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Women's Health Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . April 3rd, 2003

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

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

Menopause - Study to focus on acupuncture for symptoms in breast cancer survivors

Parkinson Disease - Caffeine and estrogen affect disease risk in postmenopausal women

Breast Cancer - Incidence of "lobular" disease increasing

Cardiology - Female cardiac patients may not heed indications of overexertion

Estrogen Replacement Therapy - Estrogen modulates cerebral angiogenic potential in middle-aged female rats

Osteoporosis - Calcium receptor gene variant has no effect on response in postmenopausal women

Asthma - Guide helps expectant mothers with asthma

Bone Density - Once weekly risedronate increases bone mineral density in postmenopausal women

Breast Cancer - Doppler imaging may have value for differentiating focal breast lesions

Breast Cancer - Local recurrence before 2 years following surgery predicts the worst outcome

Breast Cancer - New technologies improve ability to diagnose and excise breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Researchers call for better studies on environmental links

Breast Cancer - State variation in mortality rates due to later stage at presentation

Breast Cancer - Tamoxifen and a farnesyl transferase inhibitor can have synergistic effects

Breast Cancer - Thymidylate synthase and thymidine are valid markers for selecting therapy

Breast Cancer Diagnosis - NIST, UW-Madison research may lead to new breast cancer detection methods

Breast Cancer Survival - Axillary lymph node drainage appears to be an important prognostic factor

Cervical Cancer - Common cell lines were analyzed cytogenetically for all aberrations

Cervical Cancer Vaccine - Dendritic cell vaccine shows promise against cervical cancer

Chlamydia - China's hidden epidemic

Colon Cancer - Western diet a chief culprit

Depression - Maternal depression increases risk for same disorder in children

Eating Disorder - Topiramate effective for binge eating in obese adults

Eating Disorders - Energy intake and body composition in anorexia and bulimia nervosa studied

Ethics - Gynecological exam policy changing

Finance - Acquisition of women's healthcare products considered

HIV/AIDS Vertical Transmission - Zidovudine prophylaxis has no long-term adverse effects

HIV/AIDS Women's Health - C-reactive protein levels predict mortality risk

HIV/AIDS Women's Health - Low testosterone levels linked to weight loss

HIV/AIDS Women's Health - Single, poor women have higher pneumonia risk in Kenya

Heart Disease - Women urged to reduce risk before menopause

Hepatitis C Virus Epidemiology - Pregnant women in Cameroon and Europe have similar HCV infection rates

Human Paillomavirus - Nonpenetrative sexual contract could be a source of HPV in female virgins

Human Papillomavirus - Researchers test vaccine in hopes of cutting cervical cancer rate

Incontinence - Study finds that Cesarean delivery lowers risk

Insulin Resistance - Digitalis-like factor contributes to hypertension related to insulin resistance

Leptin Studies - Depressed women exhibit higher leptin concentrations

Leptin Studies - Lactation decreases leptin secretion in rats

Lymphology - Sentinel lymph node focus of radiotracer study in healthy women's breasts

Metastasis - New study offers clues to how breast cancer spreads

Nicotine Replacement Therapy - Study suggests gender differences in quitting smoking

Oncogenesis - Inhibition of iASPP oncoprotein could improve tumor destruction

Pediatrics - The TT virus has been detected in children with acute respiratory disease

Pregnancy - Inhaled corticosteroid use during pregnancy doesn't decrease birth weight

Psychology - College women show a connection between internal attribution and eating disorder

Transformation Marker - Morules with optically clear nuclei were found in an ovarian cancer

Women's Health - Postmenopausal black women have more visceral fat than do white women

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