Women's Health Weekly

Breast Cancer - Severity of breast cancer at diagnosis is associated with race

Cardiovascular Disease - Obesity-related cardiovascular risk factors may be improved by increased fruit consumption

Gastroenterology - Gastroesophageal reflux is associated with even moderate weight increase in women

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer screening with pulmonary function tests should consider gender differences

Osteoporosis - Natural health products for osteoporosis prevention and treatment are focus of review

Adrenal Cortical Cancer - Case of adrenal cortical carcinoma metastatic to the breast reported

Adverse Drug Reaction - Rituximab treatment can accelerate hepatitis C virus replication

Asthma - Asthma risk is increased in women taking endogenous and exogenous sex steroid hormones

Awards - Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation names 2006 Professor of Survivorship awardees

Breast Adenocarcinoma - Breast adenocarcinoma apoptosis potentiated by febrile hyperthermia

Breast Cancer - Activator protein-2 overexpression accounts for insulin receptor activity in breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Adjuvant chemotherapy dose regimen for older women with breast cancer was examined

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer angiogenesis is modulated by protease-activated receptor-2 control of MAPK pathways

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer cell survival requires acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer incidence and sleep duration appear unrelated

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer misdiagnosis resulted from falsely positive axillary sentinel lymph nodes

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer risk is increased in high-risk Jewish women with specific ATM gene mutations

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer survival predicted by baseline psychosocial factors

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer survivors undergoing weight training may experience improved quality of life

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer-induced bone destruction prevented by apoptosis-inducing ligand

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer-related lymphedema may cause impaired lymphatic function in hands

Breast Cancer - Breast carcinogenesis linked to activating function of c-Src and Stat3 on HGF transcription

Breast Cancer - Breast tumor progression-specific genes identified

Breast Cancer - Breast tumor recurrence decreased after immediate IORT-boost and whole breast irradiation

Breast Cancer - Consolidation therapy for metastatic breast cancer confined to bones proves effective

Breast Cancer - Female breast cancer patient views on donating biologic samples for genetic research surveyed

Breast Cancer - HER2/neu-derived peptide GP2 shows promise for breast cancer vaccine

Breast Cancer - Komen foundation awards first health disparities fellowship to Howard University

Breast Cancer - Mastectomy should include surgical resection of the needle biopsy tract

Breast Cancer - Medullary breast cancer revealed in a subgroup of basal breast cancers

Breast Cancer - Subsequent breast magnetic resonance imaging rounds result in higher sensitivity

Breast Implants - Heritage Worldwide plans to introduce hydrogel-filled breast implants

Business & Finance - Crescent Diagnostics secures venture capital financing

Business & Finance - CytoCore's capital structure improves with first quarter financials

Business & Finance - Ligand Pharmaceuticals to be relisted on NASDAQ National Market

Business Update - Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. establishes scientific advisory board

Business Update - Conceptus presents at Pacific Growth Equities' 2005 Life Sciences Growth investor conference

Business Update - Dr. Francine Nichols establishes education and services criteria for Mothers Supercare Centers

Cancer Diagnostics - Estimates of long-term survival for newly diagnosed cancer patients discussed

Cancer Prevention - Cancer risk related to supplement use should consider lifestyle characteristics of users

Cancer Research - Self-reported cancer characteristics show little variance geographically among women

Cancer Therapy - Morphotek announces initiation of phase II clinical studies for MORAb-003 in ovarian cancer

Cardiovascular Disease - Atherosclerotic vascular disease risk is comparable in women with or without osteoporosis

Cardiovascular Disease - Cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women may be reduced by coffee consumption

Cardiovascular Disease - Metabolic risk factors in Japanese women consuming traditional diet was examined

Cardiovascular Research - Cardiac remodeling increases stroke volume in late gestation via critical role of endothelial nitric oxide

Cervical Cancer - Cervical cancer poor prognosis predicted by weak expression of focal adhesion kinase

Cervical Cancer - Clinical trials of concurrent radiation and chemotherapy for cervical cancer were evaluated

Cervical Cancer - Dose for cervical cancer therapy with carbon ion radiotherapy was evaluated

Cervical Cancer - High cervical cancer incidence in China linked to high frequency of HPV16 Asian variants

Cervical Cancer - Pap smear was compared to SurePath for detecting gynecological microorganisms

Cervical Cancer - U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Merck's Gardasil to prevent cervical cancer

Cervical Cancer Vaccine - National Cervical Cancer Coalition stresses importance of protecting women against the disease

Developmental Biology - Ovarian primordial to primary follicle transition can be inhibited

Diet & Nutrition - Longevity is enhanced in Dutch women who follow traditional dietary pattern

Drug Safety - MediaFact launches Ortho Evra section

Eating Disorders - Pregnancy outcome of women with eating disorders during and after pregnancy is examined

Endometrial Cancer - Endometrial cancer prognosis can be correlated with HER-2 expression

Endometrial Cancer - Endometrial cancer's microsatellite instability status assessed by pentaplex PCR

Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma - Endometrial stromal sarcoma treated by thrombectomy without bypass

Endometriosis - Endometriosis models highlight proangiogenic CYR61 and feedback mechanisms

Endometriosis - Endometriosis therapy with aromatase inhibitors is focus of review

Gender Medicine - Gender differences in self-rated health in relation to socioeconomic traits were examined

Genetics & Genomics - HE4 expression in normal and malignant human tissues analyzed

Geriatrics - Gender differences in socioeconomic advantage on disability-free living were studied

Gerontology - Mothers aged 65 to 75 are almost four times more likely to expect a daughter to be their caregiver

HIV/AIDS & Pregnancy - Impact of HIV infection during pregnancy on maternal and fetal outcomes was evaluated

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Abstinence messages are not enough for HIV prevention in Zambia

HIV/AIDS Vertical Transmission - Perinatal HIV transmission may be prevented by neutralizing antibodies

Hepatoblastoma - Child hepatoblastoma risk heightened due to certain maternal and infant birth characteristics

Herpes Vaccine - CpG oligodeoxynucleotide is potent adjuvant for vaccination against genital herpes

Human Papillomavirus - Human papillomavirus in cervical screening and vaccination is the focus of review

Human Papillomavirus - Papilloma lesion regression stimulated by recombinant vaccine

Imaging - 3D-power Doppler imaging flow index is poorly related to blood flow volume or velocity

Imaging - Affibody presents clinical data on imaging of breast cancer metastases using anti-HER2 molecules

Imaging - Breast cancer screening enhanced with computer-aided detection proves cost-effective

Imaging - Breast magnetic resonance imaging screening for BRCA1/2 carriers may be cost-effective

Injury Prevention - Stalking poses serious public health problem

Ischemic Heart Disease - Ischemic outcomes are improved by bivalirudin/GpIIb-IIIa therapy in coronary interventions

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer risk due to cooking fumes may be increased in nonsmoking Chinese women

Mammography Screening - Older women have far fewer mammograms than they report