Women's Health Weekly articles from December 2002

Women's Health Weekly archives from December 2002

New technique lets doctors examine milk ducts for breast problems.(ductoscopy)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new technique enables doctors to directly examine the lining of milk ducts in the breast for early signs of cancer and other abnormalities, according to research at Washington University School of...

Study tracks genes in murine embryos after gene delivery in mothers.(gene therapy)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Medical researchers hope to some day be able to treat fetuses in utero with gene therapy. Murine model experiments may provide the answers for how to best...

Reduced risk associated with prior use of hormone therapy.(Alzheimer disease)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A relationship between prior use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and a reduced risk of Alzheimer disease (AD) in older women is reported by researchers in a study in the Journal of the American...

Comparison of HRTs finds progesterone causes less bleeding.(hormone replacement therapy)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Excessive bleeding, a troublesome side effect that causes many women to stop taking hormone replacement therapies (HRT), is less likely with progesterone than with more commonly used synthetic versions....

Moderate levels of activity associated with lower risk of hip fracture.
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Increasing leisure time activity is associated with a lower risk of hip fractures in postmenopausal women, according to Diane Feskanich, ScD, Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, and Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, of...

Low-fat diet and exercise are keys to maintaining weight loss.
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Three years after completing a very-low-calorie diet, women who maintained a high activity level and limited the amount of dietary fat regained the...

Stephen R. Parrish named vice president, manufacturing.(of NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NPSP) announced the appointment of Stephen R. Parrish as vice president, manufacturing. Parrish will oversee manufacturing affairs related to the company's proprietary...

High rates concern California county.(high breast cancer rates in Marin County)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women living in wealthy Marin County, set in the wooded hills just north of San Francisco, suffer one of the nation's highest breast cancer rates, a cluster that has confounded health officials. On...

Suros Surgical Systems offers new petite needle.(9-gauge petite breast biopsy needle)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Suros Surgical Systems, Inc., has added a new 9-gauge petite needle to its ATEC advanced breast biopsy and excision system product line, making outpatient vacuum-assisted biopsies a reality for...

Tamoxifen boosts antiangiogenic therapy in murine model.(breast cancer)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synergistic activity of an antiestrogen drug combined with an angiogenesis inhibitor reduced tumor growth in a study of human breast cancer conducted in mice. The researchers who conducted the work...

Candida-specific IgA antibodies may have limited natural protective activity.
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study investigated the role of humoral immunity induced by Candida albicans infection in protection against experimental vaginal candidiasis. "Protective host defense mechanisms against...

Antibody interactivity may thwart immunity to invasive infection.(Candida albicans infective ability)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some antibodies to Candida albicans can act as a barrier against "the protective potential of immune serum," researchers in Italy say. "Mice immunized with heat-inactivated, whole yeast-form cells...

Angiopoietin 1 promotes tumor angiogenesis, tumor vessel plasticity in mice.
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using a murine model of cervical cancer, researchers in Singapore have shown that increased expression of angiopoietin 1 boosts tumor angiogenesis and leads to tumor vessel plasticity. ...

FDA approves new female sterilization device.(Essure System from Conceptus Inc. )
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a small metallic implant that is placed into the fallopian tubes of women who wish to be permanently sterilized. Unlike other currently available...

Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo now available by prescription.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo (norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol) Tablets, the new low-dose version of the most prescribed birth control pill, is now available by prescription. Recently approved by the U.S....

Troglitazone protects against type 2 diabetes.
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Troglitazone therapy prevented or deferred the development of type 2 diabetes in Hispanic women with insulin resistance, according to researchers in...

Report: Women don't take chronic pelvic pain seriously.
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A majority of women who suffer from chronic pelvic pain have been told that their pain is "normal" or even exaggerated despite their own perception of it as severe and debilitating. Ironically,...

Ostex International announces third quarter 2002 results.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ostex International, Inc., (OSTX) reported results of operations for the 3 and 9-month periods ended September 30, 2002. Total revenue for the third quarter was $1,655,000, as compared with third...

Halting HRT: Treatment alternatives and market impact.(hormone replacement therapy)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In view of the current controversy surrounding the use of hormone replacement therapy, a new study from Theta Reports, "Hormone Replacement Therapy: Industry Alert," evaluates the latest market...

Virus-like particles do not activate Langerhans cells.(human papillomavirus)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Langerhans cells are not activated by human papillomavirus (HPV) virus-like particles, report cancer researchers, who say this suggests a possible "immune escape mechanism" used by HPV. "High-risk...

European Union's CPMP recommends Approval of Caelyx.(Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schering-Plough Corp. (SGP) reported that the European Union's (E.U.) Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) has...

