Women's Health Weekly

Legal Issues - Lawsuit accuses director of New Orleans health center of postponing abortions

Legal Issues - Ruling upholds denial of breast reconstruction

Legal Issues - United States senators target dietary supplement law

Liver Disease - Pattern of alcohol consumption as important as quantity consumed

Marijuana - Teens try marijuana for first time most often in summer months, report shows

Maternal Depression - Prepartum, postpartum, and chronic depression effects on newborns studied

Medication - Brand medications preferred over generics for serious conditions, survey shows

Menopause - Research shows that the seasons may be involved in menopause onset

Metastatic Cancer - MGB1 differentiates metastasized breast cancer from primary lung lesions

Multiple Births - Palestinian woman gives birth to septuplets

Nursing Issues - Miss North Dakota vows to continue promoting nurses

Nutrition - Study: Soda may have link to diabetes

Obesity - Recruitment complete for phase IIb AOD9604 obesity trial

Obesity Risk Factor - Socioeconomic status affects attitudes toward eating and weight

Obstetrics - Intravenous nitroglycerin studied in preterm labor

Obstetrics - LMW heparin helps prevent venous thromboembolism in pregnancy

Obstetrics - No evidence to support increased elective cesareans among wealthier U.K. women

Obstetrics - Patients need to understand limitations of fetal ultrasound

Obstetrics - Pelvic organ support throughout pregnancy varies

Obstetrics - Psychologic effects of pregnancy examined

Obstetrics - Second opinion helps reduce unnecessary cesareans in Latin America

Obstetrics - Studies will investigate benefits of early labor at home

Oral Mucositis - L-glutamine formulation helps prevent, treat common chemotherapy side effect

Osteoarthritis - Osteoarthritis patients report improved function in collagen hydrolysate study

Osteoporosis - 3D-line skeleton graph analysis of MR may compliment BMD methods

Osteoporosis - BMD depends on bone and body size

Osteoporosis - Calcitonin reduces acute bone loss in patients with pertrochanteric fractures

Osteoporosis - D-hormones efficacious in fracture and bone loss prevention

Osteoporosis - Dietary fermented soybean may improve bone formation in premenopausal women

Osteoporosis - Exercise more critical than calcium for adolescent bones

Osteoporosis - HindIII marker of osteocalcin gene limited as genetic marker in Chinese women

Osteoporosis - OSIRIS validated for identifying bone-loss risk

Osteoporosis - PAI complete for nasal-spray facility

Osteoporosis - Study finds dietary supplement increases bone mineral density

Ovarian Cancer - Gemcitabine yields favorable results vs. recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer - Generex prepares for trials in patients with Her-2/neu positive ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer - Hormonal contraceptive use appears to reduce epithelial ovarian neoplasia risk

Ovarian Cancer - Researchers try to pin down symptoms of ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer - Tumor grade correlates with fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in ovarian cancer

Overactive Bladder - Company announces FDA approval of SANCTURA

Overactive Bladder - U.S. FDA approves Sanctura for treatment of overactive bladder

Pelvic Floor Function - Kolpexin Pull Test is new method for dynamic assessment

Personnel - The American Academy of Pediatrics elects new vice president

Pneumonia - Predisposition to community-acquired pneumonia in seniors is multifactorial

Preeclampsia - PBMC-influenced interleukin levels differ in normal vs. preeclamptic pregnancy

Prostate Cancer - Positive phase IIb data reported for ACAPODENE

Psychology - Psychiatric morbidity, marital maladjustment affect Chinese menopausal women

Public Health - Smoking, obesity connected to income levels and education, analysis shows

Public Health - Study links workplace gender issues to stress, health risks, healthcare costs

Receptor Studies - EphB4 and ephrin-B2 interactions modulate breast tumor growth

Reproductive Biology - Trophoblast gene expression varies within, between human normal term placentae

Respiratory Problems - Weight loss may help obese women breathe easier, avoid asthma misdiagnosis

Rheumatoid Arthritis - Estrogen deficiency accelerates certain type of murine autoimmune arthritis

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Utah Health Department seeks to clarify abortion law for hospitals

Skin Care - Kinerase product line to expand in 2004

Stem-Cell Research - Male germ cells function as spermatogonial stem cells producing functional sperm

Stem-Cell Research - New stem-cell lines could help genetic disease research

Stress Urinary Incontinence - Survey finds most urogynecologists prefer transvaginal urethrolysis approach

Surgical Complications - Elderly, diabetics, women at risk for postsurgery infection

Transcriptional Regulation - Agents that activate NRIF3 coregulators would target breast cancer cells

Trichomonas Vaginalis - Infection activates cells through toll-like receptor 4

Urinary Incontinence - DUEC test doesn't replace cystometry for diagnostics

Urinary Incontinence - Hormonal variation may influence risk

Urinary Incontinence - Tension-free vaginal tape reduces maximum flow rates

Urinary Incontinence - Transvaginal tape causes greater postoperative changes

Urinary Tract Infection - Ciprofloxacin therapy is efficacious for UTI treatment

Urogynecology - Study assesses treatment-seeking behavior of Chinese women in Hong Kong

Uterine Fibroids - FDA panel recommends ExAblate System for approval

Vector Development - Hybrid LTR retroviruses seek and transfect tumor endothelial cells

Vertebral Compression Fractures - Synthetic biomaterial restores function after vertebral compression fractures

Vulvovaginal Candidiasis - Intravaginal live challenge leads to new immunopathogenesis hypothesis

Weight Loss - Yo-yo dieting may have long-tem negative impact on immune function, study shows

Women's Health - Researcher urges effort to get more women to have mammograms