Women's Health Weekly

Fitness and Wellness - British marathoner releases DVD and video on power walking off the pounds

Gestational Diabetes - Oxidative stress involved in pathogenesis of gestational diabetes

Graft-Versus-Tumor Effect - Graft-versus-tumor effect following ASCT generated against solid tumors

Gynecology - Company reports 2005 Medicare payment value for cryoablation therapy

Gynecology - Doppler flow studies don't differentiate leiomyomas from leiomyosarcomas

Gynecology - SU5416 controls enzyme signals to block ovarian cancer angiogenesis

Gynecology - Transcriptional switches initiate estrogen-regulated endometrial growth

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Acceptability of HIV prevention strategies in central Tanzania explored

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Multifaceted intervention strategy associated with lower HIV rates

Health Education - U.S. young people's views of sexual terms undergo big changes

Health Promotion - Online resource for expectant parents helps pregnant women to quit smoking

Healthcare Access - Barriers to infectious disease care among lesbians identified

Heart Disease Risk Factors - Endothelial dysfunction in women with PCOS related to insulin resistance

Heart Surgery - Study: Mortality risk doesn't differ between sexes after PCI

Hematology - Prenatal gene therapy corrects hemophilia B in immunocompetent mice

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Adding methyltestosterone to esterified estrogen improves lipoprotein profile

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Overall risk of developing hypertension during HRT is low

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Review supports link between HRT and stroke

Hypothyroidism - Adjusting pre-conception L-T4 dose may yield adequate maternal thyroid function

Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Coinfection with CMV frequent in IBD patients on immunosuppressive therapy

Interstitial Cystitis - IC is more prevalent in managed care population than previously thought

Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Study of pro-motility agent shows improved work productivity in women with IBS

Lactation - Breast milk samples from different donors contain similar oligonucleotides

Legal Issues - U.S. court upholds patent infringement suit against generic antibiotic maker

Leukemia - Higher BMI associated with increased risk of AML, but not CLL in older women

Mastitis - Calcium inhibits bap-dependent multicellular behavior in Staphylococcus

Menopause - Anti-mullerian hormone is promising predictor of menopausal transition.

Migraine - Handout focuses on menstrual migraine

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Pesticide exposure may be associated with increased risk of NHL among women

Nutrition - Dynamic rheology of gelatine-sugar composites measured during aging

Nutrition - Infant formula quality studied, role of specific saccharide ratio revealed

Obesity and Diabetes - Intranasal insulin reduces body fat in men but not in women

Obstetric Anesthesia - General anesthesia used in about 20% of cesarean sections in Singapore hospital

Obstetric Anesthesia - U.S. medical center conducts retrospective analysis of anesthesia failures

Obstetric Nursing - "Kangaroo care" treats young woman's grief, anxiety, perinatal problems

Obstetrics - Birth simulator helps identify least forceful way to manage problem deliveries

Obstetrics - Cerebral hemodynamic changes present in women who develop preeclampsia

Obstetrics - Conditional month difference, imputed month midpoint better for timing events

Obstetrics - Higher dose of clomiphene doesn't appear to increase risk of poor outcome

Obstetrics - Intrauterine inflammation increases with prolonged latency after PPROM

Obstetrics - Nearly half of extremely premature babies have significant disabilities later

Obstetrics - New findings in obstetrics described

Obstetrics - Newer antidepressants don't appear to adversely effect pregnancy outcome

Obstetrics - University Hospitals examines screening of babies for drugs

Oncogenesis - Research in oncogenesis provides new insights

Oncology - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of oncology

Osteoporosis - Bone response to PTH and high-dose E2 involves patterned gene regulation

Osteoporosis - Effects of alendronate last longer after discontinuation than estrogen

Osteoporosis - Findings advance knowledge in osteoporosis research

Osteoporosis - Hip fracture estimated to comprise 0.1% of global burden of disease in 1990

Osteoporosis - Research add new data to osteoporosis body of knowledge

Osteoporosis - Researchers' findings advance osteoporosis research

Osteoporosis - Studies add new findings to osteoporosis body of knowledge

Osteoporosis - Studies describe new findings in osteoporosis research

Osteoporosis - Wyeth selects drug targets in osteoporosis collaboration with Belgium company

Ovarian Cancer - Assay combination has potential to double response rate to chemotherapy

Ovarian Cancer - Cell lines analyzed using array-based comparative genomic hybridization

Ovarian Cancer - Company enrolls, initiates reviews phases of clinical trials for cancer drug

Ovarian Cancer - Progesterone signaling appears to influence disease risk

Pain Medicine - Outcomes of anesthetic-delivery device following mastectomy reported

Personnel - Cardiologist elected Society for Women's Health Research board chair

Personnel - Former Massachusetts governor Jane Swift appointed to health insurer's board

Personnel - Richard C. Williams named interim CEO of specialty biopharmaceutical company

Personnel - William Nuerge named CEO of women's health and urology focused drug company

Physiology - Increased uterine flow impedance found in older pregnant women

Pre-eclampsia - Researchers find protein predicts pregnancy complication

Product Licensing - CAD, 3-D imaging companies announce licensing agreement for computed tomography

Product Licensing - Company inks licensing agreement in Mexico for Decapeptyl Depot, Decapeptyl LA

Prostate Cancer - Company reaches milestone in development of prostate cancer classification test

Pulmonary Hypertension - Results from STRIDE-4 released

RNA Research - Mullerian duct analyzed, altered matrix metalloprotein mRNA expression revealed

Radiotherapy - Risk estimation made of hereditary effects due to radiation therapy

Salpingitis - New bacterial phylotypes found in Fallopian-tube specimens

Sexual & Reproductive Health - New drug application submitted for premature ejaculation

Sexual and Reproductive Health - Diet does not influence reproductive outcomes in mice lacking the Socs-2 gene

Sexual and Reproductive Health - Murine scans identify genes associated with oocyte maturation

Sexual and Reproductive Health - Primary follicles are stockpiled in polycystic ovary syndrome

Stress - Mothers in the workplace held to stricter standards, study suggests

Stress - Study suggests women suffer more stress than men and handle it differently

Stroke - Risk is greater for migraine sufferers, especially those on oral contraceptives

Substance Abuse - Australian group calls for revised guidelines on alcohol during pregnancy

Substance Abuse - CDC grant enables research on alcohol-exposed pregnancies to continue

Surgical Technology - Imaging center announces noninvasive procedure for uterine fibroids

Surgical Technology - Report published examining forecast in eight major surgical specialties

Trichomonas vaginalis -  T. vaginalis inhibits proinflammatory cytokines via NF-kappa B supression

Tuberculosis - Concepts of gender, culture, and TB explored among uninfected Indian population

Urinary Tract Infections - Drug-resistant UTI outbreak likely caused by contaminated food

Urology - Pelvic floor reconstruction reviewed

Uterine Fibroids - Interim assessment of 1-month data from uterine fibroid therapy released

Vaginal Infection - Mannose binding lectin and C3 act as recognition molecules for pathogens