Women's Health Weekly

Diagnostics - Recognition and treatment of early vulvar lichen sclerosus aid remission

Diagnostics - Transvaginal magnetic resonance imaging used in staging of cervical carcinoma

Diagnostics - Women need to self-monitor for early ovarian cancer symptoms

Drug Resistance - AN-238 inhibits growth of experimental, drug resistant endometrial carcinomas

Drug Safety - Over-the-counter medicine safety organization aims education program at women

Endometrial Cancer - Limiting postoperative radiotherapy to vaginal vault lessened morbidity

Fibromyalgia - Dehydroepiandrosterone proves ineffective in treatment of fibromyalgia symptoms

Finance - Medical products company reports third quarter 2005 sales up, net income down

Fitness & Wellness - Planned walking helps sedentary women meet physical activity recommendations

Fitness & Wellness - Use of intramyocellular lipids and glycogen during exercise is related to gender

Fracture Risk Factors - Acromegaly predicts fracture risk in post-menopausal women

Fracture Risk Factors - Multiple fracture risk factors identified in postmenopausal women with osteopenia

Genetics & Genomics - BRCA1 and BRCA2 marked as ovarian cancer susceptibility genes

Genetics & Genomics - Genomics company forms pharmaceutical subsidiary focused on personalized medicine

HIV/AIDS Antiretroviral - UC-781 inhibits HIV-1 infection of cervical tissue and dissemination by migratory cells

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Vaginal microbicide phase III trial underway, 10,000 women to be enrolled

Headache - Research suggests headaches caused by oral contraceptives improve with continued use

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Estrogen use associated with increased myocardial fatty acid utilization

Hormones - Sex hormones show gender-specific pattern after abdominal surgery

Human Papillomavirus - Humoral immune response recognizes a complex set of epitopes on HPV-6 L1 capsomers

Immunotherapy - Gender specific differences observed in immune response

Information Technology - Agreement to distribute Varian's radiation treatment planning software announced

Information Technology - Network system enables providing mammography history on CD, DVD for patient

Lipid Research - Raloxifene positively affects lipid profile and body fat distribution

Lung Cancer - Papillary adenocarcinoma of lung deemed more advanced than bronchioloalveolar carcinoma

Medical Devices - Texas center treating uterine fibroids with U.S.FDA-approved thermal ablation system

Menopause - Novel class of estrogen receptor-subtype modulators identified

Menopause - Pharmaceutical company gets exclusive North American rights to Estrasorb topical emulsion

Menopause - Study reveals physician understanding of menopause and patient interaction

Menopause Symptoms - Use of tibolone for managing menopausal symptoms contrasted with traditional therapy

Mergers & Acquisitions - Duramed to acquire FEI Women's Health and its ParaGard IUD product

Nephrology - Baboon shown to be good model for studies of human kidney development

Obstetrics - Angiogenic balance may be essential for evading preeclampsia

Osteoporosis - Fracture risk predicted by femoral neck bone loss in elderly women

Osteoporosis - Study identifies risk factors in osteoporosis and prevalence of secondary osteoporosis

Osteoporosis - Study reveals vertebral deformities misdiagnosed as vertebral fractures

Osteoporosis - Survey shows majority of women unaware of their risk for spinal fractures

Osteoporosis - Tanshinones from Chinese sage root suppress osteoclast differentiation

Ovarian Cancer - Circulating tumor DNA found in one-third of women with ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer - Enhanced counseling positively affects decision making after BRCA1/2 testing

Ovarian Cancer - Low malignant potential ovarian tumors treated by conservative surgery

Ovarian Cancer - Unexplained symptoms for ovarian cancer should prompt pelvic imaging

Ovarian Cancer - Vegetable or fruit consumption not shown to be associated with ovarian cancer risk

Ovarian Cancer - Women at high risk of ovarian cancer are ready subjects for chemoprevention trials

Ovarian Tumors - Research revealed type of surgical access not related to staging quality

Pain Management - Acceptance-based coping may be useful tool in controlling pain

Pain Management - Study demonstrates pain sensitivity should be assessed by different modalities

Personnel - Robert C. Young, MD, named to board of directors

Physiology - Reference value for asymmetric dimethylarginine determined

Product Licensing - Company acquires rights to noninvasive prenatal diagnostic intellectual property

Proteomics - P-gp expression, but not BCRP, upregulated in early pregnancy to protect fetus

Radiology Techniques - Radiology treatment strategies for pseudomyxoma peritonei recommended

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Interferon-based therapy Alferon treats human papilloma virus

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Pharmaceutical company presents results of in vitro fertilization trial

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Steroid signaling regulates ovarian surface epithelium

Toxic Shock Syndrome - Study shows black women may be more susceptible to toxic shock syndrome

Uterine Cancer - Improved survivial achieved with Platinum-based chemotherapy

Weight Management - Researcher urges use of gynecologic appointments to help manage weight

X-Ray Exposure - Germ cell-transmitted alteration may be initiated by preconceptual maternal X-ray exposure