Women's Health Weekly

Contraception - Perception of weight change while on contraceptives does not correlate with true changes

Coronary Artery Disease - Assessing carotid intima-media thickness may enhance coronary artery disease prediction

Coronary Artery Disease - Higher cutoff for flow-mediated vasodilation is needed to assess CV risk in women

Dermatology - New technology smooths deep skin wrinkles without injections

Developmental Biology - Protein loss contributes to initiation of ovarian follicular assembly

Diagnostics - New findings in the area of diagnostics described

Diet & Nutrition - Human milk found to protect against gastric cancer

Diet & Nutrition - Study suggests maintaining breastfeeding to keep protein intakes and the diet balanced

Disease Associations - Greater awareness needed for adverse impact of anemia on cancer patients

Drug Abuse - Study suggests that hormonal state modulates drug craving

Drug Development - Phase III trial of Anturol oxybutynin gel for overactive bladder to be initiated in early 2006

Eating Disorders - Differences seen in characteristics of Black women seeking binge eating disorder therapy

Eating Disorders - Patients with eating disorders have increased risk of developing alcohol use disorder

End-of-Life Issues - Women and elderly cancer patients were less likely to receive formal terminal diagnosis

Endocrinology - Researchers' data advance endocrinology research

Endometrial Cancer - Interindividual variation in XPA and XPC influences the risk of endometrial cancer

Endometrial Cancer - Prevalence of hysterectomy among blacks may account for lower endometrial cancer rates

Endometrial Cancer Screening - Gadolinium-enhanced FMPSGR sequences improve MRI evaluation of myometrial invasion

Endometriosis - Low body mass index for women with endometriosis may suggest early disease origin

Endometriosis - No association found between Alu insertion polymorphism and endometriosis

Endometriosis - Surgical technique is important to reduce adhesion formation after laparoscopic excision

Fallopian Tube Cancer - Tubo-ovarian abscess unresponsive to therapy may be sign of fallopian tube cancer

Gynecology - Recent findings in gynecology described

HIV/AIDS Assisted Reproduction - Assisted reproduction safe and effective in HIV-infected women

HIV/AIDS Drug Adherence - Pediatric HAART adherence positively impacted by commitment of mother to adherence

HIV/AIDS HAART - HAART associated with life-threatening maternal and fetal macrocytic anemia

HIV/AIDS Therapeutic Monitoring - IGF-I levels indicate HAART efficacy and can be used to monitor compliance

Hormone Therapy - Transdermal progesterone cream was preferred over oral medroxyprogesterone acetate

Hormones - Ovarian surface epithelial cell beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase is characterized

Human Papillomavirus - Findings advance knowledge in Human Papillomavirus research

Human Papillomavirus - Study examined relationship of anal human papillomavirus infection with cervical infection

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - CD8+ T cells from DNA vaccine control tumors through Fas-FasL pathway

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Study characterized HPV-16 E6 DNA vaccines employing intercellular spreading strategies

Hypertension - Elevated plasma lipid levels are associated with increased risk of hypertension

Imaging - Imaging company expands into Canada and Europe

Immune Function - Protein, iron, and zinc intake enhance immune function in older women

Influenza Vaccine - Interactive voice response reminders increase preventive service utilization

Interstitial Cystitis - Interstitial cystitis may be more prevalent than previously reported

Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Phase III study of PTI-901 shows favorable safety profile but did not meet primary endpoint

Leukemia - Relation between breastfeeding and reduced risk of childhood leukemia needs further study

Mammography - Laser mammography case studies presented at radiology meeting

Managed Healthcare - In-patient hospital use and surgical procedures for cancers in Canada trended

Melanoma - Risk of second cutaneous malignant melanoma increased in subjects with prior diagnosis

Menstrual Cycle - Sleep disturbances are more common at beginning and end of menstrual cycle

Mesothelioma - 67-kd LR used for differential cancer diagnosis

Obesity - Adipocyte insulin resistance may contribute to post-weight-loss weight gain in obese women

Obesity - Muscle metabolism deviation is linked to decreased oxidation of ketone bodies in obese women

Obstetrics - Angiogenesis markers increase in pregnancy-induced hypertension

Obstetrics - Nicotine-specific antibodies reduce nicotine transfer across placenta

Oncology - Lymphangiogenesis promotes the dissemination of inflammatory breast cancer

Osteoarthritis - Magnetic resonance imaging detects abnormalities associated with osteoarthritis severity

Osteoporosis - New findings in osteoporosis described

Osteoporosis Risk Factors - Multiparity among Saudi Arabian women is shown to reduce osteopososis risk

Ovarian Cancer - HSV oncolytic therapy recruits immune effector cells in ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer - Intracellular topotecan may be mediated by gene products in ovarian cancer cells

Ovarian Cancer - KiSS1 suppresses metastasis in human ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer - Kinase inhibition sensitizes ovarian cancer cells

Ovarian Cancer - Malignant effusions provided fibronectin for metastasis

Ovarian Cancer - Research suggests drinking tea may decrease risk of ovarian cancer by 46%

Ovarian Cancer - Tumor resection with rectosigmoidectomy enhances outcomes for ovarian cancer

Parkinson Disease - Evidence links cocaine abuse and Parkinson disease

Product Licensing - Drug discovery company licenses BA058 for osteoporosis

Prognostics - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of prognostics

STD Prevention - Intervention strategies resulted in lower STD rates among sex workers in Calcutta

Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Incidence of trichomonas vaginalis infection among teens often goes undetected

Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Lack of knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases may hinder diagnosis and treatment

Steatohepatitis - Octanoic acid metabolism is preserved in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Thrombosis - New findings in thrombosis described