Women's Health Weekly back issues from October 2008:
Stem cells may solve mystery of early pregnancy breast cancer protection.
Oct 02, 2008 ... The answer to why an early pregnancy seems to protect against breast cancer could rest with a decrease in stem cells found after animals have given birth, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears in the current issue of the journal Stem Cell (see also Baylor ...
Incontinence affects a substantial proportion of women; prevalence increases with age.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Nearly one-quarter of women surveyed, and more than one-third of older women, report at least one pelvic floor disorder, which includes urinary and fecal incontinence and the shifting of a pelvic organ, according to a study in the September 17 issue of JAMA. These disorders become more ...
Majority of osteoporosis patients not receiving calcium and vitamin D with treatment.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Geneva, Switzerland u 15th September, 2008: New research published at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), Montreal, Canada, reveals that less than half (43%) of patients in Europe with osteoporosis are claiming to take both calcium and vitamin ...
Monitoring outcomes of suicide attempts in pregnancy can better assess drug dangers.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (17 September, 2008) u Monitoring the health of children born to women who attempted suicide while pregnant can shed light on which medicines and what doses are particularly dangerous to developing fetuses, according to ...
Parenting program for low-income families reduces toddlers' problem behavior.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Low-income families who participated in a brief, tailored intervention program designed to improve parenting saw less problem behavior in their toddlers than families who did not take part. That's the finding of a new study published in the September/October 2008 issue of the journal Child ...
Study results from University of California in the area of cervical cancer screening published.(Survey)
Oct 02, 2008 ... "Vancouver's DTES represents a high-risk neighbourhood, in which there exist a number of community clinics and outreach programs. The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to describe the population of women attending a weekly women's program with respect to demographics, risk behaviours ...
Research on chlamydia detailed by C.M. Bebear and co-authors.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "lone. Thus, moxifloxacin has attracted interest as a potential therapy for mycoplasmal or chlamydial urogenital infections," scientists in Bordeaux, France report (see also Chlamydia). "The activity of moxifloxacin was compared with that of other antimicrobial agents against ...
Scientists at Aarhus University describe research in chlamydia.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "The aim of the study was to determine lower genital tract carriage rate of Mycoplasma genitalium (M. genitalium) and to compare it to the carriage rates of Mycoplasma hominis (M. bominis) and Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) among 102 women requesting termination of pregnancy at the ...
Study findings on drug resistance are outlined in reports from H.M. Palmer and colleagues.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... "The aim of this study was to analyse the trend in azithromycin susceptibility (AzDS) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Scotland between April 2004 and December 2007, and to characterize isolates exhibiting decreased AzDS or high-level azithromycin resistance (AzHLR). Antibiotic susceptibility ...
Latino Author and Advocate Shatters Stereotypes About Eating Disorders and Who They Impact in New Book "Going Hungry".
Oct 02, 2008 ... This week, Latino author and multicultural advocate Rudy Ruiz has published an essay on his own personal experience with eating disorders. The work, titled "The Ghost of Gordolfo Gelatino," appears in GOING HUNGRY, a collection of essays by previously published writers on desire, ...
Study data from University of California update knowledge of life sciences.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "Northeastern British Columbia is undergoing rapid in-migration of young, primarily male workers in response to the ''boom'' in the oil/gas industries. Accompanying the boom is a rise in Chlamydia rates among youth, which exceed the provincial ...
MPG Publishing Announces the Launch of SOBeFiT Magazine.
Oct 02, 2008 ... MPG Publishing announces the launch of SOBeFiT, the first publication dedicated exclusively to providing expert advice on fitness, nutrition, health and sports for the men and women of South Florida. The premier issue will hit newsstands December 24th, 2008 and will be published six times ...
Reports outline schistosomiasis study results from University of Copenhagen.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "In settings in which adequate laboratory service is lacking, the coexistence of urogenital schistosomiasis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) poses a diagnostic challenge for health care providers in the management of patients with urogenital complaints. Symptoms were recorded ...
Research from B.B. Oakley and colleagues provide new insights into vaginosis.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common syndrome associated with numerous adverse health outcomes in women. Despite its medical importance, the etiology and microbial ecology of BV remain poorly understood." "We used ...
Research on acid reflux disease detailed by scientists at Otto-von-Guericke University.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Magdeburg, Germany, " Gastrin and pepsinogens reflect the functional state of the gastric mucosa. To evaluate whether serum gastrin and pepsinogens correlate with the different grades of severity of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD)." " ...
