Women's Health Weekly back issues from October 2003:
Increased physical activity reduces women's disease risk by 20%.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Increased physical activity, even when begun later in life, reduces overall breast cancer risk by 20% among women at all levels of risk for the disease, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, ...
Reproductive hormones may affect the efficacy of serotonergic antidepressants.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reproductive hormones may affect the efficacy of serotonergic antidepressants. "The objective of this report is to compare antidepressant response rates and tolerability in younger and older women. One hundred fifteen female outpatients ...
Glycoprotein overexpression a biomarker of aggressive ovarian, uterine cancers.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The detection of a specific protein molecule could help oncologists identify uterine and ovarian cancers with poor prognosis and thereby enable better disease management of women with aggressive uterine or ovarian cancer, researchers suggest. ...
The hormone estrogen may protect against age-related hippocampal atrophy.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The hormone estrogen may protect against age-related hippocampal atrophy. According to published research from the United States, "few studies have examined gender differences in hippocampal volumes, and the potential effect of estrogen ...
Scientists announce vaccine hope.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaccines could be used alongside conventional treatments to combat certain forms of cancer, scientists suggest. A Cancer Research UK scientist and his team have found that a vaccine targeted against certain forms of the human ...
Black cohosh may reduce hot flashes by targeting brain's thermostat.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Black cohosh, a medicinal herb increasingly used by women as an alternative to estrogen replacement therapy, may reduce hot flashes by targeting serotonin receptors - some of the same receptors used by the brain to help regulate body temperature, ...
Estrogen may actually exacerbate neural injury in older adult females.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogen may actually exacerbate neural injury in older adult females. "Estrogen attenuates neural damage resulting from a variety of experimental injury models in adult female rats. To determine whether estrogens neuroprotective actions ...
Bacteria may show promise in AIDS fight.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A modified form of bacteria normally present in the vagina may one day be used to protect women from AIDS, according to new research. The engineered bacteria showed promise in laboratory testing, and researchers now plan to try them out ...
Eating disorder analysis should be included in assessments for mood and suicide.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eating disorder analysis should be included in assessments for mood and suicide. "In a mixed male-female sample of 1000 adolescents age 15 to 19 years in a northeastern area of Italy, we investigated the links between eating disorders ...
Girls more likely use indoor tanning facilities than boys, and more frequently.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study looking at the indoor tanning behavior of white American teens shows that almost 37% of girls have used an indoor tanning facility at least once and almost 30% of girls report using a tanning booth three or more times. The ...
Drinking is riskier for women's health than men's.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drinking alcohol may pose more health risks for women than men, according to new research that includes both sexes. Until recently, most alcohol-related research focused only on men. Because women are generally smaller and ...
Women more likely to feel hung over than men.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have developed the first scientific method for measuring a hangover, and their trial run of the method suggests that women tend to feel more hung over than men. Hangovers hit women ...
Ofloxacin receives FDA approval.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture and market ofloxacin tablets 200 mg, 300 mg, and 400 ...
Investigative cancer treatment undergoes two phase I trials.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacyclics, Inc., (PCYC) has opened two new phase I trials of its investigative drug Xcytrin (motexafin gadolinium) Injection in combination with Taxotere (docetaxel) for the treatment of advanced solid tumors. These studies are based ...
Parents say in vitro costly, but worth it.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In vitro fertilization typically costs more than $10,000 for a successful pregnancy, but the dollars are worth it, say couples who became parents through the technique. Several hundred people got together on September 7, 2003, in Mount ...
Asthma poses serious risk in pregnancy.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Asthma affects more than 20 million Americans and can be a serious problem for pregnant women. Avoiding asthma triggers, taking medication as prescribed, and working with your physician will ensure you and your baby's health, according to the ...
Exercise and calcium supplementation prevent bone loss in postmenopausal women.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by an interdisciplinary team of researchers in the departments of physiology and nutritional sciences at the University of Arizona (UA) has uncovered that weight-bearing and resistance exercises combined with calcium citrate supplementation ...
