Women's Health Weekly articles from August 2002

Women's Health Weekly archives from August 2002

Interferon and endostatin gene therapy outpace angiostatin in breast cancers.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - According to doctors in Italy, interferon (IFN)-alpha or endostatin gene transfer hamper angiogenesis in murine models of human breast cancers and do so more...

Continuous stitching method reduces pain for women with perineal damage after childbirth.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authors of a study in the June 29, 2002, issue of the Lancet suggest that a simple, continuous stitching technique to repair tears to the perineum after vaginal delivery can prevent one woman in six...

Importance of early environmental exposure pinpointed.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Where a woman lives at birth and puberty may have an impact on her risk of developing breast cancer later, findings from a novel study conducted by geographers and epidemiologists at the University at...

Tissue changes may explain false-negative Pap smears.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some women may be getting false-negative results on their routine Pap tests because aberrant tissue changes can keep abnormal cells from being picked up during the exam, according to a new study. ...

Obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome benefit from naltrexone treatment.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Naltrexone treatment lowered insulin resistance and reduced body fat mass in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome, researchers in Italy found....

Hormone therapy offers no protection against heart attacks.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postmenopausal women with coronary heart disease (CHD) should not take estrogen plus progestin hormone therapy to reduce their risk of CHD events, such as a nonfatal heart attack or death from coronary...

Cesareans could make it more difficult to have other children.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women having their babies by cesarean section could find it harder to become pregnant later, a study has found. Researchers in Bristol, England, have discovered that once women have had a cesarean and...

Wide variation in response to toxoplasma antigens found.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Researchers in France found that the immune response to toxoplasma antigens varied widely among whole blood cultures from pregnant women infected with...

European research yields guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive pregnant women and infants.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New guidelines for the treatment of HIV-positive women and children are emerging from European research. The guidelines, aimed at reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, were published June 28,...

First procedure performed in U.S. trial for SprayGel Adhesion Barrier.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Confluent Surgical, Inc., announced the commencement of its pivotal U.S. trial for the SprayGel Adhesion Barrier in Prevention of Pelvic Adhesions In Laparoscopic Surgery, the PREVAIL Study. Confluent...

Italy now faces worldwide storm of protest over fertility proposals.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Italian legislators now face worldwide condemnation by fertility experts for in vitro fertilization (IVF) proposals that could encourage multiple pregnancies and put babies at risk. The...

Bone microarchitecture can deteriorate in 1 year in early postmenopausal women.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research presented at the 84th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in San Francisco shows that trabecular architecture - the structural network inside bone - can deteriorate in just 1 year in...

Mayo Clinic researchers develop a new imaging test for diagnosis.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that breast tumors can be detected with a new imaging technique called magnetic resonance (MR) elastography. This test uses a combination of sound waves and MRI to...

National Institutes of Health green lights additional research into new breast imaging system.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer in premenopausal women tends to be more difficult to spot because their breast tissue is denser, often fooling traditional mammography into a false-negative reading. Ironically, the cancers also...

New research suggests drugs might help women at risk.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two drugs - one already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and one pending approval - appear to reduce women's chances of developing breast cancer, a new University of North...

Preclinical progress reported at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunomedics, Inc., (IMMU) announced that a presentation at the 49th annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine reported on the progress of a new antibody-based therapeutic in animals with...

Study finds no link to oral contraceptive use for women 35 and over.(breast cancer )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who took oral contraceptives at some point in their lives are no more likely to develop breast cancer between the ages of 35 and 64 than are other women the same age, according to findings from...

Change in Medicare funding of Pap test lowers incidence.(cervical cancer )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The incidence of cervical cancer decreased more in U.S. women age 65 and older than among younger women after Medicare began paying for Pap screening, according to a study in the July 2002 issue of...

The other face of Botox: publication reports wrinkles in the Botox cosmetic panacea.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Botulinum toxin is a purified form of one of the most potent toxins in the world, and while effective to temporarily decrease wrinkles, it may not be as safe as its users believe. There are also no...

Commentary: Nonmedical indications help fuel rise in induction rate.(induced labor)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The doubling of the labor induction rate in U.S. women over the past decade may have been fueled in part by pressure from patients, convenience to physicians, widespread availability of cervical...

Clinical study confirms that red clover isoflavones help maintain healthy cholesterol.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Findings reported at the 10th World Congress on the Menopause in Berlin, Germany, have confirmed previous results indicating the health benefits for women who take the red clover isoflavone supplement...

