Women's Health Weekly

Finance - Cord Partners' parent company commences trading

Finance - Drug developer announces acceleration of employee stock option vesting

Finance - Maker of DNA and RNA testing systems reports increased revenues

Finance - Maker of store-brand health products reports third quarter 2005 results

Finance - Medical products provider announces financial results

Finance - Pharmaceutical company reports record revenues for FY2005 Q3 and 9 months

Finance - Prochieve maker restructures certain expenses to be reduced by 60% in 2005

Finance - Urological devics company reports fiscal 2Q 2005 results, profitable quarter

Fitness - Weight-loss and exercise study compares center- and home-based programs

Fitness & Wellness - Strength training for youth 7 years and older recommended by exercise council

Fitness & Wellness - Study links gender in workplace to worker loyalty, health and productivity

Food Safety - Maker of bacteria-inhibiting technology teams to launch process internationally

Gestational Diabetes - Smoking increases risk of gestational diabetes in nulliparous women

Gingivitis - Crest Pro-Health Rinse knocks out 99% of germs for oral health

Gynecologic Cancers - MIS plus X-linked clonality analysis helps diagnose synchronous tumors

Gynecology - Proangiogenic proteins flourish in endometrial growths

HIV/AIDS Screening - Group supports call for increased HIV screening, particularly for women

HIV/AIDS Testing - HIV testing campaign targets African American and Latina women

HIV/AIDS Therapy - New findings in the area of HIV/AIDS therapy detailed

Health Promotion - Group supports fitness as way to prevent heart disease

Health and Politics - Political aspects of Israel's IVF policy examined

Heart Failure - D-dimer is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality

Heathcare Coverage - PET equipment maker comments on Medicare and Medcaid coverage for PET

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Age-related shrinkage of neocortex not seen in small study of women on HRT

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Recent findings illuminate research in hormone replacement therapy

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Transdermal HRT delivery reviewed

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Transdermal gels and patches are as effective as oral HT formulations

Hormones - Striatin is scaffold for estrogen-mediated activation of signaling pathways

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine -  Listeria vaccines containing PEST sequences are adjuvants for HPV16 E7

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Plasmid encoding HPV DNA improved immunogenicity against HPV infection

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Synthetic HPV16 E7 protein is immunogenic in the TC-1 mouse tumor model

Hypertension - Data suggest defining optimal BP of <100/70 mm Hg

Hypertension - Influence of hypertension on cognitive decline in Alzheimer dementia clarified

Hypothyroidism - Study confirms negative cognitive effect of untreated maternal hypothyroidism

Imaging - Mammographic image analysis method detects, measures changes in breast density

Legal Issues - Ruling that embryo is a person could have chilling effect

Liposuction - Plastic surgeon explains procedures and purposes of liposuction

Luteal Phase Defect - "No convincing evidence" that LPD causes reproductive problems, paper says

Malignant Melanoma - FDA grants IND status to malignant melanoma compound

Memory - Nonhuman primate males more susceptible to cognitive decline than females

Menopause - Follitropin receptor knockout mice model women's age-related changes

Menstruation - Researchers suggest early and current menstrual experiences may be related

Mergers & Acquisitions - Newborn technology company completes acquisition of Bridgetech Holdings

Metabolism - Sibutramine improves fat distribution, IR in Korean obese nondiabetic women

Mycoplasma Infection -  M. genitalium infection doesn't appear affect pregnancy outcome

Neurology - Infection in newborn rats exhibit memory problems during later immune challenge

Neurology - Mother's work schedule may impact child's cognitive development

Nociception - Emotional reactivity involved in gender differences in pain sensitivity

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Company Initiates phase I/II clinical trial of PT-523 in NSCLC

Nutrition - Growth and diet quality studied, influence on attainment of walking clarified

Obesity - Genetics research unlocks a key regulator of weight in women

Obstetrics - Future of tocolytics in preterm labor questioned

Obstetrics - LEEP treatment increases risk of preterm delivery in future pregnancies

Obstetrics - Most antenatal coagulation screening is unnecessary

Obstetrics - New findings in obstetrics described

Obstetrics - PDE4 inhibitors may be therapeutic target to prevent premature birth

Obstetrics - Paper: More can be done to prevent cerebral damage in preterm infants

Obstetrics - Pollutants, stress from WTC collapse had some effect on area birth outcomes

Obstetrics - Proteomics technology detects proteins associated with premature birth

Obstetrics - Research add new data to obstetrics body of knowledge

Obstetrics - Researchers call for prenatal screening for parasitic infection

Obstetrics - Study finds markers for premature birth risk at the molecular level

Obstetrics - Women successfully treated to prevent preterm labor at low risk for recurrence

Oncology - Lamivudine prevents hepatitis B reactivation during breast cancer therapy

Oncology - Microarray discerns DNA changes in microdissected ovarian cancer specimens

Osteoporosis - Modest exercise-induced weight loss associated with reduced BMD in older women

Ovarian Cancer - Endometrioid carcinomas have lower MIS rate and PTEN changes than uterine type

Ovarian Cancer - Immunohistochemical expression of cadherin-catenin complex studied

Ovarian Cancer - Lower BMI, more physical activity helps reduce risk in Swedish study

Patents - Companies enter cross-license and settlement agreement for HPV vaccine patents

Pediatric Safety - Study of children in car crashes shows teen drivers pose risk to child occupants

Peptide Receptors - Guanylyl cyclase B receptor analyzed, critical reproductive roles revealed

Perimenopause - Inexpensive, practical pencil-and-paper measure of menorrhagia validated

Personnel - Breast-imaging equipment company names Patti Pavey director of medical education

Personnel - Healthcare company appoints three clinicians to its U.S. medical team

Pharmaceutical Research - Journal focuses on gender differences and medications

Philanthropy - Retail shoe company donates $570,000 to breast cancer foundation

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Beta-cell dysfunction may be a key determinant of PCOS

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Family history of type 2 diabetes increases risk for women with PCOS

Postpartum Depression - HSP-hormone withdrawal protocol may be useful animal model of PPD

Prenatal Medicine - PET/MRI scans may help unravel mechanisms of prenatal drug damage

Preventive Medicine - Triedix changes name to reflect baby boomer's demand for preventive healthcare

Preventive Medicine - Women can take steps to prevent heart disease

Primary Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome - Impaired endothelial function more prominent in arterial vs. venous involvement

Russell-Silver Syndrome - Molecular screening detects maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7

Sex Steroids - Sex steroids reduce DNasel accessibility of androgen receptor promoter in brain

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Infertility association receives second federal grant on embryo donation

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Mississippi bill requires parental consent for teen birth control

Sexual and Reproductive Health - Progesterone therapy could prevent thousands of preterm births

Sexual and Reproductive Health - Supplemental NDA confirmed for lasofoxifene as a treatment for vaginal atrophy

Smallpox Vaccine - Safety of vaccinia immune globulin during pregnancy reviewed

Stress - Perimenopausal women's menstrual cycle slightly effected by stress

Stress - Telomere shortening is accelerated in women in response to life stress

Stress - Women leaving IT field due to work/family balance pressures

Stroke - Migraine headaches may have stroke risk

Thrombosis - Study investigates association of thrombosis with antiphospholipid antibodies

Urinary Tract Infection - A sugar shows therapeutic promise for chronic UTI

Venous Thromboembolism - Raloxifene doesn't increase activated protein C resistance, unlike combined HRT