Paclitaxel-based chemotherapy increases survival by 31%.(breast cancer survival)
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data adds to existing evidence that Taxol offers women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) a 31% improvement in overall survival compared with standard treatment. The data collected from 640...

Phase II trial of Navelbine plus Herceptin for HER2 looks promising.
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research suggests that the combination of Navelbine (vinorelbine tartrate) Injection, a first-line chemotherapy treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, and the monoclonal antibody therapy...

Depression leads to obesity, but the reverse is not true.
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Depressed adolescents were significantly more likely to be come obese, according to a report in Pediatrics. "Adolescent obesity is a strong...

Diet high in empty calories increases risk of becoming overweight.
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Information coming out of the Framingham Nutrition Studies indicates that identifying dietary patterns may aid development of effective weight...

Age alone should not exclude women in their 50s from attempting pregnancy.
December 5, 2002... 2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There appears to be no definitive medical reason, based on age, why women in their 50s should not try to become pregnant by in vitro fertilization with donor eggs, according to a study by Richard J....

Molecular tag pinpoints which tumors are most likely to spread.(cyclin E aids in prediction of breast cancer invasiveness)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new molecular tag discovered by scientists at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center may help doctors decide which breast cancer patients need more aggressive treatment and which can...

Obesity increases risk of death from ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Data from a large prospective study revealed obesity is a significant risk factor for death from ovarian cancer among postmenopausal women, according...

American Cancer Society issues new early detection guidelines.(for cervical cancer and precancerous conditions)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Cancer Society has issued new guidelines addressing when and how often women should get early detection tests for cervical cancer and precancer. The new guidelines were developed by an...

Leptin targeted in research on obesity, pregnancy.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intent on helping Americans fight obesity, Agricultural Research Service scientists are probing the role that leptin plays in regulating appetite and weight gain. Janet C. King and Ratna Mukherjea...

Neutralizing antibody plus paclitaxel diminish ovarian tumors.(monoclonal antibody to vascular endothelial growth factor)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Monoclonal antibody and paclitaxel could be key to reducing abdominal fluid accumulation and limiting tumor growth in patients with ovarian cancer. The...

Obese women have thicker carotid artery walls, higher stroke risk.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity in middle-aged women is independently associated with premature thickening of the carotid arteries, a sign of impending heart disease, researchers report. Carotid arteries are in the neck...

Study questions treatment in diabetic patients.(bladder infection treatment)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hunting down and treating symptom-free bladder infections in women with diabetes does nothing to ward off painful recurrences later, a study has found. Diabetic women are far more prone to bladder...

iCAD releases CAD software for early detection of breast cancer.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- iCAD, Inc., (ICAD), which designs, develops, and markets computer-aided detection (CAD) imaging technology and systems for the early detection of breast cancer, announced the release of a version of...

SpectRx completes milestone clinical study of new noninvasive cervical cancer device.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SpectRx, Inc., (SPRX) announced that it has completed the multicenter, prepivotal clinical trial of its noninvasive cervical cancer detection device, and the company is making final preparations to...

24 Million in U.S. have COPD; estimated 58% undiagnosed.(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, now affects about 24 million Americans, most of them past or current smokers. Nearly 58% do not even know they may have the disease, say new...

Cryoablation is new, office-based treatment for benign breast tumors.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a research study, cryoablation offers a convenient, office-based treatment option for women with fibroadenomas, the most common form of benign breast tumor. The study, "Office-based...

HPV revenues increased by 42%.(human papillomavirus)(Digene Corp. reports research profits)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Digene Corporation (DIGE) reported financial results for the fiscal 2003 first quarter ended September 30, 2002. Total revenues for the first quarter increased 22% to $12.6 million, compared with...

$5.5M raised in private placement, reports financial status.(Cellegy Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (CLGY) announced that it has raised $5.5 million in a private placement of its common stock to John M. Gregory, managing partner of SJ Strategic Investments LLC. ...

TransScan medical announces initial closing of $2.5 million.(TransScan Medical Ltd.)(cancer research financing)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TransScan Medical Ltd., developer and manufacturer of Electrical Impedance Scanning (EIS)-based systems for cancer detection, announced that it has closed on the first $2.5 million of a potential $8...

Contour SE designed to shrink, destroy uterine fibroids.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) announced that it has launched Contour SE in the U.S. to treat hypervascular tumors and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Contour SE is made of polyvinyl...

Afghanistan among worst places for pregnant women, new UNICEF/U.S. survey shows.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In parts of Afghanistan women suffer from one of the world's highest levels of maternal mortality, with almost half of all deaths of those aged 15 to 49 resulting from pregnancy and childbirth,...