Hormone replacement therapy may help prevent heart vessel disease.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Based on a review of research in postmenopausal women and monkeys, Thomas B. Clarkson, DVM, of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, believes that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has a...

Being hospitalized while pregnant is common and costly.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nearly 9% of women are hospitalized during their pregnancy, according to a study in the July 2002 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. This trend warrants further study to identify reasons for...

Blood test may predict low-weight babies.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A blood test early in pregnancy may be able to identify women at risk of having a low-birth-weight baby, a study suggests. That, in turn, could enable mothers-to-be to take precautions, which can...

Survey: Baby boomers miss links between oral and overall health.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Baby boomers looking for the warning signs of adult-onset diseases may be overlooking key symptoms in their mouth that should signal alarms about their overall health. According to a survey...

Similar pathways may be involved in hereditary and sporadic ovarian cancers.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research suggests that BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations lead to hereditary ovarian cancers through different pathways, but that these pathways may be similar to ones at work in sporadic ovarian...

European Parliament to include HPV testing in its screening program.(human papillomavirus)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Digene Corporation (DIGE) announced that the European Parliament's Medical Service will now reimburse for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in annual medical examinations for all female Members of the...

IntegraMed America moves to consolidate South Florida fertility market.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IntegraMed America, Inc., (INMD) announced that it funded the merger of two leading South Florida fertility centers, simultaneously expanding the scope and size of its operations. Under the terms...

NexMed releases preliminary Femprox results from first take-home study.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NexMed, Inc., (NEXM), a developer of innovative topical treatments based on its proprietary drug delivery technology, announced preliminary clinical results for its phase II at-home-use study for the...

Survey: ED in a male partner makes some women feel less attractive and less self-confident.(erectile dysfunction)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Becoming aware of a partner's erectile dysfunction (ED) has a negative impact on a woman's self-confidence, feelings of attractiveness, and the importance placed on sexual relationships according to new...

Behavioral therapy reduces frequency.(urinary incontinence )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low-intensity behavioral therapy can significantly reduce urinary incontinence in older women, according to a study in the July 2002 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Women age 55 or older who...

Virus-specific cytotoxic T cells found in breast milk.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Mother's milk contains cells that are capable of suppressing HIV infection, researchers in the United States and Africa report. "Breast-feeding infants of...

Low calorie diet affects women's psychosocial well being.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Obese women on a low-calorie diet lost weight and experienced a reduction in most negative psychological parameters, according to a report in the July...

Low hemoglobin means high risk for mobility problems in elderly women.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The amount of oxygen-carrying hemoglobin circulating in the blood of older women could have an impact on the risk for mobility problems, Johns Hopkins physicians have found. Hemoglobin levels of...

Breakthrough seen in hormonal therapy.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Highlights from the ground-breaking study into the management of early breast cancer - the ATAC (Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination) study - were presented at the 18th UICC Cancer Congress in...

Women's risk of stroke death elevated.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elevated cholesterol is a risk factor for stroke death in younger women, particularly African American women with no history of cardiovascular disease, according to a large, long-term analysis in the...

Vessel density, genetic mutations mark lowered survival in gynecological cancer.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Genetic alterations on a gene responsible for suppressing cancer formation are associated with an overgrowth of tumor vessels in ovarian cancers. Women...

Gender response to HIV therapy is similar, but women experience more side effects.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study of men and women treated for HIV at an inner city U.S. clinic, investigators from the Emory University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) found that although gender did not affect the response...

Corgenix, Genesis Bioventures collaborate to develop, commercialize breast cancer test.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Corgenix Medical Corporation (CONX) announced the establishment of a major strategic collaboration with Genesis Bioventures, Inc., (GBI) to develop, in ELISA format, products from GBI's patented...

Exercise during later part of menstrual cycle may mean greater fat loss.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Adelaide PhD student Leanne Redman, who is studying the little-known impact of the menstrual cycle on women's exercise, has produced early results that show that exercising at the later...

Exercise lowers levels of blood estrogens.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A regular, moderate-intensity exercise program lowers levels of blood estrogens in postmenopausal women, according to a study led by an investigator from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in...

RU-486 hastens cure of women's fibroids and endometriosis.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RU-486 appears to hasten cure of women's fibroids and endometriosis, according to recent research. The fibroid research was conducted by Dr. Steven Eisinger at the University of Rochester Medical...