Data on aggression published by E.A. Gage and colleagues.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "This research examines the impact of participating in different sports on male athletes' gender attitudes, hegemonic masculinity, sexual behavior, and sexual aggression." "Expanding on past research that compares athletes ...
New Alzheimer disease findings from T.A. Ishunina and co-authors described.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Netherlands, "A role of estrogens in brain aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a hot topic of research. We show in material of 71 patients that the estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha.) splice variant MB1 is expressed at the protein and mRNA level in the human ...
Research from University of Marburg broadens understanding of angioplasty.
Oct 02, 2008 ... In this recently published study, investigators in Marburg, Germany conducted a study "To determine exemplarily the amount of DNA damage and the repair kinetics after interventional radiologic procedures by using visualization of foci of the phosphorylated form of the H2AX histone variant ...
Research in the area of appendicitis reported from University of California, Medical Department.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "There has been a substantial increase in the use of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in pregnancy and lactation. Among some physicians and patients, however, there are misperceptions regarding risks, safety, and appropriate use of these modalities in ...
Researchers' work from Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College focuses on asthma.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "Occupational asthma (OA) accounts for 5-10% of all asthma in adults. Although OA secondary to enzymes has been reported, it is rare in the context of food preparation, In the cheese production industry, multiple powdered enzymes are used to soften and flavor cheese," scientists in the ...
Reports summarize behavior research from University of South Carolina.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "Marijuana is the most frequently used illegal drug among women of reproductive age, but little is known about the consequences of using marijuana during pregnancy. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta(9)-THC), one of the active chemicals in ...
Studies conducted at Brigham and Women's Hospital on biopsy recently published.
Oct 02, 2008 ... In this recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To evaluate the use, final outcome, and positive biopsy rate of American College of Radiology ultrasonographic (US) Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) categories 3, 4, and 5 recommended for breast ...
Reports from University of Gottingen describe recent advances in bipolar disorder.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... " Structural brain imaging is assumed to be a key method to elucidate the underlying neuropathology of bipolar disorder. However, magnetic resonance imaging studies using region of interest analysis and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) revealed quite inconsistent findings," investigators in ...
Studies from V.A. Nejtek and colleagues reveal new findings on bipolar disorder.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "The primary objective was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of quetiapine and risperidone in the treatment of mood symptoms, drug cravings, and drug use in outpatients with concurrent DSM-IV-defined bipolar I or If disorder and cocaine ...
Findings from University of Pennsylvania broaden understanding of bone research.
Oct 02, 2008 ... In this recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To develop and evaluate a method based on ultrashort echo-time radial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to quantify bone water (BW) concentration as a new metric of bone quality in human cortical bone in vivo. Human ...
Reports outline bone research study findings from Central South University.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Changsha, People's Republic of China, "Until now, the effects of phytoestrogen on bone in both women and ovarian hormone-deficient animal models of osteoporosis have remained uncertain. We have aimed here to investigate the effect of genistein (GEN) on ...
Research from A. Alberichbayarri and co-researchers in the area of bone research described.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, "The purpose of this study was to investigate the in vivo morphologic and elastic parameters of trabecular bone with high-resolution 3-T MRI in a healthy reference population. A series of wrist MR images were ...
Data on candidiasis described by researchers at University of London.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "In France's 2002 legislative elections, parties spectacularly failed to respect the 'parity' requirement of an equal number of male and female candidates. Women remained a minority, especially in safe seats, where heavy priority was given to the (usually male) incumbents," investigators ...
New cardiology research from University of Leuven discussed.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "Strain and strain rate (SR) are measures of deformation that reflect left ventricular (LV) function. To our knowledge, no previous study described these indexes in a general population," investigators in Louvain, Belgium report (see also Cardiology). "We therefore described ...
Study data from Kanazawa University update understanding of cardiology.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Kanazawa, Japan, " Gated single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging of myocardium by Tc-99m and Tl-201 is used extensively to measure quantitative cardiac functional parameters. However, factors affecting normal values for myocardial ...
Data from Brigham and Women's Hospital provide new insights into cardiomyopathy.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, " Women have been underrepresented in randomized trials of implantable cardioverter clefibrillator (ICD) therapy, and limited data suggest that women may not benefit from prophylactic ICD implantation to the same extent as men. In the ...
Research from University of Maine in the area of cardiovascular disease described.
Oct 02, 2008 ... " Previous studies have demonstrated a relationship between central adiposity and cognitive function. However, only some of these studies have adjusted for cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease, and none have also adjusted for physical activity level," researchers in the ...
