Women's Health Weekly articles from December 2004

Women's Health Weekly archives from December 2004

New breast exam recommendations issued.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new report published by the American Cancer Society recommends training healthcare providers in a standardized version of clinical breast exam to find palpable cancers. The Breast Health...

Study finds significant improvements in pelvic pain, depression after procedure.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gynecologists have long been concerned about the lack of data on whether or not women with pelvic pain and or depression before hysterectomy improve in these symptoms after surgery. "Our worst fear...

Women wait longer for emergency heart treatment.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a heart attack, the saying goes, "Time is muscle." The faster a person gets treated, the better his or her chances of survival and recovery. But a new study finds that women who have heart...

Study links PCOS with early vascular changes of heart disease.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a disorder characterized by metabolic and endocrine abnormalities, endangers women's hearts by causing early buildup of calcium in coronary arteries, researchers...

Alpha-linolenic acid-rich diet appears to lower women's mortality risk.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who reported eating diets rich in oils containing alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) seemed to have a lower risk of dying from heart disease and sudden cardiac death than women whose diets are low in the...

Study looks at how low-income women deal with abortion in Mexican society.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Mexico have identified strategies used by low-income women in their country to deal with the stigma attached to abortion there. Study subjects were "lowest income Mexican women...

Hebrew SeniorLife opens new medical acute care unit at Roslindale facility.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hebrew SeniorLife has opened a 23-bed Medical Acute Care Unit (MACU) at its Roslindale facility to provide extended medical and rehabilitative care for seniors with complex medical conditions or...

Advances in ALL treatment may lead to elimination of irradiation.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improved risk classification for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), coupled with more intensive intrathecal chemotherapy for high risk patients and the use of a drug called dexamethasone,...

DMPA use associated with bone density deficit in young adult women.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study of the affect of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate on bone mineral density confirms findings of some previous studies and refutes others. "Previous studies of the injectable...

Easter Seals offers resources, tips on providing care for aging people.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- This holiday season, many Americans will visit with an aging parent or other loved one over the age of 65. Adult children may notice slight changes in their parent's lives from previous visits, signs...

Depression may trigger silent ischemia in women with new-onset angina.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with recently diagnosed coronary heart disease are often depressed, but is the depression a consequence of, or a contributor to, disease severity? In a new study, 139 women who had new-onset...

Trial information presented on treatement for intra-abdominal infections.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), recently presented exciting new phase III data about its investigational antibiotic, tigecycline, based on a clinical trial in patients with...

Suppressed E1AF limits the invasiveness of cervical cancer.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Suppressed E1AF limits the invasiveness of cervical cancer. According to a study from Japan, "E1AF/PEA3, a member of the Ets family of transcription factors, is associated with the malignant...

Women with arrhythmias may also benefit from an ICD.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A small study of patients with heart failure not caused by blocked arteries indicates that women, as well as men, may benefit from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), reported researchers at...

Anti-HIV efforts are missing women street traders in South Africa.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women street hawkers in South Africa are falling through the cracks of HIV/AIDS prevention efforts, despite being one of the highest risk groups, reports the UN Integrated Regional Information Networks...

New online tool kit launched on HIV/AIDS prevention for sex workers.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The German technical cooperation (GTZ) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with sex-work networks around the world, are launching the first-ever online tool kit aimed at helping...

Atrial pressure increase does not significantly affect sinus node automaticity.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have investigated the effect of atrial pressure increase on sinus node automaticity "There is evidence suggesting that atrial electrophysiological properties may be changed by an acute...

New York Times presents second annual 'Tribute to Nurses' awards to 4 recipients.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The New York Times Job Market's second annual "Tribute to Nurses" awards reception was held at The Sky Club in New York City. Four nurses were recognized for their extraordinary achievements in the...

'Songs for Life' CD created to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Universal Music Special Markets again created the Songs For Life free-with-purchase CD for the Albertsons Family of Stores to mark National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Songs for Life,...

Antiestrogenic DTACs inhibit estrogen receptor alpha-mediated transcription.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antiestrogenic DTACs inhibit estrogen receptor alpha-mediated transcription. According to a study from the United States, "A novel class of pure antiestrogens,...

Breast size doesn't appear to be contributing factor in cancer risk.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One area where size doesn't appear to matter is breast cancer, study results indicate. "Several studies have been published on the incidence of breast cancer following augmentation mammaplasty, with...

Chromosome 17 genes with abnormal expression identified.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A number of chromosome 17 genes with altered expression in breast cancer have been identified. "Chromosome 17 is severely rearranged in breast cancer," oncologists in France explained. "Whereas the...

