examined

University of Chile, Chile - Researchers from Chile, Spain and Italy report details of new studies and findings in the area of healthcare

University of Chile, Chile - Tobacco smoking linked to placental cadmium and zinc retention

University of Cincinnati, U.S. - Quantifying cardiovascular flow dynamics during early development is focus of review

University of Cincinnati, U.S. - Surgeon performs what is believed to be the world's first pediatric laparoscopic liver surgery

University of Cologne, Germany - New research from Germany and Sweden in the area of cancer treatment detailed

University of Copenhagen, Denmark - Findings from Denmark and the Australia 6009; rlprince@cyllene advance knowledge in osteoporosis research