Capsular contracture is corrected by conversion to 'dual-plane' positioning.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Capsular contracture is corrected by conversion to 'dual-plane' positioning. "Little has been published regarding the treatment of patients with long-established capsular contracture after previous submuscular or subglandular breast ...
Brain cell protein discovered in 10% of invasive tumor cells.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The ability of some breast cancers to grow rapidly and tenaciously may be the result of a survival strategy borrowed from brain cells, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found. In a study published in the September 16, 2003, ...
Breast cancers in young women are biopathologicallly different from those in older women.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast cancers in young women are biopathologicallly different from those in older women. According to recent research from Italy, "Literature data suggest that breast cancers occurring in young patients may be different from those ...
CD44 may confer the metastatic properties of breast cancer cells.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CD44 may confer the metastatic properties of breast cancer cells. According to a study from Japan, "For cancer metastasis, tumor cells present in the circulation must first adhere to the endothelium. Integrins play a central role in ...
Data from Theratope vaccine trial to be presented at breast cancer symposium.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomira, Inc., (BIOM, BRA) announced that data from the final analysis of its Theratope vaccine phase III clinical trial in metastatic breast cancer will be presented at the 26th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) being held at the ...
Mammography re-read with work-up films improved sensitivity.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mammography re-read with work-up films improved sensitivity. According to published research from Australia, "This study examines the influence of workup on the accuracy of diagnostic mammography in symptomatic women. ...
Measuring fractal dimension may help discriminate malignant from benign cells.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Measuring fractal dimension may help discriminate malignant from benign cells. According to recent research from Kuwait, "In the present study, box-counting fractal dimensions of benign and malignant cells of breast tumors on cytology ...
Metastasis to the breast of other cancers are rare but should be recognized.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Metastasis of other tumors to the breast is rare, but cytologists should be aware of distinguishing features. According to a study from England, "The occurrence of metastatic tumors in the breast is uncommon and it is crucial for ...
New alternatives in breast cancer treatment reported.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, report on new alternatives in treating postmenopausal women with hormone-responsive breast cancer in The Oncologist. New endocrine therapies used to treat breast cancer have ...
Researchers validate self-reported screening mammography histories.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers validate self-reported screening mammography histories. According to published research from the United States, "As part of a case-control study of the efficacy of screening mammography, the authors validated the mammography ...
The hepatocyte growth factor antagonist NK4 reduces breast malignancies.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a cytokine primarily produced by stromal fibroblasts and is a known angiogenic and invasion-inducing factor. It is increased in patients with breast cancer. This study examined the effect of NK4, ...
Three-dimensional imaging is best for detecting breast tumors.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three-dimensional imaging is best for detecting breast tumors. "Although X-ray mammography is widely developed for breast tumor detection, it suffers from spatial superposition in its two-dimensional (2D) representation of a ...
Transverse resection is a new technique of reduction mammoplasty.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transverse resection is a new technique of reduction mammoplasty. "In patients who undergo breast reconstruction after unilateral mastectomy for breast cancer, the contralateral natural breast is often disproportionately large in ...
Weekly low-dose docetaxel maintains activity and is less myelosuppressive.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Weekly low-dose docetaxel maintains activity and is less myelosuppressive in breast cancer. "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of weekly docetaxel in metastatic breast cancer," researchers in Japan ...
Women reluctant to give up the good life to reduce disease risk.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women are reluctant to make lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of breast cancer, according to results of a survey of 6,000 women in Britain. The survey, designed by Cancer Research UK, showed that a worryingly small proportion of ...
Dual-energy imaging in full-field digital mammography is investigated.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dual-energy imaging in full-field digital mammography is investigated. "A dual-energy technique which employs the basis decomposition method is being investigated for application to digital mammography," investigators in Italy report. ...
Nondrug remedies can be effective.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Studies show that as many of 65% of women surveyed have had significant breast pain. In most circumstances, it isn't known what exactly causes breast pain, although there are theories. Cyclical breast pain, which is most common and most ...