Death receptor 4 kills breast cancer cells despite the absence of TRAIL.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Death receptor 4 kills breast cancer cells despite the absence of TRAIL. According to recent research from the United States, "breast cancer cells are generally resistant to induction of apoptosis...

Femara gets U.S. FDA nod as post-tamoxifen treatment for early breast cancer.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Femara (letrozole tablets) is the first therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the extended adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who have received...

Gestational hormones may play etiologic role in breast cancer.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "There is growing evidence that perinatal factors associated with altered gestational hormones may influence subsequent breast cancer risk in the mother....

Intra-operative specimen radiographs help minimize necessary tissue excision.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intra-operative specimen radiographs help surgeons determine adequacy of excision margins while minimizing the amount tissue removed during breast-conserving surgery. "The ultimate goal of...

Investigators awarded grants from U.S. DoD Breast Cancer Research Program.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Five scientific investigators at The Scripps Research Institute were awarded research grants from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program. The following awards were made...

Older unmarried women distant from screening centers forgo mammography.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data from The Swiss Mammography Screening Pilot Program indicate that women who don't attend breast cancer screening sessions tend to be older, unmarried, and not living near a screening center. ...

Patients sought for study of online, face-to-face breast cancer support groups.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Wellness Community (TWC), a nonprofit organization that provides free support and education for people affected by cancer, in collaboration with the University of California at San Francisco and...

Pilot study examines new radiofrequency ablation-assisted lumpectomy.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and RITA Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:RITA) announced that the first patient in a planned series of 30 received a radiofrequency ablation-assisted...

Serum sex hormones associated with increased cancer risk in younger women.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ovarian hyperandrogenism associated with luteal insufficiency increases the premenopausal women's risk of developing breast cancer, researchers in Italy report. "Because of large intra-individual...

Significantly more poorly differentiated tumors found in younger women.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oncologists in Australia compared breast cancer diagnosis in younger women ( "Records were retrieved for 239 women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 40 and compared with 2,101 women aged 40 and...

Smoking linked to postmenopausal disease in women with high estrogen levels.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Sweden "investigated the association between smoking and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in groups defined by high levels of estrogens, a factor known to enhance tumor progression."...

Study assesses early cancer deaths in women aged 40-74 years in north Sweden.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An analysis of lethal breast cancer cases in northern Sweden found that that most deaths occurred in women whose disease had already reached an advanced stage when the cancer was detected. P....

Survival benefit confirmed in patients with brain metastases from breast cancer.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Allos Therapeutics, Inc. (ALTH) announced the presentation of updated results from its phase 3 clinical trial of the investigational radiation sensitizer Efaproxyn (efaproxiral) in patients with brain...

Tc-99m-MIBI scintimammography inappropriate for routine evaluation of lesions.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study results suggest Tc-99m-MIBI scintimammography is inappropriate for routine evaluation of breast microcalcifications detected by standard mammography. Researchers in France wanted to determine...

Total number of cancer cells reflects prognosis.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study from Japan says the total number of breast cancer cells in cancerous tissue reflects the patient's prognosis. "Ninety-three cases of both invasive ductal and lobular carcinoma were examined...

South Carolina breast cancer program should be expanded to include more women.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- South Carolina's breast cancer death rate deserves immediate attention, and an early detection program for poor women should be expanded, the head of the state's health and environmental agency says....

Women wrongly told abortion could increase breast cancer risk.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women seeking abortions in Mississippi must first sign a form indicating they've been told abortion can increase their risk of breast cancer. They aren't told that scientific reviews have concluded...

Connective tissue disorder risk in breast implant patients re-assessed.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have re-assessed the risk of connective tissue disorders in breast implant patients. "In a U.S. retrospective cohort study (1960-1996), 351 (4.8%) of 7,234 patients with breast implants...

System lowers breast augmentation re-operation rate by 17%.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Plastic surgeons can reduce breast implant re-operations in augmentation patients to 3% by following a new system of decision and management algorithms, according to a new report. At the same time,...

Biosciences reports year-end results with narrowing losses.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PURE Bioscience (OTCBB:PURE) reported revenues from continuing bioscience segment operations of approximately $263,500 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2004, compared to revenues of $115,700 in the...

Q3 update: Phase III trial enrollment complete; Thelin shows promise.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Encysive Pharmaceuticals (ENCY) announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2004. "Once again, we've had a productive quarter," said Bruce D. Given, MD, president and CEO...

