Women's Health Weekly

Exercise and Health - Predictor of progression and regression in exercise adoption tested

Fetal Development - Sex chromosome dosages play a role in murine placenta size

Fetal Medicine - Vasopressin and its receptors are important mediators of placental activity

Fetal Medicine - Veins isolated from the human placental chorionic plate may control blood flow

Funding - Aetna awards grant to Society for Women's Health Research

Genetic Disorders - Maternal RFC-1 genotype can increase risk of congenital neural tube defects

Glycoprotein Hormone - Carbohydrate linked to follicle-stimulating hormone affects activity

Gynecology - Endometriotic cells resist programmed cell death in women with endometriosis

Gynecology - Several concentrations of ethylene glycol are useful for follicle preservation

Gynecology - Tolterodine extended release mitigates mixed incontinence symptoms in women

HIV and AIDS - Elevated macrophage inflammatory protein 1 beta linked to placental malaria

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Blood and cervicovaginal fluid HIV DNA loads can predict vertical transmission

Heart Disease - Black women receive less care than whites, despite greater risk

Human Extravillous Trophoblasts - Nitric oxide and hepatocyte growth factor can protect cells from apoptosis

Human Papillomavirus - Alterations of the HPV-16 E5 gene increases expression, lowers cell lifespan

Immunology - Prolactin-like protein-A modulates immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface

Infectious Disease -  Trichomonas vaginalis infections plague men visiting STD clinics

Mental Health - Challenges pervade using zero-to-three diagnostic classifications for infants

Mental Health - The link between neuroticism and post-traumatic stress is not totally clear

Neuroscience - Magnetic field exposure during gestation has long-term effects on serotonin

Neuroscience - Some neural pathways that mediate vaginal function bypass the spinal cord

Obstetric - Stress during pregnancy associates with mix-handedness in offspring

Obstetrics - Cadmium found in the placentas of mothers who smoke doesn't affect fetal growth

Obstetrics - Exposure to Ecstasy early in pregnancy induces brain, behavior changes in rats

Obstetrics - Interconceptional counseling alleviates anxiety after perinatal and infant loss

Obstetrics - The mineral water Spatone offers pregnant women an alternative source for iron

Occupational Health - Associations between sickness absence and job factors are gender specific

Oncogene - The breast cancer-associated gene Di12 stimulates cancer cell growth

Oncogenes - Research pinpoints gene that increases cancer risk by 26%

Osteopenia - Digital X-ray radiogrammetry is a quick and economical way to check bone health

Osteoporosis - Calcitriol improves calcium homeostasis in adults with cystic fibrosis

Osteoporosis - Hospital costs for vertebral fractures in the European Union need more study

Ovarian Cancer - Copper export pump modulates the cellular pharmacology of carboplatin

Ovarian Cancer - Epithelial ovarian carcinomas overexpress high mobility group A 1 proteins

Ovarian Cancer - Galactosyltransferase associated with tumor level remains high in ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer - Molecular abnormalities exist in the peritoneal fluid of ovarian cancer patients

Pain Medicine - Spousal attention may be too much of a good thing for those with chronic pain

Patents - Patent issued for isoflavones to treat estrogen-dependent disease

Pediatrics - Female schoolchildren in Turkey have a higher rate of asymptomatic bacteriuria

Pediatrics - Lower birth-weights don't predict worse outcomes in pre-eclampsia-borne infants

Pharmacology - Phenobarbital exposure at birth imprints changes detectable in adulthood

Psychiatry - Body dissatisfaction is linked with abnormal eating patterns in Italy

Psychology - Common factors raise the risk for depressive mood in early pregnancy

Psychology - Disputes with neighbors often revolve around factors related to gender status

Psychology - Externalized self-perceptions and self-silencing are linked to eating disorder

Radiology - Circular tomosynthesis has the potential for improving breast images

Reproductive Medicine - Prenatal estrogen enhances reproductive function but not sexual behavior

Reproductive Medicine - Weight loss may help resolve reproductive disorders in obese women

Respiratory Medicine - Oxygenation during sleep in pregnant women isn't linked to apneas

T-Lymphotropic Virus I - Seroconversion to HTLV-1 is greater in female vs. male food handlers

Toxicology - Preconception health counseling could mitigate teratogenic exposures

Toxicology - Prenatal exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate compromises postnatal development

Urinary Tract Infection - FDA approves once-daily Cipro XR for complicated cases

Vaccine Development - Transcription factor Fos-related antigen 1 targets breast cancer activity

Vaccine Safety - Vaccinations during pregnancy often safe