Women's Health Weekly

Eating Disorders - Anorexia nervosa and impaired visual discrimination learning tend to coexist

Endometrial Cancer - Tibolone exerts progestagenic effects on human endometrial cancer cells

Endometriosis - Biopsy screening for P450arom was able to accurately diagnose disease presence

Epidemiology - Race, ethnicity increase risk for STDs in those otherwise at lowest risk

Familial Cancer - Genomic rearrangements account for more than one-third of the BRCA1 mutations

Female Genital Mutilation - Practice is alive and well in the Sudan despite being outlawed

Geriatrics - Muscle loss may be more likely to evolve in older aged men and blacks

Gynecological Oncology - Antisense to SXR reverses endometrial cell cisplatin resistance

Gynecology - Vascular endothelial growth factor is essential to human reproduction

Hematology - Patients with chronic hepatitis C and mixed cryoglobulinemia undergo apheresis

Human Ectocervical Cells - HEC carcinogenesis results in resistance to 5-fluorouracil-induced apoptosis

Hypogonadism - Gonadotropin treatment of PBMC restores cytokine production to normal

Infertility - Research explores possible association with undetected spinal problems

Menopausal Symptoms - Not approvable letter issued for Cenestin 0.45-mg tablets

Menopause - New study shows antidepressant may reduce hot flashes

Metastatic Breast Cancer - Circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood predict poor survival

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Combination of "smart drugs" may work for bronchioalveolar carcinoma

Osteoporosis - GenoMed announces ACE inhibitor trial for bone loss

Osteoporosis - Micro Laboratories announces new product: Micro Spray Osteo Care

Osteoporosis - Ruptured Achilles tendons set the stage for future bone problems

Ovarian Cancer - Combination therapy shows antitumor activity in resistant cancers

Ovarian Cancer - Phase I trial reports objective response

Ovarian Cancer - Phenoxodiol induces apoptosis in chemoresistant ovarian cancer cells

Ovarian Cancer - Research: Combination chemotherapy reduces ovarian cancer tumor mass

Ovarian Cancer - Study shows strong treatment for ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer - The FANC-BRCA pathway is disrupted in a subset of ovarian tumor lines

Ovarian Cancer - Xyotax has potential to be first modified taxane launched in major markets

Ovarian Carcinoma - Patterns and spectrum of imaging findings can facilitate diagnosis and treatment

Pre-Eclampsia - Dendritic cells may play a role in pre-eclampsia; there are fewer BCDA-2+

Prostate Cancer - Applying certain agricultural pesticides increases the risk of prostate cancer

Psychology - Organized infant behavior contributes to good interactions in depressed mothers

Public Health - Impact of violence and prevention strategies discussed at symposium

Risk Factors - Studies disagree about heavy backpacks causing back pain in teens

Soft Tissue Sarcoma - Yondelis plus cisplatin opens new possibilities against cancer

Supplements - Natrol Complete Balance AM/PM Formula for Menopause reports 124% sales increase

Supplements - New prenatal multivitamin available

T-Cell Crossreactivity - CD8+ T cells specific for HPV type 16 E7 crossreact with coronavirus NS2

Women's Health - Company launches new oral contraceptive

Women's Health - Hands-free breast pump now available

Women's Health - New symposium on women's cardiac health