Women's Health Weekly articles from August 2003

Women's Health Weekly archives from August 2003

Heart research often not useful to women.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although coronary heart disease (CHD) is the cause of more than 250,000 deaths in women each year, much of the research in the last 20 years on the diagnosis and treatment of CHD has either excluded...

Newly identified biochemical markers improve assessment of endometrium.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Yale University researcher who invented a test to determine whether a woman's endometrium (uterine lining) is healthy and ready for embryo implantation has identified two new biochemical markers that...

Overweight at age 70 increases women's risk of AD.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study from Sweden has found a striking association between women being overweight at 70 and developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) 10 to 18 years later. The study was reported in the July 15, 2003,...

Common antioxidant may decrease risk.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers believe that higher total cysteine levels may be associated with a lower risk of breast cancer, according to a study presented July 14, 2003, at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American...

Black cohosh may not be safe alternative therapy for breast cancer patients.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by researchers at the Mylan School of Pharmacy at Duquesne University indicate that the dietary supplement herbal extract black cohosh, one of the most widely used alternative therapies for...

Genetic differences partly account for higher incidence of depression in women.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression is the second-leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting nearly 10% of the population. According to George S. Zubenko, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the University of...

Buprenorphine use in opioid-dependent mothers is safe for neonates.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Buprenorphine use in opioid-dependent mothers is safe for neonates. According to a study from the United States, "tt is estimated that 55-94% of infants born to opioid-dependent mothers in US will...

Weight may affect female risk.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study has found that overweight women may have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer - the latest report to link the disease to vascular factors such as hypertension and diabetes. Researchers...

Study: Foods rich in lycopene may reduce risk of CVD in women.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study found that women with the highest intake of tomato-based foods, rich sources of the antioxidant lycopene, had a reduced risk for CVD compared to women with low intake of those foods. ...

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations may contribute to early-onset breast cancer in Germany.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations may contribute to early-onset breast cancer in Germany. "This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations in 91 German patients...

Breast cancer worry and risk were determinants of prophylactic mastectomy.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast cancer worry and risk were determinants of prophylactic mastectomy. "Scientific reports suggest that women at risk for familial breast cancer may benefit from prophylactic mastectomy,"...

Experts in U.K. want entry age for mammographic screening lowered to 47.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two leading U.K. cancer experts are calling for the entry age for mammographic screening for breast cancer to be reduced from 50 to 47 years for women in Britain. Their rationale is detailed in a...

High fat intake associated with increased risk.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A large, prospective study of premenopausal women suggests that high intake of animal fat, especially from red meat and dairy products, is associated with an increase in risk of breast cancer. ...

Human breast cancer resistance protein may play a role in sterol transport.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human breast cancer resistance protein may play a role in sterol transport. "The human breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP, also know as ABCG2, MXR, or ABCP) is one of the more recently...

Ibuprofen, aspirin may reduce woman's risk.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research suggests that regular ibuprofen use may cut a woman's risk of developing breast cancer in half. Findings reported July 13, 2003, at the annual meeting of the American Association of...

Multiple suppressor genes may exist on the short arm of chromosome 8.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multiple suppressor genes may exist on the short arm of chromosome 8. According to a study from Australia, "Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the short arm of chromosome 8 occurs frequently in breast...

Outreach program helps immigrants fight disease.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On a warm spring morning, a dozen women sit nervously on a bench outside a trailer parked at the Chandler Family Health Center in Phoenix, Arizona, waiting to have mammograms. None of them speaks...

Research methods could mask association with high fat intake.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imprecise methods of assessing dietary intake could be potentially obscuring a link between increased fat intake and breast cancer, suggest authors of a research letter in the July 18, 2003, issue of...

Risk higher for young women with Hodgkin disease treated with radiation.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young women with Hodgkin disease (HD) treated with chest radiation alone have an increased risk for breast cancer, according to a study in the July 23/30, 2003, issue of the Journal of the American...

Study seeks women with recurring disease to test new antibody.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of California, Los Angeles, Jonsson Cancer Center is testing an experimental immune system-boosting antibody that could one day help women who have not responded to conventional...

Study suggests PET not yet ready for disease staging.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite its promise as a noninvasive method for diagnosing cancers, positron emission tomography (PET) is not sensitive enough for evaluating lymph node status in patients with breast cancer and should...

Swenerton score useful for selecting high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant candidates.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Swenerton score is useful for selecting breast cancer patients likely to realize the most benefit from intensive chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation. Researchers in the United States...