Central Florida's Axium Healthcare introduces new hormone division.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc., announced the launch of its new Natural Hormone Therapy (NHT) Division. In addition, Axium announced that Lisa Hutchinson, PharmD, who has successfully built a...

Centrosome-associated PIBF gene is overexpressed in highly proliferating cells.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The progesterone-induced blocking factor (PIBF) gene is overexpressed in highly proliferating cells and also is associated with the centrosome, report Intercell AG researchers. Based on these...

Largest study on BRCA1/2 gene testing criteria clarifies other cancer links.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The largest population study conducted on the risk of cancer in families that fulfill the criteria for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation testing has confirmed that breast and ovarian cancers are the major...

Pharma company offers data on Yondelis and Aplidin at conference.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PharmaMar presented new data from its two lead drugs, Yondelis and Aplidin, at the 29th European Society for Medical Oncology Congress (ESMO) held in Vienna, Austria. Data from two separate studies...

Cleveland Clinic installs BioScanIR System to monitor cancer therapy response.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- OmniCorder Technologies, Inc., (OMCT) announced the delivery of a new cancer therapy monitoring configuration of its BioScanIR System to The Cleveland Clinic. The system will be used to detect the...

New data presented gefitinib's antitomor activity.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data presented demonstrate gefitinib's (IRESSA) significant potential antitumor activity as a single agent and in combination with chemotherapy, in a variety of common solid-tumors. Encouraging...

U.S. FDA fast-tracks phenoxodiol for recurrent ovarian cancer.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Marshall Edwards, Inc., (MSHL) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the investigational anticancer drug, phenoxodiol, fast track status for its intended use in patients...

Heart association, audio book publisher develop walking program.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Heart Association and audio book publisher Simon & Schuster Audio, have released on CD a walking program to help Americans improve cardiovascular health, control weight, manage stress, and...

Socioeconomic indicators were associated with disease prevalence in elderly.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A cardiovascular health study has investigated the association of personal and neighborhood socioeconomic indicators with subclinical cardiovascular disease in an elderly cohort. According to...

Thrombin inhibitor used in coronary intervention lowers costs, study shows.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Medicines Company (MDCO) reported on a publication demonstrating significant in-hospital cost savings of $405 per patient (p The REPLACE-2 clinical trial economic study was authored by David J....

Health issues may affect grandmothers who are primary caregivers.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Grandmothers who are caregivers to grandchildren are more prone to stress and depressive symptoms than noncaregivers, according to the latest research from Case Western Reserve University's Frances...

Gene expression profiles can differentiate cervical precancers.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the University of Jena, in Germany, report that gene expression profiles can help differentiate types of cervical precancers. "The molecular signatures of 20 severe cervical...

HPV vaccine shown to "substantially" reduce cervical cancer.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An international clinical trial has shown extremely promising results for a vaccine against the most common causes of cervical cancer. Diane Harper of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at...

Low-resource settings need sensitive, less expensive and sophisticated HPV test.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a study from India caused researchers to call for more sensitive and sophisticated, but less expensive, human papillomavirus testing for cervical neoplasia lesions in low-resource settings....

Screening among South Asian women in U.K. city has increased, study finds.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent data show more South Asian women in Manchester, England, are presenting for cervical cancer screening. "Previous research indicates low screening uptake among South Asian women. We aimed to...

Telomere attrition occurs mostly in precursor lesions in early carcinogenesis.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Telomere attrition occurs mostly in precursor lesions in early stages of cervical cancer development, researchers have determined. "Although human papillomavirus (HPV) has been defined as the...

Two pathways can activate IL-2 receptor signaling in HPV-associated cancer.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Mexico, "Activation of the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) induces signaling cascades promoting T-cell proliferation. However, signal transduction pathways triggered in...

Experts at ISPAD address childhood type 2 diabetes, Glucophage therapy available.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The growing problem of type 2 diabetes children is viewed with great concern by the international medical community gathered in Singapore for the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Society for...

Data from Ampligen trial in chronic fatigue syndrome presented at ICAAC.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc., (HEB) announced that the company presented clinical data on its pivotal randomized, double-blinded, phase III clinical trial of Ampligen versus placebo in chronic fatigue...

Grant Ventures announces collaboration with Cleveland Clinic subsidiary.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Grant Life Sciences, Inc., (GRTV) announced an agreement with Allogen Laboratories, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, wherein Allogen will perform testing and validation...

New female sterilization technique is quicker, easier, cheaper.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mayo Clinic gynecologists have discovered that hysteroscopic sterilization, a new method of plugging the fallopian tubes to prevent conception, will save patients money compared to laparoscopic tubal...