Studies from C. Stanton et al in the area of cesarean section described.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "Cesarean delivery rates are increasing rapidly in many developing countries, particularly among wealthy women. Poor women have lower rates, often so low that they do not reach the minimum rate of 1 percent," scientists in the United States report (see also Cesarean Section). ...
Studies from G. Cesaroni and colleagues yield new information about cesarean section.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Rome, Italy, "Although debate on factors associated with a high risk of cesarean delivery has continued for many years, only a few studies have explored the role of socioeconomic position. We studied the effect of educational level on risk of cesarean section in ...
Research reports from University of Bern provide new insights into clinical trial research.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Bern, Switzerland, "We determined and compared urethral pressure measurements using air charged and microtip catheters in a prospective, single-blind, randomized trial. A consecutive series of 64 women referred for urodynamic investigation underwent sequential ...
New data from B.I. Sallout et al illuminate research in congenital anomalies.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Saudi Medicine, "The exact antenatal prevalence of congenital anomalies in Saudi society is unknown. Early antenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies is crucial for early counselling, intervention and possible fetal therapy." ...
Research from Oregon Health & Science University yields new findings on depression.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "Little is known regarding how providers should use information about intimate partner violence (IPV) to care for depressed patients. Our objective was to explore what depressed IPV survivors believe about the relationship between abuse, mental health, and physical symptoms and to elicit ...
Research from University of Alabama broadens understanding of depression.(Clinical report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe mental illness with high risk of suicidality. Antidepressant treatment alone is not sufficient for the acute management of risk-taking symptoms of depression." "This pilot study was ...
Studies conducted at Erasmus University on depression recently published.(Clinical report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Netherlands, "Previous studies that have assessed whether the presence of depressive symptoms predisposes to stroke in the general elderly population have been contradictory. Moreover, they did not distinguish between men and women and did not perform psychiatric ...
City University of New York, Medical Department reports research in Down syndrome.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, "We investigated synaptic plasticity in persons with Down' syndrome (DS) and control subjects used paired associative stimulation (PAS) protocol, a paradigm capable of producing long-term potentiation (LTP)-like ...
Data on Down syndrome described by K.C. Lo et al.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "Twenty-five cases of B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) from Down syndrome (DS) patients were analyzed using array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) and compared with two other subgroups of non-DS patients with ALL; ...
Research from G. Fatemeh and colleagues provide new insights into drug resistance.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "Background and goals This study is designed to survey gestational trophoblastic neoplasia with vaginal metastases (GTN + VM) manifestations, prognosis and chemotherapy response in order to consider appropriate chemotherapy regimen for these patients. There have been just a few studies ...
Reports outline dysphagia study findings from Malmo University.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Malmo, Sweden, "Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) technique is a dual-channel electrotherapy system designed specifically for the treatment of pharyngeal dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the outcome of NMES versus ...
Reports from C. Thiels and co-researchers add new data to research in eating disorders.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "Purpose of review To consider clinical, ethical and legal approaches to forced feeding in patients with anorexia nervosa in the light of recent literature. Recent findings An Australian retrospective record analysis compared 27 coercive with 96 informal hospitalizations and found more ...
Study results from R.D. Soares and colleagues broaden understanding of ectopic pregnancy.(Clinical report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Salvador, Brazil, " To evaluate the increment in beta-hCG levels (%) in the 48-h interval prior to treatment as a predictor of therapeutic success in the management of ectopic pregnancy with methotrexate. A prospective observational study was carried out ...
Research findings from Wayne State University update understanding of emergency medicine.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) convened a taskforce to study issues pertaining to women in academic emergency medicine (EM). The charge to the Taskforce was to ''Create a document for the SAEM Board of Directors that ...
New endometritis study results reported from D.M. Aronoff et al.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Fatal cases of acute shock complicating Clostridium sordellii endometritis following medical abortion with mifepristone (also known as RU-486) used with misoprostol were reported. The pathogenesis of this unexpected complication remains ...
Study results from College of Medicine provide new insights into enzyme research.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Regulation of the number of eggs ovulated by different mammalian species remains poorly understood. Here we show that oocyte-specific deletion at the primary follicle stage of core 1 beta 1,3-galactosyl-transferase (T-synthase; ...