There may be a functional relationship between breast adenocarcinoma and COX-2.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Scientists believe there may be a functional relationship between the enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and the angiogenesis, or new vessel growth, of human...

Women should not ingest excessive food additives with estrogenic activity.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women should not ingest excessive food additives with estrogenic activity. According to a study from Japan, "Estrogenic activities of more than 90 chemicals including food additives, foodstuffs of...

Danish establish registry for plastic surgery of the breast.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Danish establish registry for plastic surgery of the breast. "Although numerous epidemiologic studies have examined the long-term safety of silicone breast implants during the past decade, there is...

Haplotype II is over-represented among chromosomes harboring mutations in BRCA1.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Haplotype II is over-represented among chromosomes harboring mutations in BRCA1. According to a study from Spain, "The BRCA1 gene is included in a 200-400 kb region that is subjected to a...

Study supports link between cadmium and cancer.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The heavy metal cadmium, widely used in batteries and alloys, can affect rats in ways that mimic the female hormone estrogen, a new study has found. Researchers said the study suggests the metal may...

HPV testing is valuable in detecting or excluding cervical cancer.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HPV testing is valuable in detecting or excluding cervical cancer. "In a prospective cohort study, 8466 women attending routine cervical cancer screening were recruited. Colposcopy was performed on...

HPV-16 recurrence is associated with differing T cell response to L1 and E7.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Specific T cell responses to HPV-16 proteins L1 and E7 are associated with different disease states and recurrence. "Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) L1 and E7 specific T cell responses were...

Study suggests HPV16 can skirt the immune system.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a large study of HIV positive women, human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16), the virus responsible for approximately half of all cervical cancers, appeared to be better at dodging the immune system than...

Micronucleus assay may correlate with normal tissue damage from radiotherapy.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Micronucleus assay may correlate with normal tissue damage from radiotherapy. "In an effort to find a test to predict the response of normal tissue to radiotherapy, the lymphocyte micronucleus assay...

Some HOX genes may be involved in transformation of normal cervical cells.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some HOX genes may be involved in transformation of normal cervical cells. According to published research from Taiwan, "An association between deregulation of homeobox (HOX) gene expression and...

Antibodies against zona pellucida glycoproteins inhibit sperm-egg binding.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibodies against Escherichia coli-expressed epitopes of zona pellucida glycoproteins inhibit in vitro human sperm-egg binding. "To minimize ovarian dysfunction subsequent to immunization with...

Study findings reiterate Pill's safety for non-smokers.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The latest findings from a U.K. study established 35 years ago to assess the health outcomes for women using the contraceptive pill during the 1970s and 1980s underscore the safety of oral...

Cardiologists say women should know their C-reactive protein number.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiovascular specialists on the medical staff at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas are paying closer attention to something called C-reactive protein (CRP) - a protein produced by the liver in response...

Women's heart disease self-management program reduces healthcare costs.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Julie B. Henderson, MS, senior editor - Data from the "Women Take Pride" program, a study of interventions to manage heart disease led by University of Michigan public health researchers, show that a...

Maternal-fetal interface of placenta has cytotrophoblasts expressing B7H1.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- B7H1 protein was found to increase with each trimester and to be present in cytotrophoblasts, where it may protect against activated maternal leukocytes. "The human placenta utilizes both active...

Breast implant company reports 27% revenue growth in the fourth quarter.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Heritage Worldwide, Inc., (HWWI), a worldwide manufacturer of breast implants through its French subsidiary PIP, announced a significant increase in revenues for its fiscal 2003 fourth quarter ended...

Reminders boost weekly exercise in older women.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phone calls and mailed reminders can help older women increase their amount of weekly exercise, according to a new study. Women who received these prompts added 37 minutes of weekly exercise to...

RNA interference presents a novel way to treat cancers with viral etiologies.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RNA interference presents a novel way to treat cancers with viral etiologies. "The newly discovered phenomenon of RNA interference (RNAi)offers the dual facility of selective viral gene silencing...

Local estrogen ameliorates incontinence in elderly patients.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Local estrogen ameliorates incontinence in elderly patients. "Three to four million women suffer from urinary incontinence (UI) in Germany. This number will rise further as life expectancy...

Self-monitoring of blood glucose useful for managing gestational diabetes.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Self-monitoring of blood glucose is helpful in the management of gestational diabetes. According to a study from France, "About 6% of all pregnancies are complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus...

Angiogenesis inhibitors are candidates for treating endometriosis.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angiogenesis inhibitors are candidates for treating endometriosis. "Endometriosis is a disease in which the lining of the uterus ( endometrium), shed at the time of menstruation, becomes established...