CDC describes HIV testing among pregnant women.(US Centers for Disease Control)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) review of studies on prenatal HIV testing in the U.S. and Canada found that high rates of testing can be achieved under several different...

Fetal RHD genotype determined via maternal serum during the first trimester.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in France have devised a reliable, noninvasive technique to analyze fetal RHD genotype in maternal serum during the first trimester of pregnancy. "Fetal RHD genotype determination is...

Link found between infections in mothers and brain injuries in babies.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have unraveled a mysterious connection - a potential mechanism that links brain injuries in infants to an infection in...

Correlogic Systems signs agreements to license diagnostic test.(Quest Diagnostic Inc. and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings sign agreement)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Correlogic Systems, Inc., has signed licensing agreements with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX) and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) (LH) for the commercialization of...

Gynecologic Oncology Group to conduct phase III trial of Xyotax.(ovarian cancer treatment)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc., (CTI) (CTIC) and the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) announced that the GOG will conduct a phase III trial of Xyotax in front-line treatment of ovarian cancer. The trial...

Rabbit oral papillomavirus appears best choice for developing HPV vaccine.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A comparison of animal papillomaviruses to the human variety suggests rabbit oral papillomavirus is best suited for study of the "life cycles of mucosal papillomavirus types and for the development of...

Northwestern receives $5 million for study.(on polycystic ovary syndrome)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Northwestern University has been awarded more than $5 million by the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health to establish a Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) to study...

Cocaine-exposed infants are predisposed to necrotizing enterocolitis.
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Cocaine has become a popular illicit drug in our society, and pregnant women are not immune from this epidemic. Recently, there have been several...

Studies examine risks, worth of treatment.(uterine artery embolization to treat uterine fibroids)
December 12, 2002... 2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An increasingly popular treatment promises to rid women of painful, bleeding uterine fibroids without standard surgery's risks. But new research has some doctors questioning how long the treatment...

Family history of breast cancer does not increase risk.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A family history of breast cancer does not increase a woman's chances of developing womb cancer, finds a 20-year study in the Journal of Medical Genetics. Cancers of the lining of the womb...

Variation in gynecological procedure suggests surgery is unnecessary.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The most common minor surgical procedure in gynecological practice may be performed unnecessarily, as evidenced by the large variation across regions, says a University of Alberta researcher. Dr....

Studies verify HRT can improve learning.(hormone replacement therapy)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For estrogen to enhance learning and memory, nerve cells in the brain called cholinergic neurons are essential to the process, suggest animal studies performed by researchers from the University of...

Smoking and diabetes link seen postmenopausal women.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Findings in a study published in the December 1, 2002 issue of Cancer indicate that cigarette smoking is a significant risk factor in urinary bladder cancer in postmenopausal women, a group that has...

Tumor DNA detected in blood samples.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at Johns Hopkins have successfully detected ovarian cancer using a blood test for DNA shed by tumors. The test is based on digital analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP, or...

Vaccination recommendation changes for pregnant women.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ob-Gyns are now being advised that it is safe for women to receive their rubella vaccination up to 1 month before becoming pregnant instead of the previous 3-month wait period, according to an opinion...

Estrogen linked to more efficient regulation of a woman's heartbeat.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Men die earlier than women. This fact leads scientists and medical researchers to conclude that gender and age are two basic factors continuously affecting body functions, disease categories and even...

Link found to assisted reproduction.(human in vitro fertilization and rare birth defect risk )
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists from Johns Hopkins and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that in vitro fertilization (IVF) appears to be associated with a rare combination of birth...

E.U. MR application completed for Arimidex.(breast cancer treatment completes European Union's Mutual Recognition Process)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AstraZeneca announced that it has successfully completed the European application (under the Mutual Recognition Process) for the use of Arimidex as adjuvant treatment in postmenopausal women with early...

Flaxseed inhibits tumor growth and metastasis in murine model.(studies in mice)(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nutritional scientists in Canada report that when they added 10% flaxseed to the diet of mice with human breast tumors, tumor growth and metastases were reduced. "Angiogenesis is important in...

University of Alabama to initiate phase I trial of HER-2 vaccine.(cancer vaccine)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Galenica Pharmaceuticals announced that the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center (UAB-CCC) is beginning a National Cancer Institute-sponsored phase I human clinical trial of...

iCAD Introduces MammoWriter System for early detection of breast cancer.(ICAD Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- iCAD, Inc., (ICAD), which designs, develops, and markets computer aided detection (CAD) imaging technology and systems for the early detection of breast cancer, announced the availability of its new...

American Cancer Society issues new early detection guidelines.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Cancer Society issued new guidelines addressing when and how often women should get early detection tests for cervical cancer and precancer. The new guidelines were developed by an...

