Women's Health Weekly

Coronary Heart Disease - Simple tests could signal and prevent heart disease in women

Osteoporosis - Habitual tea consumption has a minimal effect on fracture risk

Breast Cancer - PET imaging still questionable as means of predicting chemotherapy response

Infectious Disease - Bacterial infection in pregnancy Pap smears signals a risk for complications

Interstitial Cystitis - Researchers pinpoint possible cause of chronic bladder disease

Menopause - Study helps explain relationship between weight gain and female hormones

Obstetrics - Intrafetal ablation is best for managing acardiac twins

Orthopedic Medicine - Hip arthroplasty is unlikely to cause obstetrical problems in young women

AIDS Epidemiology - Bisexuality, abuse, drugs behind AIDS spread among South's rural blacks

Acute Myocardial Infarction - Women and men differ in heart disease traits and treatment

Anorexia Nervosa - Role of adipocytokines in anorexia nervosa reviewed

Antisense Drugs - Company updates positive clinical data on multiple antisense drugs

Assisted Reproductive Technology - Chinese Health Ministry bans test-tube technology for single women

Bone Loss - Simulated weightlessness changes bone characteristics in male and female rats

Breast Cancer - 14-3-3 Sigma positively regulates p53 and suppresses tumor growth

Breast Cancer - Bone sialoprotein overexpression fosters cancer cell metastasis in study mice

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer detection system receives marketing approval from FDA

Breast Cancer - Comparative transductions of breast cancer cells by three DNA viruses

Breast Cancer - Coping and posttraumatic growth in women with early-stage breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Danish researchers use image data software to help breast cancer research

Breast Cancer - Diagnosis of axillary nodal metastases by ultrasound-guided core biopsy

Breast Cancer - EZH2 is a marker of aggressive breast cancer

Breast Cancer - FDA gives approval for phase III registrational trial for breast cancer drug

Breast Cancer - Flavonoid intake and breast cancer risk: a case-control study in Greece

Breast Cancer - Health officials urge new mammograms for patients of New York clinic

Breast Cancer - Hpr6.6 protein mediates cell death from oxidative damage in MCF-7 breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Kodak gets FDA approval for mammography device

Breast Cancer - Supreme Court justice battles disease from the bench

Breast Cancer - Surgical treatment for elderly breast cancer patients over age 70

Breast Cancer - The LeJour vertical mammoplasty pattern for skin-sparing mastectomy

Breast Cancer - iCAD, Inc. to distribute iQ Tabletop CAD System

Breast Cancer Screening - Cancer registry useful for Florida breast cancer early detection program

Breast Implant - Canadian study confirms women with implants require more medical care

Breast Implants - Causes of death among Finnish women with cosmetic breast implants, 1971-2001

Breast-feeding - Fast-food chain apologizes to nursing mom

Breast-feeding - Lactation increases rate of wound healing, lowers stress hormone levels in mice

Cancer Treatment - Radiofrequency ablation being used to treat cancerous tumors

Cardiology - Menstrual cycle influences baroreflex heart rate control

Cardiomyopathy - Cardiac patient with complications delivers healthy baby

Cervical Cancer - KCl cotransport is an important modulator of cervical cancer growth and invasion

Cervical Cancer - National coverage initiated for DNAwithPap test

Cervical Cancer - Radical hysterectomy increases risk of impairing women's sexual function

Cervical Cancer - The development of high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Japan

Collaborations - Pennsylvania partnership announces agreement to build relationship with Roche

Collaborations - Research agreement signed for testing of topical anti-herpes formulations

Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Soy isoflavones help postmenopausal women with low bone mass retain density

Contraception - A new WHO study shows hormonal male contraception prevents pregnancy

Contraception - FDA approves first chewable birth-control tablet for women

Dermatology - Survey finds women overwhelmed by antiaging treatment options

Diagnostics - Imaging company inks agreement with the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute

Diet and Nutrition - New research has identified zinc cutoff values for premenopausal women

Disease Management - Quality improvement program enhances heart care, closes gender gap

Disease Prevention - More risk factors for heart disease increase Medicare cost

Down Syndrome - Blood test screening reduces need for amniocentesis

Down Syndrome - Chromotest updates presented at American Society of Human Genetics meeting

Drug Development - A new swine uterus perfusion system should advance physiological research

Eating Disorder - Pharmacotherapy of eating disorders reviewed

Eating Disorders - Family dysfunction foreshadows bulimia nervosa and other psychoses

Endocrinology - Genetic mutations resulting in delayed puberty are focus of study

Endocrinology - Sex differences exist in effect of obesity on serum gonadotropin levels

Environmental Health - Individually tailored pest management programs reduce pediatric health risks

Female Genital Mutilation - International conference calls for an end to circumcision practice

Finance - Company offers Cialis update and reports net loss for third quarter

Finance - Sexual dysfunction drug maker completes $2M financing

Finance - Woman's health company reports increased third quarter revenues

Forensic Medicine - Laser microdissection enhances the recovery of DNA from sperm on lab slides

Gender and Medicine - Heart attacks appear to have more serious impact on women than men

Genetic Screening - Genetics company presents new data relating to prenatal and genetic testing

Geriatrics - Bisphosphonates prevent bone fractures in the elderly

Gynecology - PTEN overexpression squashes the migration of ovarian cancer cells