New study: Pharmacogenomic tests have key applications in cancer and infectious disease.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Predictive Pharmacogenomics: Revolutionizing Health Care," published by Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI), examines developing technologies designed to use an individual's genomic profile to predict...

Highly purified menotrophins are as effective as recombinant treatments for IVF.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A wealth of evidence confirms that there is no difference in pregnancy rates when comparing highly purified menotrophin (hMG) with recombinant FSH (rFSH), yet significant differences exist in cost. ...

ACOG issues statement on Estrogen Plus Progestin Trial of the Women's Health Initiative.(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has announced the formation of a special Task Force on Hormone Replacement Therapy, a multispecialty panel of medical experts, to make...

Short-term value to estrogen touted.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite worrisome new findings about long-term use of hormone pills, a year or two on estrogen may still make sense for millions of women hoping to ease hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause. ...

Research: Early intervention with Actonel reduces risk of first vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postmenopausal women with low spinal bone mineral density (BMD) and no previous history of vertebral fracture, who received Actonel (risedronate sodium tablets) 5 mg daily for up to 3 years, were 75%...

Stronger back muscles reduce spine fractures.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Mayo Clinic study has found that a back-strengthening exercise program can provide significant long-lasting protection against spinal fractures in women at risk for osteoporosis. The research...

FDA hears breast implant concerns.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two years after the U.S. government allowed continued use of saline-filled breast implants, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel heard concerns in July 2002 about patients' further surgery and a...

Good practice guidelines may actually do mothers more harm than good.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authors of a U.K. study in the July 13, 2002, issue of the Lancet suggest that guidelines introduced in the 1980s to help mothers overcome the death of a stillborn child do not appear to reduce symptoms...

Modified interferon and paclitaxel partner to hammer ovarian cancers.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Researchers think that combining pegylated interferon with paclitaxel may be useful for treating one of the most menacing forms of gynecological cancers,...

Appetite loss after immunizations absent in breast-fed infants.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Breast-feeding eliminated the disruption in eating that infants can experience after receiving childhood immunizations. "An attenuated severity...

Postsurgery chemotherapy questioned for certain patients.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postmenopausal breast cancer patients with estrogen-sensitive tumors who undergo chemotherapy following surgery to increase their survival odds may not benefit from the regimen, which is often...

Study highlights simple risk assessment's usefulness in helping identify women.(at risk for osteoporosis)
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report in the July 2002 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings that four risk assessment indices, including one that only uses body weight and age, are useful in predicting low bone mineral...

Elderly women, but not men, lose visceral fat tissue on resistance training program.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A regimen of resistance training resulted in the loss of abdominal fat tissue in older women, but not in older men, according to a report in the...

Reduced breastfeeding in Western countries makes major contribution to incidence.(of breast cancer)
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Small family size and short-duration or no breastfeeding in Western populations substantially increases the risk of breast cancer, conclude authors of a study in the July 20, 2002, issue of the Lancet....

Task force addresses use of drugs to reduce breast cancer risk.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force today recommended that clinicians discuss the potential benefits and risks of taking prescription medicines such as tamoxifen to reduce the risk of breast cancer...

Cervical cancer detection prototypes indicate lower false positive rate than HPV test.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SpectRx, Inc., (SPRX) reported that results from a clinical study of its noninvasive cervical cancer detection devices indicate that the technology could potentially reduce by half the occurrence of...

Group effort helps motivate young mothers to exercise.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Giving young mothers the opportunity to meet in groups and develop strategies for overcoming obstacles to exercising may be a critical ingredient in helping them get much-needed physical activity, a...

HERS II finds HRT has neutral effect on preexisting heart disease.(heart and estrogen/progestin replacement study follow-up)
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Findings released from the heart and estrogen/progestin replacement study follow-up (HERS II), and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), address the use of hormone...

Patch Manufacturer: Don't extrapolate HRT study results to patches.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Institute of Health "Women's Health Initiative," a large-scale study examining the long-term health benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in healthy women which was halted due to...

Women's Health Alliance responds to growing debate about value of hormone therapies.(Brief Article)
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The July 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) features the latest medical study casting doubt on the value of hormone replacement therapies (HRTs). In response to...

Wyeth informs physicians of WHI findings.(Wyeth Pharmaceuticals; Women's Health Initiative Study)
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals is informing healthcare providers of important results on combination hormone replacement therapy (HRT) from the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI). Results from this...

