Women's Health Weekly

Activism - March highlights global impact of U.S. reproductive health policies

Endocrinology - Testosterone replacement improves muscle strength, function in HIV+ women

Mammography - Women use different strategies to cope with the pain of mammograms

Obstetrics - Antenatal factors associated with maternal infection hamper infant neurology

Urinary Incontinence - Combinations of behavioral and drug therapy help patients with incontinence

Abortion - Utah hospital won't terminate pregnancies in cases of fatal fetal deformity

Addiction Medicine - Ecstasy alters the neurochemistry of the neonatal rat

Adverse Drug Effects - Agents used for treating epileptic children may affect bone health

Animal Study - Lycopene linked to reduction in fibroid tumors

Assisted Reproduction - Assisted reproduction technology linked to epigenetic errors

Assisted Reproduction - CDC releases ART Surveillance report for 2001

Asthma - Company receives preclinical report on MDI-P

At-Risk Populations - South African women with violent male partners have higher HIV risk

Bacterial Infections - Commercialization commences for newly discovered bioactive protein

Bone Mineral Density - Inverse relation found between leptin and BMD in hip-fractured women

Brain Development - Maternal marijuana consumption alters L1 expression in the male fetal brain

Breast Cancer - 540 protein inhibitors promising treatments for postmenopausal breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Bcl-2 overexpression prevents Tc-99m-MIBI uptake in breast cancer cells

Breast Cancer - Brk protein tyrosine kinase therapeutic cancer target

Breast Cancer - Choice of frozen vs. permanent sentinel node section based on risk and preference

Breast Cancer - Clinical trial in Spain will test efficacy of capecitabine

Breast Cancer - Controlling PTHrP production may have a role in breast cancer therapy

Breast Cancer - Cyclin-dependent kinase 2 activated by cyclin E in breast cancer cells

Breast Cancer - Diagnosis of breast cancer more difficult in obese Korean women

Breast Cancer - Intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer may prevent recurrence

Breast Cancer - More research needed on adjuvant endocrine therapy of breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Ovarian ablation as a treatment for breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Radiation improves survival in node-positive breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer - Statins do not increase breast cancer risk

Breast Cancer Model - [¹⁸F]FETNIM and [¹⁸F]FMISO uptake correlates with tumor oxygen status

Breast Cancer Prognosis - Sentinel node biopsy in locally advanced breast cancer reviewed

Breast Cancer Therapy - Aromatase inhibitors for postmenopausal breast cancer therapy reviewed

Breast Cancer Therapy - Novel systemic therapies for breast cancer reviewed

Business & Finance - Genelabs Technologies completes sale of diagnostics business

Cancer Prognosis - New analysis gives cancer patients personalized prognosis

Cancer Risk - State agency moving after breast cancer cases found

Cancer Therapy - Dacogen and Taxotere show synergistic activity against human carcinoma cells

Cancer Therapy - MedImmune to codevelop therapeutic vaccine for cancer

Cancer Treatment - Breast cancer money approved by Oklahoma Senate

Cervical Cancer - Green tea polyphenol studied as possible cervical cell growth inhibitor

Cervical Cancer - Human papillomavirus detection is not yet predictive of cervical cancer

Cognition - Rhesus monkeys exposed to cocaine in utero have neurobehavioral deficits

Collaborations - Cord blood provider awarded exclusive participation in prenatal program

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Vaginal probiotics should contain Lactobacillus acidophilus CRL 1259

Contraception - Generic Ovcon-35 tablets approved by FDA

DNA Sequence - Human chromosome 13 DNA sequenced and analyzed

Depression - Sex hormones predispose women to anxiety and depressive disorders

Diagnostics - FISH and G-banding methods reveal genetic alterations in primary bladder cancer

Diagnostics - Mammaglobin promising diagnostic marker for breast cancer

Diagnostics - RFLP using Rsa 1 and HPV-specific primers detects five most prevalent HPV types

Diagnostics - Ultrasound detects postoperative complications after vaginal tape placement

Dietary Iron - Study shows iron helps improve memory, attention in young women

Disease Prevention - Study to test earlier estrogen use to protect against heart disease