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Women's Health Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 27th, 2003

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Women's Health Weekly | Other Publications

Eating Disorders - Binge eating disorder treatment complicated by obesity

Menopause - The timing of hormone replacement therapy could be key to success

Cervical Cancer - Study: Photodynamic therapy using 5-aminolaevulinic acid no better than placebo

Microbial Genomics - Pyrosequencing is a quick way to identify lactobacilli in vaginal fluid

Osteoporosis - Scientists learn more about development of bone thinning

Phytotherapy - Isoflavones have limited effects on bone metabolism in estrogen-depleted rats

Anxiety - Alcohol researchers relate a genetic factor to anxiety in women

Body Composition - Total body potassium [40K] counts overestimate lean body mass

Breast Cancer - An immune-competent murine model offers a new way to study cancer

Breast Cancer - Approval granted for generic Nolvadex

Breast Cancer - Chromosome loss in PhIP-induced disease differs from DMBA-induced cancer

Breast Cancer - Mechanism of ginsenoside Rc and Re stimulation of c-fos expression studied

Breast Cancer - Study finds lesbians underperform breast self-examination

Breast Cancer - WISP-2 gene disruption reduces the growth of human breast tumors

Breastfeeding - Rates unaffected by changes in hospital length of stay

Cancer Genetics - The risk for breast cancer in Chinese women is linked to a gene polymorphism

Cancer Screening - Decision-making tool released to help patients decide about BRCA1&2 testing

Cancer Screening - Researchers present a model for improving breast and cervical cancer screening

Cervical Cancer - Hope for screening program in less developed countries

Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Antiproliferative activity of 71 herb extracts was tested on breast cancer cells

Contraception - Today Sponge back on sale

Contraception - Union Pacific women sue for coverage

Contraception - Uterine perforation on intrauterine device insertion is related to inexperience

Depression - Women with cosmetic breast implants more likely to commit suicide

Eating Disorders - Patients with eating disorders must establish normal eating behaviors

Gynecology - COX-1 inhibitors could be useful in ovarian cancer treatment regimens

Healthcare Access - First statewide survey shows obstetricians are stopping or intending to stop

Hormone Therapy - Survey finds women confused about HRT

Human Papillomavirus - E6 and E7 exploit the ubiquitin-proteasome system

Hypertension - Angiotensin inhibition has no control over the pressure-lowering effects of soy

Laparoscopy - Laparoscopic spleen extraction can be done transvaginally

Liver Cancer - Females with hepatocellular carcinoma live longer than their male counterparts

Menopause - New and old biomarkers can predict bone turnover in postmenopausal women

Menopause - Phase II/III clinical trial in climacteric symptoms

Neurology - Review of night time eating released

Osteoporosis - Hibernating black bears shed light on treatments

Osteoporosis - Preclinical data supports Panzem application for osteoporosis

Ovarian Cancer - OvaRex laboratory data presented at Keystone Symposium

Ovarian Cancer - TPS and CA-125 are potential predictors of recurrent ovarian cancer

Pediatrics - Neuroimaging has limited value in neurologically normal children with headaches

Psychology - Peritraumatic dissociation plagues some women who experience pregnancy loss

Syphilis - Study: Prenatal screening in Haiti region cut incidence rate by 75%

Urology - Susceptibility to bladder and kidney infections may be hereditary

Urology - Urinary incontinence goes under-detected, under-treated

Women's Health -  Candida albicans mannan-protein conjugate is good vaccine candidate

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