Women's Health Weekly

Multiple Sclerosis - Taking vitamin D supplements lowers women's risk of MS

Adolescent Health - Media exposure drives how satisfied women and girls are about body image

Pain Medicine - Temporomandibular pain in women aligns with menstrual cycle phases

Patents - U.S. patent granted for treatment of human papillomavirus infections

Patient Education - Heart patients want more information from their doctors

Plastic Surgery - Triangular skin flaps correct inverted nipples

Public Health - Group adopts new policies, some addressing women's issues

Reproductive Medicine - Anandamide signals ready the blastocyst for implantation

Reproductive Medicine - Chronic morphine exposure during puberty won't alter rodent maternal behavior

Reproductive Medicine - Factor XIII A is essential for maintaining placental integrity

State Medicaid - Pregnant women, infants stand to lose under proposed Georgia budget

Adolescent Health - Michigan teens still having sex, but pregnancy rates are falling

Sudden Infant Death - Major risk factors identified for cot death

Thyroid Disease - Lower levels of blocking antibody ameliorates Grave disease during pregnancy

Toxicology - A common flea pesticide causes reproductive problems in study animals

Toxicology - The cleaning solvent HCFC-141b produces genotoxic effects in rodents

Urinary Tract Infection - New antibiotic effectively treats uncomplicated cases of UTI

Vaginal Candidiasis - Fluconazole Injection issued tentative ANDA approval

Women's Health - Hormone replacement therapy reduces atherosclerosis risk in postmenopausal women

Angiology - Estrogen protects cells from certain death after an ischemic stroke

Angiology - Glycated compounds spawn angiogenic induction in cultured endothelial cells

At-Risk Populations - Child's risk of going hungry linked to mother's mental, physical health

Autoimmune Disease - Women with systemic lupus erythematosus are at risk for losing bone density

Biomarker - CD105/endoglin is a marker for endometrial cancer angiogenesis

Birth Defects - Women reminded of folic acid's benefits in preventing birth defects

Breast Cancer - Anthracyclines activate antiapoptotic phosphorylation in breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Beta₃ integrin expression can lead to increased tumor cell aggressiveness

Osteoporosis - Gene affecting bone mass identified as potential human therapeutic target

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer resistance protein is a MTX and MTX-polyglutamate transporter

Breast Cancer - Dragon-boat racing helps heal cancer survivors in Singapore

Breast Cancer - Increased breast cancer risk may be related to the HLA class III subregion

Breast Cancer - NSAIDs may have chemopreventive effect against breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Nematode finding could shed light on BRCA1-involved cancers

Breast Cancer - Noninvasive treatment technique uses space-based technology

Breast Cancer - P1 homozygosity may be a potential risk factor in breast carcinogenesis

Breast Cancer - Pooled analysis of LOH in breast cancer finds many nonreproducible results

Breast Cancer - Researchers study familial and early onset breast cancer in African Americans

Breast Cancer - Risk differs among specific ethnic subgroups of South Asian women in U.K.

Adolescent Health - Study looks at teens' use of contraceptives in first relationship

Breast Cancer - Sequential drugs followed by TRAIL may be a new therapeutic approach for cancer

Breast Cancer - Side effects make physicians, patients reluctant to use tamoxifen for DCIS

Breast Cancer - Steroid hormone-resistant breast cancer can be sensitive to growth factors

Breast Cancer - Ultrasound detects many microcalcifications in comedo-type intraductal carcinoma

Breast Cancer - Underarm cosmetics with estrogen may contribute to breast cancer

Breast Implants - FDA issues "not approvable" letter for amended silicone gel breast implant PMA

Breast Implants - FDA says "not yet" to silicone gel breast implants; ASAPS comments

Breast Implants - Mentor comments on new FDA breast implant guidance

Breast and Ovarian Cancer - Many BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes mutations are unique to Spain

Breast and Prostate Cancer - Kahalalide F preferentially induces cell death via oncosis in tumor cells

Bioinformatics - A new computer model simulates the mechanics of bone turnover at menopause

Cervical Cancer - Kaiser to routinely offer new DNA testing for cervical cancer in northern California

Cervical Cancer - Screening strategies of cervical cancer high-risk region compared

Chemotherapy - Keynote address on Xyotax delivered at polymer therapeutics meeting

Collaborations - Development, marketing agreement signed for milnacipran

Contraception - FDA grants tentative approval for generic Ortho Tri-Cyclen

Contraception - Virginia school restores 'morning after' pill