Gene transfection downregulates VEGF expression in endometrial cancer cells.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gene transfection downregulates VEGF expression in endometrial cancer cells. "It has been reported that tumor suppressor gene p53 regulates vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression, but...

VEGF levels in normal human breast tissue vary during the menstrual cycle.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VEGF levels in normal human breast tissue vary during the menstrual cycle. "Exposure to sex steroids increases the risk of breast cancer, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. Angiogenesis is...

Reminders boost weekly exercise in older women.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phone calls and mailed reminders can help older women increase their amount of weekly exercise, according to a new study in the American Journal of Health Behavior. Women who received these prompts...

European authorities give the go-ahead to Angeliq.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schering AG, Germany, (SCH, SHR) announced that the European Union has positively concluded the Mutual Recognition Procedure for Schering's novel low dose hormone replacement therapy (HRT) product...

Prempro 0.45 mg/1.5 mg a low-dose hormone therapy option.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (WYE), announced the availability of Prempro (conjugated estrogens [CE]/ medroxyprogesterone acetate [MPA] tablets) 0.45 mg/1.5 mg, the company's new low-dose...

Chemokine receptor CXCR1 is variably expressed following the menstrual cycle.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human endometrium expresses chemokine receptors CXCR2 and CCR5 consistently, but CXCR1 variably dependent on the menstrual cycle. According to recent research published in the journal Biology of...

Infant girls in India twice as likely to die as boys.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In India, infant girls are twice as likely to die as boys because girls are regarded and treated less favorably. There are also a large number of unexplained female deaths, which may be considered...

Voluntary recall issued for Nortrel 7/7/7 - 28 day.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barr Laboratories, Inc., (BRL) announced that it is initiating a voluntary recall of three lots of its Nortrel 7/7/7 - 28 day (norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol tablets, USP) oral contraceptive...

New study finds red clover isoflavones help vaginal dryness in women at midlife.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial presented in London at the British Menopause Society annual meeting indicate that Novogen's red clover isoflavone supplement (Promensil)...

Scientific review confirms safety of black cohosh for menopausal women.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A report in the journal Menopause provides reassurance of the safety of black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) as a treatment for women experiencing menopausal symptoms. The finding is based on the...

Estrogens seem to calm the onset and effects of Parkinson disease.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogens seem to calm the onset and effects of Parkinson disease. According to recent research published in the journal Endocrine, "epidemiologic studies revealed that the prevalence of Parkinson...

Group aims to keep medical liability reform on political agenda.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) said on July 9, 2003, that it vows to keep medical liability reform high on the nation's political agenda after the U.S. Senate voted to...

Late-term exposure to SSRIs may cause neurological symptoms in babies.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infants whose mothers took selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs; drugs used to treat some psychiatric disorders) during late pregnancy are at an increased risk for having neurologic adverse...

Antiangiogenic therapy produces liver injury in treated animals.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Recent studies of a therapy designed to suppress tumor angiogenesis show it causes liver injury in research animals. According to medical investigators at...

Aromatase associates with vascular permeability in human breast cancer tissues.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aromatase associates with vascular permeability in human breast cancer tissues. "We examined, by immunohistochemical analysis, the expression of aromatase and estrone sulfatase (E1-STS) which are...

Plenty of vitamin E and good nutrition can help reduce cataract risk.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Good nutrition, including "plenty of vitamin E," is on Harvard Medical School's list of what to do to keep eyes seeing their best. A Harvard publication addresses in its July issue the question of...

Osteoporotic screening should be conducted on children with multiple fractures.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Osteoporotic screening should be conducted on children with multiple fractures. "Osteoporosis in children is often an undiagnosed condition. Diagnosis is usually made after several fractures occur...

Combination gene therapy overrides ovarian cancer growth.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Combination gene therapy overrides ovarian cancer growth. "Increased survivin expression is a negative prognostic marker in many tumors, including ovarian cancer. We show here that ovarian...

Extended use of paclitaxel delays disease progression in advanced cases.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study shows that women with advanced ovarian cancer who have responded well to first-line chemotherapy can significantly delay progression of the disease if they continue to take paclitaxel after...

Gynecologic surgeries associated with reduced disease risk.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study suggests that gynecologic surgeries can substantially reduce the risk of ovarian and peritoneal cancers among women at high risk for the disease. Joni L. Rutter, PhD, and Patricia...

Comparative genomic hybridization detected genomic alterations in all 18 cases.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from England, "Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) accounts for a small but significant proportion of all ovarian cancers and is a distinct clinical and pathological entity. ...

Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections often masquerade as other diseases.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections often masquerade as other diseases. "The presentation of an inflammatory neck mass or an infection refractory to standard antibiotic therapy is one that is...

Defect in cortisol-cortisone hormones found to be one cause of PCOS.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust in Britain have found one of the causes of a disease that leads to infertility, miscarriages, and obesity in thousands of women. Polycystic ovary syndrome...

Insulin resistance plays a role in pregnancy-induced hypertension.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Insulin resistance appears to play a role in pregnancy-induced hypertension. According to a study from the United States, "New-onset hypertension (which includes preeclampsia and gestational...

Large U.K. study seeks to prevent blood-flow complication of pregnancy.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The largest U.K. study aimed at preventing pre-eclampsia, which kills three babies every week in England and Wales, has been launched by the Wellcome Trust. Every year some 25,000 expectant mothers...

Micronutrients may mitigate effects of smoking/drinking during pregnancy.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Micronutrient supplementation may mitigate some of the effects of drinking alcohol and smoking during pregnancy. "This literature review examines whether smoking or alcohol use during pregnancy...

Strategies to control parasitic infections during pregnancy outlined.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A researcher from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has outlined strategies to control parasitic infections during pregnancy. According to recent research from the United States, "In...

Estradiol is an important predictor of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estradiol is an important predictor of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. "The cascade of events that leads to the development of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is almost always...

MCUL is probably a genetically homogeneous tumor predisposition syndrome.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MCUL is probably a genetically homogeneous tumor predisposition syndrome. According to published research from England, "Germline mutations of the fumarate hydratase (FH, fumarase) gene are found in...

Fetal trisomy 21 diagnosis can be obtained noninvasively from maternal blood.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal nRBCs can be isolated from maternal blood; diagnosis of fetal trisomy 21 can be obtained noninvasively. "This study was undertaken to establish a noninvasive prenatal genetic diagnostic...

Study: Clinic-based behavioral programs as effective as electrical stimulation.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Behavioral training for urinary stress incontinence (caused by stress such as coughing or sneezing) in a clinic-based program with or without pelvic floor electrical stimulation is more effective than...

Mutation CDP may allow tumor growth.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutation CDP may allow tumor growth. According to published research from Australia, "Leiomyomas are the most common gynecologic tumors in women, but very little is known about their molecular...

Study examines safer breast-feeding by mothers with HIV.
August 7, 2003... 2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research has raised the possibility of safer breast-feeding by HIV positive mothers in the developing world. Programs aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in poor countries...

Maternal gabapentin exposure doesn't compromise pregnancy or developing infants.
August 14, 2003... 2003 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maternal gabapentin exposure doesn't compromise pregnancy or developing infants. "The objective of this study was to assess the safety of gabapentin (Neurontin) exposure in human pregnancy....

Women face increased risk of the metabolic syndrome at menopause.
August 14, 2003... 2003 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women face an increased risk of developing the metabolic syndrome upon entering menopause. "Women with the metabolic syndrome (central obesity, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia) are known to...

Report findings affirm health of women hinges on reform of clinical research.
August 14, 2003... 2003 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In reaction to two recent reports revealing that research on coronary heart disease (CHD) has either excluded women entirely or included them in limited numbers, the Society for Women's Health Research...

Study links bacterial vaginosis to increased risk for herpesvirus infection.
August 14, 2003... 2003 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent investigation from the Magee-Womens Research Institute has found an apparent link between a common gynecological disorder called bacterial vaginosis (BV) and an increased risk for the...

Ovarian hormones may attenuate the body's proinflammatory response to pyrogens.
August 14, 2003... 2003 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ovarian hormones may influence the body's response to pyrogens; hormone replacement altered responses in ovariectomized mice, attenuating the proinflammatory response. According to published...

Fatty acid oxidation decreased in obese black American women.
August 14, 2003... 2003 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fatty acid oxidation is decreased in obese black American women when compared with that in white women, which could contribute to obesity in black women. "The purpose of this study was to determine...

Drug-use by a male partner impacts a woman's response to drug treatment.
August 14, 2003... 2003 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drug-use by a male partner impacts a woman's response to drug treatment. According to a study from the United States, "the role that male sexual partners play in the treatment outcome of drug...

First patient enrolled in European gynecology anti-adhesion study.
August 14, 2003... 2003 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ANPI, ANP) announced that it has enrolled the first patient in Europe using Adhibit to reduce the incidence and severity of adhesions following laparoscopic surgery in...