Women's Health Weekly

Osteoporosis - Women with short stature may be more prone to vertebral fractures

Stroke - Lifetime risk higher for women, those with high blood pressure

Colon Cancer - Estrogen may have protective effect, study finds

Endometrial Cancer - ERT poses little recurrence risk for women treated for early-stage disease

Hormone Replacement Therapy - HRT can benefit women with menopausal symptoms, harm those without

Pain Medicine - Menstrual symptoms and pain overlap in women with irritable bowel syndrome

Pediatrics - Breast-fed infants of mothers who smoke incur iodine deficiency

Addiction Medicine - Specialized services benefit pregnant opioid dependent women in Ireland

Adolescent Health - Sex abstinence program languishing because of financial troubles

Adverse Drug Effects - Gastrointestinal side effects from alendronate require additional medication

Alcoholism - Quick fixes for dangerous youth drinking can work

Assisted Reproduction - New embryology lab opens in Chicago

Assisted Reproduction - Tough law on fertility treatments approved by Italian lawmakers

Body Mass Index - PA health department study shows 18% of 8th graders overweight

Breast Cancer - A new assay detects MGB1 transcript in the blood of breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer - An informational video can improve breast cancer clinical trial knowledge

Breast Cancer - CHEK2*1100delC germline mutation carriers are at risk for another breast tumor

Breast Cancer - Combo GET therapy well tolerated in metastatic breast cancer

Breast Cancer - FDA accepts NDA with priority review for RSR13

Breast Cancer - Free estradiol and breast cancer risk can be calculated for use in studies

Breast Cancer - Full-field breast ultrasound complements mammography

Breast Cancer - Gabapentin reduces tamoxifen-induced hot flashes in women with breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Immune response to telomerase tumor antigen studied as possible vaccine

Breast Cancer - Mammography more stressful for survivors of disease

Breast Cancer - Much breast cancer treatment in clinical practice does not follow guidelines

Breast Cancer - Mutations, especially 11q loss, may be involved in early-onset breast tumors

Breast Cancer - Paget carcinoma cells differ from those of the underlying carcinoma

Breast Cancer - Sarcomas of the breast prone to relapse unless wide surgical margains attained

Breast Cancer - Spanish women with family history need education about breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Two drinks a day increases risk of breast cancer, study shows

Breast Density - Higher breast density is associated with increased breast cancer risk

Breast Pain - New estrogen inhibitor in phase II development

Business Update - House of Brussels forms medical research subsidiary

Cancer - New web site provides online support for teens with cancer

Cancer Registries - Breast cancer risk differs within the South Asian female population in England

Cancer Screening - Not all tests should be advocated

Cancer Therapy - TNP-470 blocks carcinosarcoma-induced tube formation

Candida - ER packaging chaperone determines virulence of Candida albicans

Cardiovascular Disease - Hostility and anxiety differentially predict CVD in men and women

Cerebral Palsy - Newborn brain injuries stem from infections, not delivery

Cervical Cancer - HPV, chromosome aberrations correlate with transition to microinvasive carcinoma

Cervical Cancer - In situ hybridization techniques may be able to detect HPV

Cervical Cancer - Optical detection system plus colposcopy yields improved detection rates

Cervical Cancer - Publication points to increasing use of HPV testing in cervical cancer screening

Chronic Cough - Condition significantly impacts women's quality of life

Clinical Trial Trends - Mistrust limits minority representation in U.S. biomedical research

Contraception - Low-dose mifepristone blocks pregnancy by altering ovarian function

Contraception - Systematic analyses of randomized trials show dose and effect rule mifepristone

Critical Care Medicine - Impaired signal transmission in women with preeclampsia reduces blood flow

Depression - Researchers - again - pinpoint why stress kills

Diabetes - Storing too much iron may put healthy women at higher risk for diabetes

Diet and Nutrition - Carbohydrates, and more of them, blamed for weight gain, especially in women

Diet and Nutrition - Nutritional management improves the outcomes of multiple pregnancies

Diet and Nutrition - Prenatal mercury exposure via mother's diet can impair certain brain functions

Drug Abuse - Non-profit coalition offers information on teen cough medicine abuse

Dysmenorrhea - Positive results reported from phase II study of lidocaine vaginal gel

Endocrinology - Cognitive function in elderly men and women is not solely hormone dependent

Endocrinology - Fetal sex hormone exposure may predispose humans to schizophrenia

Endometrial Cancer - Prolonged menstruation is associated with developing endometrial cancer

Environmental Health - Detailed studies set the standard for evaluating fertility and the environment

Erectile Dysfunction - Results announced for TA-1790 phase II head-to-head study with Viagra

Finance - Enzyme company completes $9.2 million financing

Finance - Imaging company reports slight revenue increase

Food-borne Illness -  Enterobacter sakazakii thermally inactivated in rehydrated infant formula

Gastroenterology - Fecal incontinence in women is a perplexing problem with few answers

Gender Medicine - Bone mineral density measurements should be scaled for men and women

Genetic Disorder - Mentally retarded patients without 15q11-q13 defects should have MECP2 analysis

Gynecology - LPA type-2 regulates a host of growth factors to control ovarian activity

Gynecology - Mifepristone could be combined with other drugs for menstrual induction

Gynecology - Trauma is not always apparent in the genital anatomy of abused female teens

Gynecology - VRAM flaps are favored over other types for vaginal reconstruction

HIV/AIDS Infection - HIV among pregnant women at Mexican hospital much higher than reported earlier

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Two-drug regimen can reduce vertical transmission risk to below 2%

Healthcare Coverage - Missouri bill would cut required insurance coverage