Research and commercial interest in hormonal male contraception renewed.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An update on work in the area of hormonal male contraception was provided at the 195th Meeting of the Society for Endocrinology, held November 1-3, 2004. F. Wu, with the University of Manchester's...

Studies in male monkeys demonstrate that immunocontraception could work.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Experiments designed in North Carolina and conducted in India with macaque monkeys show for the first time that it should be possible to create a safe, effective, and readily reversible form of...

T. vaginalis is a marker for other STDs in female inmates in Portugal.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers recommend that, at a minimum, female inmates in Lisbon, Portugal, be screened for Trichomonas vaginalis infection because this is a marker of the presence of other sexually transmitted...

HT attenuates increase in bone resorption marker associated with calciuric diet.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postmenopausal hormone therapy use appears to attenuate the increase in a bone resorption marker associated with a calciuric diet, study data indicate. Researchers in Ireland studied "the influence...

Regular family meals help promote girls' healthy eating habits.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It's not only the routine of sitting down to dinner as a family, but the importance, structure, and atmosphere of family meals that may help steer adolescent girls from eating disorders, study results...

Environmental tobacco smoke not associated with breast cancer incidence.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, epidemiologists found that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke wasn't associated with increased breast cancer incidence, except in women with...

Fischer Imaging signs original equipment manufacturing contract.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fischer Imaging Corp. (FIMG) has signed an agreement with Virtual Imaging, Inc., to supply components to be incorporated into a digital x-ray system designed for trauma and general radiographic use. ...

Higher risk of cervical cancer, lower endometrial cancer risk in moms of twins.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from England, "Increasing epidemiological and experimental evidence indicates that the carcinogenic pathway in the breast and female reproductive organs is driven, at least in part,...

Link between HRT and hormone-dependent cancers studied in Norwegian women.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data from the Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) study indicate that hormone therapy isn't associated with increased risk of endometrial or ovarian cancer, although it is linked to breast cancer. ...

More integration of reproductive health and HIV prevention services needed.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Providers of reproductive health services are in a strategic position to make significant contributions to closing the global HIV prevention gap, according to a new analysis published jointly by The...

Phytoestrogens inhibit mRNA expression, aromatase activity human GL cells.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phytoestrogens inhibit mRNA expression and aromatase activity in human granulosa-luteal (GL) cells, preliminary study data show. S. Rice and S.A. Whitehead, of the St. George's Hospital Medical...

Women's coffee drinking may reduce insulin secretion marker in blood.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Regular coffee consumption is associated with reduced risk of diabetes and possibly hypertension and cardiovascular disease, but the mechanism is not clear. Researchers have found an inverse...

U.K. announces new steps to aid victims of domestic violence.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Britain's Public Health Minister Melanie Johnson recently announced plans to help identify victims of domestic abuse more quickly. Thirty percent of domestic violence either starts or will intensify...

Transdermal delivery gel technology compared to testosterone patch.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antares Pharma, Inc., (AMEX:AIS) said that new phase II data on LibiGel, a gel formulation of testosterone, being developed by BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (AMEX:BPA) highlighted key advantages of...

Chemotherapy targeted to cancers through tumoral hormone receptors.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Tulane University recently reviewed work being done "on cytotoxic analogs of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH), somatostatin and...

DHEA increases insulin-mediated glucose disposal in hypoadrenal women.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mayo Clinic researchers found that dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) significantly increased insulin-mediated glucose disposal in a group of hypoadrenal women. The finding led them to question the need...

Estrogen regulates GILZ gene in cell-specific manner.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogen regulates expression of the GILZ gene in a cell-specific manner. "Estrogen has numerous beneficial physiological actions; however, by acting as a mitogen, it plays a significant role in the...

Gene mutations associated with P450 oxidoreductase deficiency identified.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California, San Francisco, researchers recently presented an overview of a new genetic disorder of steroidogenesis, called P450 oxidoreductase deficiency. "Combined partial deficiency...

Genetic markers of type I and II endometrial carcinoma identified.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Characteristic gene expression patterns have been identified in type I and II endometrial carcinomas. "Endometrial carcinomas are classified by their morphology into two major subtypes,"...

HNF1alpha inactivation or haploinsufficiency may contribute to carcinogenesis.
December 2, 2004... 2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Complete inactivation of hepatocyte nuclear factor 1alpha (HNF1alpha) or haploinsufficiency may be mechanisms by which HNF1alpha plays a role in development of endometrial carcinoma. According to a...