Women's Health Weekly

Healthcare Coverage - Private health plan introduced for children in central Texas

Healthcare Coverage - Survey finds women feel health plans critical to ensuring financial future

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Menopause experts update position statement on estrogen and progestogen use

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Short-term impairment of gallbladder emptying associated with HRT

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Human papillomavirus in cervical cancers in Mozambique genotyped

Immunology - E2 drives materno-fetal tolerance by expanding regulatory T cell compartment

Influenza - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina offers free flu shots to members

Information Technology - Cancer center quality diagnostics on every physician's computer via web tool

Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Biomedical food supplements product research featured in consumer publication

Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Depression co-morbidity associated with poor sleep, more severe IBS symptoms

Laparotomy - Data published from Entereg (alvimopan) phase III clinical trial

Legal Issues - Physicians fear district attorney's interpretation of fetal protection law

Legal Issues - U.S. Government to collect $11.3M for expenses from silicone breast implants

Legislative Issues - Survivors, physicians stress need for gynecologic cancer awareness bill

Leukemia - Evidence builds for potential new cancer drug target

Malaria - Role of Plasmodium falciparum genes in malaria in pregnancy reviewed

Meningitis - Parents encouraged to schedule missed vaccine doses of Prevnar for children

Menstruation - Menstrual cycle as a vital sign of health addressed at scientific forum

Metastases - Succinct interactions trigger interleukin-8 in invasive breast cancer

Myasthenia Gravis - Asymptomatic type of disease also adversely affects pregnancy and birth

Neurology - Pregnancy is a risk factor for restless legs syndrome

Newborn Health - Study finds no deaths related to traditional infant bedding

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - NHL patients do not receive full dose of chemo, study shows

Nutrition - Food company comments on study examining calcium and folic acid supplements

Obstetrics - Beta₂ -agonist treatment enhances OTR mRNA expression in pregnant rats

Obstetrics - Case reported of postpartum sacral fracture presenting as lumbar radiculopathy

Obstetrics - Celecoxib no better than placebo for pruritis in cesarean-section patients

Obstetrics - Early data on remifentanil/propofol-based general anesthesia technique reported

Obstetrics - Effect of prenatal care on birth outcome assessed in Taiwan

Obstetrics - Laparoscopy can be useful for guiding D&C in angular pregnancy

Obstetrics - Left lateral and supine, wedged positions yield similar spinal block results

Obstetrics - Marijuana use could cause tubal pregnancies, murine study suggests

Obstetrics - Maternal nutrition affects fetal and neonatal reproductive development

Obstetrics - Maternal thyroid problems may cause very preterm delivery

Obstetrics - Monitoring technology for safer births studied at Kaiser Permanente

Obstetrics - Partnership aims to stop the invisible epidemic of maternal deaths

Obstetrics - Photo report follows six women during pregnancy and childbirth

Obstetrics - Study: Methimazole isn't safe during pregnancy

Obstetrics - Sublingual vs. vaginal misoprostol compared prior with first-trimester abortion

Obstetrics - Survey shows women unaware of infertility risk factors

Obstetrics - Term placentas from high-altitude pregnancies don't suffer hypoxic stress

Obstetrics - Two paracervical block techniques compared in first-trimester abortion

Obstetrics - pH-self measurement and immediate treatment helps prevent premature birth

Occupational Safety - Occupational safety institute published hazardous drug exposure report

Oncology - VEGF₁₆₅ antagonizes semaphorin 3B-initiated apoptosis in cancer cells

Orthopedics - NSAID use, cigarette smoking not linked to aseptic loosening around THA

Osteoporosis - Exercise in the years preceding puberty increases bone mass for life

Osteoporosis - HA-coated screws decrease fixation failure incidence of trochanteric fractures

Osteoporosis - Lasofoxifene NDA submission earns pharmaceutical company $2M milestone payment

Osteoporosis - Orthopedists okay locking compression plates for osteoporotic forearm fractures

Osteoporosis - Osteogenesis around titanium implants affects bone turnover

Osteoporosis - Osteoporosis treatment submitted to European authorities for approval

Osteoporosis - Strontium ranelate is effective therapy with novel mechanism of action

Osteoporosis - Study compares weekly dosing efficacies of Fosamax and Actonel

Ovarian Cancer - Gene amplification is one mechanism for hK6 overexpression in ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer - Phase II trial data on carboplatin/paclitaxel/gemcitabine regimen reported

Ovarian Tumors - Case reported of late recurrence of juvenile granulosa cell tumor of the ovary

Pain Management - Survey finds one in three Connecticut adults experience pain on a daily basis

Pain Medicine - Temporal characteristics of descending inhibitory control vary by gender

Parkinson Disease - Study finds limited role for DJ1 in PD susceptibility

Pediatric Leukemia - FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee to review clofarabine

Personnel - Newborn health company makes personnel announcements

Personnel - Specialty pharmaceutical company announces management appointments

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Metformin being evaluated for improving PCOS symptoms

Preeclampsia - Cellular endothelial compartment increase may play pathologic role

Preeclampsia - Preventive effect from aspirin depends on early treatment of sufficient dose

Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis - Microarray analysis of fetal DNA in amniotic fluid identifies sex, aneuploidy

Product Licensing - Licensing agreement reached for oral formulation of human growth hormone

Prostate Cancer - Patient enrollment commences in U.S. prostate cancer study of Modrenal

Psychology - Preadolescents' body image concerns need attention

Reproductive Biology - Circadian Clock mutation disrupts estrous cyclicity, maintenance of pregnancy

Sexual Desire Disorder - FDA grants priority review to testosterone transdermal system for HSDD

Sexual Dysfunction - Positive results reported on phase II study of LibiGel

Sexual Health - Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida adds sexual medicine service

Sports-Related Injuries - Motion DNA launches high school sports testing programs

Stem Cell Research - Model transforms stem cells to express breast cancer estrogen receptor

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Detoxification deficiency linked to increased oxidative stress in SLE etiology

Toxicology - Perchlorate exposure not harmful to newborns, pregnant women, other adults

Trichomoniasis - Xenostrip-Tv is rapid and accurate test for Trichomonas vaginalis

Urinary Tract Infection - A glass of cranberry juice a day may keep bladder infection away

Urinary Tract Infection - Gatifloxacin regimens as effective as oral ciprofloxacin for UTI

Urology - Bladder-to-urethral reflexes in urinary continence mechanisms studied in rats

Vulvar Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment of relatively rare gynecologic cancer discussed

Weight Loss - Researchers link citrus to weight loss, reduced heart disease and cancer