Women's Health Weekly

Finance - Breast implant company reports 27% revenue growth in the fourth quarter

Fitness - Reminders boost weekly exercise in older women

Gene Silencing - RNA interference presents a novel way to treat cancers with viral etiologies

Geriatrics - Local estrogen ameliorates incontinence in elderly patients

Gestational Diabetes - Self-monitoring of blood glucose useful for managing gestational diabetes

Gynecology - Angiogenesis inhibitors are candidates for treating endometriosis

Gynecology - Gene transfection downregulates VEGF expression in endometrial cancer cells

Gynecology - VEGF levels in normal human breast tissue vary during the menstrual cycle

Hormone Replacement Therapy - European authorities give the go-ahead to Angeliq

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Prempro 0.45 mg/1.5 mg a low-dose hormone therapy option

Human Endometrium - Chemokine receptor CXCR1 is variably expressed following the menstrual cycle

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior - Infant girls in India twice as likely to die as boys

Medication Safety - Voluntary recall issued for Nortrel 7/7/7 - 28 day

Menopause - New study finds red clover isoflavones help vaginal dryness in women at midlife

Menopause - Scientific review confirms safety of black cohosh for menopausal women

Neuroscience - Estrogens seem to calm the onset and effects of Parkinson disease

Obstetrics - Group aims to keep medical liability reform on political agenda

Obstetrics - Late-term exposure to SSRIs may cause neurological symptoms in babies

Oncology - Antiangiogenic therapy produces liver injury in treated animals

Oncology - Aromatase associates with vascular permeability in human breast cancer tissues

Ophthalmology - Plenty of vitamin E and good nutrition can help reduce cataract risk

Osteoporosis - Osteoporotic screening should be conducted on children with multiple fractures

Ovarian Cancer - Combination gene therapy overrides ovarian cancer growth

Ovarian Cancer - Extended use of paclitaxel delays disease progression in advanced cases

Ovarian Cancer - Gynecologic surgeries associated with reduced disease risk

Ovarian Carcinoma - Comparative genomic hybridization detected genomic alterations in all 18 cases

Pediatric Disease - Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections often masquerade as other diseases

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Defect in cortisol-cortisone hormones found to be one cause of PCOS

Pre-eclampsia - Insulin resistance plays a role in pregnancy-induced hypertension

Pre-eclampsia - Large U.K. study seeks to prevent blood-flow complication of pregnancy

Pregnancy - Micronutrients may mitigate effects of smoking/drinking during pregnancy

Pregnancy - Strategies to control parasitic infections during pregnancy outlined

Reproductive Medicine - Estradiol is an important predictor of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

Risk Factors - MCUL is probably a genetically homogeneous tumor predisposition syndrome

Trisomy 21 - Fetal trisomy 21 diagnosis can be obtained noninvasively from maternal blood

Urinary Stress Incontinence - Study: Clinic-based behavioral programs as effective as electrical stimulation

Uterine Leiomyomas - Mutation CDP may allow tumor growth

Vertical Transmission - Study examines safer breast-feeding by mothers with HIV