Aromasin approved in Japan; Pharmacia submits NDA for Eplerenone in hypertension.(Brief Article)
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacia Corp. announced that Aromasin (exemestane tablets) 25 mg once daily received approval from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for the treatment of breast cancer in postmenopausal...

UC researcher uses historical control group for new osteoporotic fracture analysis.(Actonel clinical trials conducted without a placebo control group)
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a new analysis of a study funded by Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Nelson Watts, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and director of the UC Bone Health and Osteoporosis...

Increased risk linked to estrogen replacement therapy.(increased ovarian cancer risk)
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have found that women in a large study who used estrogen replacement therapy after menopause were at increased risk for ovarian cancer. The report...

Medical texts lack direct messages on alcohol's threat to pregnancy.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite two decades of consistent warnings from public health authorities that pregnant women should not drink alcoholic beverages, the vast majority of widely used medical textbooks fail to...

Modified interferon and paclitaxel partner to hammer ovarian cancers.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Researchers think that combining pegylated interferon with paclitaxel may be useful for treating one of the most menacing forms of gynecological cancers,...

Appetite loss after immunizations absent in breast-fed infants.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Breast-feeding eliminated the disruption in eating that infants can experience after receiving childhood immunizations. "An attenuated severity...

Postsurgery chemotherapy questioned for certain patients.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postmenopausal breast cancer patients with estrogen-sensitive tumors who undergo chemotherapy following surgery to increase their survival odds may not benefit from the regimen, which is often...

Study highlights simple risk assessment's usefulness in helping identify women.(who are at risk for osteoporosis)
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report in the July 2002 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings that four risk assessment indices, including one that only uses body weight and age, are useful in predicting low bone mineral...

Elderly women, but not men, lose visceral fat tissue on resistance training program.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A regimen of resistance training resulted in the loss of abdominal fat tissue in older women, but not in older men, according to a report in the...

Reduced breastfeeding in Western countries makes major contribution to incidence.(of breast cancer)
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Small family size and short-duration or no breastfeeding in Western populations substantially increases the risk of breast cancer, conclude authors of a study in the July 20, 2002, issue of the Lancet....

Task force addresses use of drugs to reduce breast cancer risk.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force today recommended that clinicians discuss the potential benefits and risks of taking prescription medicines such as tamoxifen to reduce the risk of breast cancer...

Cervical cancer detection prototypes indicate lower false positive rate than HPV test.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SpectRx, Inc., (SPRX) reported that results from a clinical study of its noninvasive cervical cancer detection devices indicate that the technology could potentially reduce by half the occurrence of...

Group effort helps motivate young mothers to exercise.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Giving young mothers the opportunity to meet in groups and develop strategies for overcoming obstacles to exercising may be a critical ingredient in helping them get much-needed physical activity, a...

HERS II finds HRT has neutral effect on preexisting heart disease.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Findings released from the heart and estrogen/progestin replacement study follow-up (HERS II), and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), address the use of hormone...

Patch Manufacturer: Don't extrapolate HRT study results to patches.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Institute of Health "Women's Health Initiative," a large-scale study examining the long-term health benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in healthy women which was halted due to...

Women's Health Alliance responds to growing debate about value of hormone therapies.(Brief Article)
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The July 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) features the latest medical study casting doubt on the value of hormone replacement therapies (HRTs). In response to...

Wyeth informs physicians of WHI findings.(Women's Health Initiative Study)
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals is informing healthcare providers of important results on combination hormone replacement therapy (HRT) from the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI). Results from this...

Aromasin approved in Japan; Pharmacia submits NDA for Eplerenone in hypertension.(Brief Article)
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacia Corp. announced that Aromasin (exemestane tablets) 25 mg once daily received approval from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for the treatment of breast cancer in postmenopausal...

UC researcher uses historical control group for new osteoporotic fracture analysis.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a new analysis of a study funded by Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Nelson Watts, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and director of the UC Bone Health and Osteoporosis...

Increased risk linked to estrogen replacement therapy.(ovarian cancer risk)
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have found that women in a large study who used estrogen replacement therapy after menopause were at increased risk for ovarian cancer. The report...

Medical texts lack direct messages on alcohol's threat to pregnancy.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite two decades of consistent warnings from public health authorities that pregnant women should not drink alcoholic beverages, the vast majority of widely used medical textbooks fail to...