Women's Health Weekly

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Greatest risk of heart attack occurs in first year of use for most women

Osteoporosis - Lower-dose ERT prevents bone loss with few adverse effects

Alopecia - Testosterone levels rise in young women with female pattern hair loss

Cervical Cancer - Distant metastases are usually due to recurrent disease

Gynecology - High-intensity physical activity reduces endometrioma risk

Infertility - Antibody against motility inhibiting protein may enhance human fertility

Adolescent Health - Gender, race, and past childhood abuse play roles in adolescent body image

Analgesia - Low dose bupivacaine/opioid epidural infusions don't increase normal delivery

Anesthesiology - Patient-controlled alfentanil administration is okayed for elective caesareans

Asthma - Risk of asthma morbidity increases during pregnancy

Atherosclerosis - Angiogenic cytokines perform contradictory activities in ischemic tissues

Blood Safety - Blood, pooled plasma will be screened for parvovirus B19 in the Netherlands

Bone Disease - Genome Therapeutics receives payment for research milestone

Bone Injury - Calcitriol augments the effects of HRT in postmenopausal osteoporotic women

Bone Resorption - Bone morphogenetic protein-2 stimulation causes the generation of osteoclasts

Breast Cancer - ADAM-9 mRNA and protein is expressed in human breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Bisphosphonates may protect against breast cancer-induced osteolysis

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer may be associated with spontaneous abortion, menopausal status

Breast Cancer - CYR61 targeting could combat angiogenesis and aggressive tumor growth

Breast Cancer - Chromosome rearrangement appears to play important role in tumor development

Breast Cancer - Company focusing on proteomics to develop anti-cancer vaccines

Breast Cancer - Cushion brings comfort to women during mammography

Breast Cancer - Dose reduction is feasible for full-field digital mammography

Breast Cancer - FDA approval granted for a phase II clinical trial of GTI-2040

Breast Cancer - FDA approves digital computer-aided detection for mammography

Breast Cancer - Genetic counseling reduces women's fears

Breast Cancer - Granzyme B is expressed with retinoblastoma protein in some cancers

Breast Cancer - Letrozole and anastrozole are economically acceptable alternatives to tamoxifen

Breast Cancer - Limited-field radiation therapy may be as effective as whole-breast treatment

Breast Cancer - Mammography may miss breast carcinoma

Breast Cancer - Most breast lymphomas should be treated initially with CHOP-like chemotherapy

Breast Cancer - Multidisciplinary, shared clinical decision-making is most effective

Breast Cancer - NCI grants to be used to target KCNK9/TASK3 and WIP1/PP1MD genes

Breast Cancer - PI-3K/Akt might be a critical target molecule for anticancer intervention

Breast Cancer - Proteomic analysis could improve cancer diagnostics

Breast Cancer - Radioactive glucose goes from diagnostic tool to cancer therapy

Breast Cancer - Resveratrol increases BRCA1 and BRCA2 mRNA expression in breast tumor cell lines

Breast Cancer - Risk higher in obese postmenopausal women due to higher serum estrogen levels

Breast Cancer - Skin-sparing mastectomy is an option for selected patients

Breast Cancer - South Asian women in England have higher rates of disease survival

Breast Cancer - Specialist surgeons give patients better chance of survival

Breast Cancer - The epithelial-mesenchymal transition regulates breast cancer metastasis

Breast Cancer - U.K. women often face "unacceptable waits" for treatment, report says

Breast Cancer Screening - Clinical breast examination is an important part of screening

Breast Cancer Vaccine - SBIR grant will help fund preclinical development of HER-2/neu peptide vaccine

Breast Implants - Court rules insurers must reimburse manufacturer

Breast Implants - FDA advisory panel hearing scheduled for silicone gel-filled breast implant PMA

Breast Surgery - Ultrasound can localize nonpalpable breast lesions

Cancer Screening - ThinPrep Imaging shipped to Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cancer Therapy - Preclinical data reveals ssDNA's antitumor activity

Carcinogenesis - Hypermethylation can selectively silence multiple promoters of steroid receptors

Cervical Cancer - Liquid-based cytology cancer test adopted in U.K.

Cognition - Hormone replacement therapy enhances verbal memory in middle-aged women

Cosmetic Surgery - Genzyme submits PMA for Hylaform gel dermal filler

Diagnostic Imaging - Three-dimensional ultrasound determines fetal gender in the first trimester

Diagnostic Imaging - Ultrasounds of maternal kidneys distinguish benign obstruction from pathology

Diet and Nutrition - Iodine intake may still be low among women in Switzerland

Diet and Nutrition - Study looks at U.S. women's vitamin-mineral supplement use in 2000

Education - Sex vs. gender matters in health promotion and disease prevention, article says