Study of ON-Q pain relief device begins.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- I-Flow Corp. (IFLO) announced that the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has commenced a study with the ON-Q Post-operative Pain Relief System in women undergoing breast reconstruction surgery. The goal of this randomized ...
Venous outflow vessels important in microvascular breast reconstruction.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alternative venous outflow vessels can be important in microvascular breast reconstruction. "The lack of adequate recipient vessels often complicates microvascular breast reconstruction in patients who have previously undergone ...
Mouth pain may be related to overall health.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Burning mouth syndrome (BMS), a painful disorder affecting mostly women, is a constant and aggravating source of discomfort for more than one million adults. Patients' experience a burning sensation in their mouth, palate, lips, and ...
Company licenses colon cancer diagnostic patent rights to LabCorp and Baylor.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genzyme Genetics, a business unit of Genzyme Corp. (GENZ), announced that it has entered into two licensing agreements that provide access to its cancer diagnostic patent rights related to the APC and p53 genes. Laboratory Corp. of ...
Data from phase III study of Combidex published.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Magnetics, Inc., (AVM) and Cytogen Corporation (CYTO) announced that data from the phase III clinical study of Combidex (ferumoxtran-10) in lymph nodes were published in the September issue of the journal Radiology. The data ...
Level of disease activity, oral or vaginal location induce different enzymes.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Candida albicans expresses different enzyme genes at different rates depending on location of infection and level of disease activity. "The in vivo expression of Candida albicans secreted aspartyl proteinase (SAP1-SAP8) and phospholipase ...
Fatty acid type dictates taurine's effects on high cholesterol levels.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fatty acid type dictates taurine's effects on high cholesterol levels. "We studied whether the type of dietary fatty acid influences the preventive effect of taurine on the ovarian hormone deficiency-induced increase in plasma ...
Genetic alterations at chromosome 6 associated with cervical cancer progression.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genetic alterations at chromosome 6 are associated with cervical cancer progression. "Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analysis on chromosome 6 was performed to define the genetic changes that occur in the development of squamous cell ...
Sexual life after cervical carcinoma is worse in 43% of patients.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sexual life after cervical carcinoma is worse in 43% of patients. "The aim of this study is to determine the differences in sexual life of women with cervical cancer after surgery and radiation therapy," scientists in Croatia report. ...
Researchers compare cytology and colposcopy for diagnosing cervical lesions.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers compare cytology and colposcopy for diagnosing cervical lesions. "The main objective of work was to determine a diagnostic value of cytology and colposcopy as a method of screening and differential diagnosis, as well as to ...
C-section has minor risk of maternal HSV-2 brain inflammation.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cesarean sections can have an HSV-2 meningitis or encephalitis risk for the mother. "Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) encephalitis is rare, especially during pregnancy. In immunocompetent patients, HSV-2 meningitis (contrary to HSV-1 ...
Fc receptor mediates antibody regulation of T-cell immunity.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibody regulation of T-cell immunity against intracellular pathogens is Fc receptor-mediated. "Immunity to intracellular microbial pathogens, including Chlamydia species, is controlled primarily by cell-mediated effector mechanisms, ...
Scientists review possibilities for contraceptive vaccines.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have published a review of contraceptive vaccines in a recent issue of Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. According to a study from Australia, "The control of human fertility would be revolutionized by the development of a ...
Breast implants linked to increased suicide rate.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who undergo cosmetic breast implant surgery may have a threefold increase in their risk of suicide, suggests a study authored by a team of Finnish and American researchers. A paper on the study will be published in the October 2003 ...
Known risk factors don't preclude interferon use for chronic hepatitis C.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Known risk factors don't preclude interferon use for chronic hepatitis C. "At this moment of new therapeutic protocols and the possibility of curing HCV infections, it is of utmost importance to widen antiviral treatment in many ...
Treatment of diabetes during pregnancy reviewed.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The treatment of diabetes in pregnant women is reviewed in a recent issue of Annales D Endocrinologie. "Clinical data demonstrated a close relationship between the conceptional glycated hemoglobin and the occurrence of spontaneous early ...