Research on erythema discussed by P. Papageorgiou and co-researchers.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from London, the United Kingdom, " Rosacea is a common skin condition but the treatments currently available are not satisfactory. Objectives To assess the efficacy of intense pulsed light (IPL) for treatment of stage I rosacea (flushing, erythema and ...
Study results from B. Arvidsson et al provide new insights into gender studies.(Clinical report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... "The aim of this prospective longitudinal study was to perform a large-scale investigation over a longer period of time, to evaluate changes in the effects of process-oriented group supervision (PGS) as reported by female and male nursing students undergoing a 3-year nursing education. The ...
Research on gynecology published by scientists at University of Washington, Medical Department.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "In an era of rapid advances in surgical technology, resident work hour restrictions, increasingly complex patients, and concerns regarding quality of care, new methods of surgical education must be adopted to ensure competency of our ...
Data on headache and migraine discussed by researchers at College of Medicine.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "Research indicates that successful migraine assessment and treatment depends on information obtained during patient and healthcare professional (HCP) discussions. However, no studies outline how migraine is actually discussed during clinical ...
Data on hip fracture reported by researchers at University of Pittsburgh.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, "The relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH) vitamin D] concentration and hip fractures is unclear. To see whether low serum 25(OH) vitamin D concentrations are associated with hip fractures ...
Recent studies by M. Sakuma and co-authors add new data to hip fracture findings.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Sado, Japan, "Osteoporotic fracture in elderly populations is increasing worldwide, but there are few data on the incidence and outcome of osteoporotic fractures, including upper extremity and vertebral fracture, during a certain period in a defined ...
Researchers from Seoul National University report recent findings in hip fracture.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Seoul, South Korea, "Osteoporosis is a major public health problem in both Western and Asian populations. Because the aged population in Korea is increasing, the number of osteoporotic fractures is thought to be also increasing." "However, ...
New homeopathy study findings recently were reported by E.A. Thompson and co-researchers.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Homeopathy, "We report findings from a pilot data collection study within a programme of quality assurance, improvement and development across all five homeopathic hospitals in the UK National Health Service (NHS). (1) To pilot the ...
Findings from University of Zurich provide new insights into hormones.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... "Callitrichids are cooperative breeders, characterized by obligate twinning, extensive paternal care, and monopolization of reproduction by the dominant female. This is the case in the common marmoset, and in common marmoset groups of more than one adult female, subordinate females are ...
New hormones findings from University of Alaska described.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... "Crested auklets emit a citrus-like odorant that is seasonally modulated, suggesting that it is a secondary sexual trait. We hypothesized that expression of the chemical odorant is facilitated by steroid hormones, similar other secondary sexual traits in birds," scientists in the United ...
Reports from University of Gottingen advance knowledge in hormones.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, "The development of bone in immature rats and in aged rats has not been thoroughly studied. Therefore, we investigated the development of bones in young, middleaged, and aged female rats." ...
Studies from F.L. Queiroga and colleagues provide new data on hormones.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Vila Real, Portugal, "Growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), progesterone (P4) and 17 beta-estradiol (17-E2) concentrations have been studied in 84 mammary tumours (44 dysplasias and benign tumours and 40 malignant neoplasias) from 33 female ...
Study data from S. Laughlin and colleagues update understanding of hormones.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Hyperprolactinemia is known to cause menstrual irregularity and infertility in humans. However, little is known about the role of prolactin in menstruation and fertility in Western Lowland gorillas." "To create a database of ...
Report summarizes hydatidiform mole study findings from Ben-Gurion University.
Oct 02, 2008 ... " Twin pregnancy with complete hydatidiform mole and co-existent fetus (CHMF) resulting in a healthy take-home baby is rare, with only 30 cases documented in detail in the literature. Case report A 29-year-old woman conceived following two cycles of ovulation induction with clomiphene ...
Research results from University of Pennsylvania update knowledge of hyperlipidemia.
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Physician treatment of cardiovascular risk factors may be affected by specific types of patient comorbidities. To examine the relationship between discordant comorbidities and LDL-cholesterol management in hypertensive patients not ...
Researchers at University of Sao Paulo target hypertension.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "Evidence of mild hypertension in women and female rats and our preliminary observation showing that training is not effective to reduce pressure in female as it does in male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) prompt us to investigate the effects of gender on hemodynamic pattern and ...
Scientists at King Abdul-Aziz University target hysterectomy.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, "Hysterectomy is a common surgical procedure among women with a lifetime prevalence of 10%. The indications and complications of this procedure have not been previously reported from a teaching institution in Saudi Arabia." "We ...