Women's Health Weekly

Female Sexual Dysfunction - Newly mapped enzyme could yield new treatments in sexual dysfunction

Breast Cell Growth - Fibroblast growth factor 7 stimulates growth of human breast epithelial cells

Pregnancy - The placenta has increasing amounts of low molecular weight inhibin A forms

Pregnancy - Uterine cervical ripening appears linked to a decrease in type I collagen

Adolescent Health - Father absence places daughters at risk for early sex and pregnancy

Assisted Reproductive Techniques - Muslims embrace IVF, but Sunnis are more restricted than Shi'ites

Assisted Reproductive Techniques - Scientists take step nearer to creating artificial egg using a somatic cell

Assisted Reproductive Techniques - Study of children born after in vitro maturation indicates technique is safe

Bacterial Vaginosis - FDA approval granted for Metronidazole

Breast Cancer - BRCA1 transcription is regulated by specific single-stranded DNA binding factors

Breast Cancer - E-cadherin, involved in lobular carcinomas, isn't responsible for ductal cancer

Breast Cancer - Elevated protein kinase C alpha may predict tamoxifen treatment failure

Breast Cancer - High-dose chemo/stem cell therapy doesn't improve outcome

Breast Cancer - Higher excretion levels of estrogens and androgens increase breast cancer risk

Breast Cancer - More findings reported from WHI on risk of cancer with postmenopausal HRT

Breast Cancer - Nuclear survivin is a marker for improved prognosis, not seen in normal tissue

Breast Cancer - Osteoblast-related transcription factors are expressed in breast cancer cells

Breast Cancer - Selecting appropriate beam parameters can lead to improved breast dosimetry

Breast Cancer - The clinical significance of sentinel node micrometastasis is unclear

Breast Cancer - The periareolar mapping technique is advantageous to the subdermal technique

Breast Cancer - Theratope vaccine trial unblinded, didn't meet endpoints

Breast Cancer - UbcH5c binds only to the BRCA1 RING domain and not the BARD1 RING

Breast and Lung Cancer - Breast, lung cancers are associated with decreased blood cell amino acid content

Cancer Therapy - First European regulatory approval for Gemzar for breast cancer

Chronic Hepatitis C - Markov models suggest the natural history of HCV infection can be predicted

Colon Cancer - Obesity associated with poorer outcomes for women, but not for men

Contraception - Key milestone reached with Blue Cross/Blue Shield coverage of the Essure

Depression - Psychotherapy, medication most effective to fight minority women's depression

Depression - Standard treatments are effective for low-income minority women

Diet and Nutrition - Longevity among Japanese centenarians associated with dairy products

Diet and Nutrition - Strategies to boost women's multivitamin use fall short

Disease Associations - Women's childhood abuse linked to later poor health

Domestic Violence - Partner's unemployment, access to guns among factors leading to murder of women

Eating Disorder - No association found between serotonergic activity and eating disorders