Toxoplasma gondii ELISA can give false-positive IgM due to sphingolipids.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Toxoplasma gondii ELISA can have unspecific IgM reactivity that corresponds with sphingolipids or ceramides found in pathogen, but not due to infection, in pregnant or grafted patients. "During a routine serological survey, eight ...
Partner violence has roots in ethnicity, history, study finds.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ethnicity and a history of intimate partner violence raises the risk of such violence, according to a new study that examines data from two national surveys of couples conducted 5 years apart. The study authors note that efforts to deal ...
Matrix metalloproteinases appear to play a role in endometriosis.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Matrix metalloproteinases may play a role in endometriosis; sometimes this may be in response to steroids. "Retrograde menstruation represents a plausible explanation for the development of most cases of endometriosis; nevertheless, ...
Birth month predicted reproductive fitness in pre-modern Canadian women.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study suggests that the month of their birth greatly influenced the reproductive success and fitness of pre-modern Canadian women. Reproductive fitness refers to an organism's ability to pass its genes on through at least two ...
Maternal cadmium exposure combined with iron deficiency reduces fetal survival.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maternal cadmium exposure combined with iron deficiency reduces fetal survival. According to a study from Croatia, "the effects of latent iron deficiency combined with parenteral subchronic or acute cadmium exposure during pregnancy on ...
Xyrem assessed as treatment for symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Orphan Medical (ORPH) representatives met with clinical specialists in fibromyalgia syndrome to identify measurement endpoints for a proof-of-principle trial to assess Xyrem (sodium oxybate) oral solution as a treatment for the symptoms of ...
Women exercising greater than or equal to40 minutes/day, 5 times/week see long-term weight loss.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who exercised 250 to 300 minutes per week, in recommended increments totaling 40 to 60 minutes a day, 5 days per week, and reduced calorie and fat intake, lost up to 15% of their body weight, or about 25 pounds, in about 6 months and kept the ...
Forgetfulness leads to decreased intake of folic acid in U.S. women.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Forgetfulness is the most common reason why American women of childbearing age fail to take a daily B vitamin that can prevent spina bifida and other birth defects in their future babies, according to the latest survey released by the March of ...
FDA approves Valtrex caplets for reducing risk of spreading herpes.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Valtrex (valacyclovir HCl) caplets for suppressive therapy in otherwise healthy adults with genital herpes ...
Staphylococcus levels on tampons may be higher than previously reported.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Staphylococcus levels on tampons may be higher than previously reported. According to recent research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, "culturing has detected vaginal Staphylococcus aureus in 10%-20% of women. Because ...
Images of cervical cancer intratumoral blood flow correlate with tumor findings.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Images of cervical cancer intratumoral blood flow correlate with tumor findings. According to published research from Spain, "the objective of this study was to evaluate whether intratumoral blood flow as assessed by transvaginal color ...
Uterine fibroids tend to display antiangiogenic gene expression profiles.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Australia, "the etiology of uterine fibroids remains unknown, despite causing significant gynecological morbidity. Fibroids have a reduced microvascular density when compared with adjacent myometrial tissue. The ...
Phase I testing of HIV microbicide initiated.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biosyn, Inc., announced that enrollment has been initiated for a phase I clinical trial for the investigational drug candidate, UC-781, as a microbicide for the prevention of sexually transmitted HIV. UC-781 is an HIV non-nucleoside ...
CHARM shows ATACAND reduces risk of cardiovascular death.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a comprehensive trial program with an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) for heart failure, AstraZeneca's ATACAND (candesartan cilexetil) has been shown to improve survival in patients with chronic symptomatic heart failure (CHF) and diminished ...
Sex-related differences in heart failure outlined.
Oct 02, 2003 ... 2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have outlined the sex-related differences in heart failure in a recent issue of the journal Heart and Lung. "Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome that is generally defined as cardiac output not adequate to meet the ...