Timing fertility: Out with the old, in with the new.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New evidence on conception and fertility may change the rationale behind when and how women should time intercourse to achieve pregnancy, suggest researchers from the University of Utah. They...

Hormone replacement does not improve cognition in elderly women.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hormone replacement therapy has been the subject of some controversy recently concerning potential benefits and risks. A study from the University of California, San Francisco, the San Francisco...

Neither HRT nor antioxidant vitamins offer cardiovascular benefits in women.(hormone replacement therapy)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postmenopausal women with coronary disease do not receive cardiovascular benefits from taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or antioxidant vitamins, a new study has found. In fact, the study...

Minimally invasive option treats women with heavy menstrual bleeding.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The recently FDA approved and patented NovaSure System brings hope to more than ten million women who suffer from heavy menstrual bleeding. Menorrhagia can be so severe and disruptive that women...

Women don't rely on periods as indicator of pregnancy, good health, or fertility.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nearly two-thirds of women do not rely on their monthly periods to let them know if they are pregnant, able to have children, or are healthy, according to results of a new nationwide survey sponsored...

Angiogenic, neurotrophic factors are expressed in human amnion, choriodecidua.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study, conducted by researchers in New Zealand, aimed "to identify the novel or differential expression of growth- or development-associated genes in the human gestational membranes that might...

Clinical trials evaluating once-yearly zoledronic acid in osteoporosis to begin.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators across the United States are currently recruiting participants for studies evaluating the safety and effectiveness of a once-yearly infusion of the Novartis drug zoledronic acid for the...

Aspirin inhibits tumor growth, USF lab study finds.(University of South Florida)(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aspirin may reduce ovarian cancer growth, a new study has shown. The study, published in Obstetrics and Gynecology, demonstrated that aspirin inhibited ovarian tumor cell growth by as much as 68%....

Initial type and frequency of migraine influences women's stroke risk.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The risk of ischemic stroke is significantly increased in women whose first ever migraines were accompanied by aura, according to a new study. The authors based their findings on further analysis...

Raloxifene reduces risk of stroke in postmenopausal women.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Lynn Yoffee, senior medical writer - New data on an osteoporosis drug marketed as an estrogen alternative - raloxifene (Evista) - indicate that it significantly reduces risk of stroke in...

Study: Uterine artery embolization effective treatment for fibroids.
December 19, 2002... 2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of the largest prospective study to date of uterine artery embolization as a treatment for uterine fibroids shows a high clinical success rate, low complication rate, low treatment failure or...

Obesity link identified.(leptin found to promote breast cancer cell growth)
December 26, 2002... 2002 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leptin, the growth factor associated with weight gain, has been found to promote breast cancer cell growth, according to a new study. The research also found a lack of leptin or its receptor is...

ACOG advises screening all pregnant women.(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)(screening for group B streptococci)
December 26, 2002... 2002 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued new recommendations calling for universal screening of pregnant women for group B streptococci (GBS), a leading cause of...

Erythropoietin factors into growth of gynecological cancers.
December 26, 2002... 2002 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A new investigation suggests erythropoietin accounts for at least some angiogenesis and growth in gynecological tumors. The new finding confirms previous...

Similar rates of healthy births found for healthy, in-control diabetic mothers.
December 26, 2002... 2002 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There's good news for expectant mothers who have diabetes, the most common medical complication of pregnancy. Women who are diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy, who are otherwise healthy and...

Ending hormone replacement therapy leads to rapid bone loss in elderly women.
December 26, 2002... 2002 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ending hormone therapy treatments may cause a decrease in bone mineral density in elderly women, according to a new study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Two other...

Circulating IGF-1 levels are directly related to younger women's disease risk.(insulin-like growth factor-1 levels have a connection to ovarian cancer risk)
December 26, 2002... 2002 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a recent study show a direct relationship between levels of circulating insulin-like growth factor and a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer before age 55. A. Lukanova and...

Racial differences found in response to diet-induced weight loss.
December 26, 2002... 2002 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - After a weight-loss diet, black women became less fit and were less likely to exercise, in contrast to white women, who engaged in higher levels of...

Grant will enable study of estrogen's role.(American Cancer Society donates grant to breast cancer research)(Brief Article)
December 26, 2002... 2002 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A 4-year, $650,000 Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) will help Cornell University biologist W. Lee Kraus, assistant professor of molecular biology and genetics, and his...

Hormone therapy, alcohol use studied.(Nurses' Health Study)
December 26, 2002... 2002 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who drink alcohol and take hormones are at almost double the risk of breast cancer, researchers with a large ongoing study say. Previous studies have shown that women who have more than a...