Women's Health Weekly articles from December 2008

Women's Health Weekly archives from December 2008

Study suggests attending religious services sharply cuts risk of death.
December 4, 2008... A study published by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, strongly suggests that regular attendance at religious services reduces the risk of death by approximately 20 percent. The...

Psychological interventions associated with breast cancer survival.
December 4, 2008... A new study finds that breast cancer patients who participate in intervention sessions focusing on improving mood, coping effectively, and altering health behaviors live longer than patients who do not receive such psychological support....

Microarray analysis improves prenatal diagnosis.
December 4, 2008... HOUSTON -- (Nov. 17, 2008) -- A "chip" or array that can quickly detect disorders such as Down syndrome or other diseases associated with chromosomal abnormalities proved an effective tool in prenatal diagnosis in a series of 300 cases at...

Raising alcohol taxes reduces deaths.
December 4, 2008... Raising taxes on beer, wine and liquor immediately reduces the number of deaths from alcohol-related diseases such as liver disease, oral or breast cancers, and alcohol poisoning, according to a new study published in the online edition of the...

Antibodies to cockroach and mouse proteins associated with asthma and allergies risk.
December 4, 2008... New York, NY -- A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health shows that developing antibodies to cockroach and mouse proteins is...

Studies from M. Vichnin and colleagues provide new data on ectopic pregnancy.
December 4, 2008... "Purpose of review Ectopic pregnancy continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in women. Tubal damage is the likely cause of ectopic pregnancy," investigators in the United States report (see also Ectopic Pregnancy). ...

Researchers at University of Pittsburgh, Medical Department publish new data on gynecology.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Purpose of review The purpose of this review is to inform the reader of new information published on intrauterine devices (IUDs) and adolescents. Recent findings There are few studies on the...

New data from University of Waterloo illuminate research in life sciences.
December 4, 2008... According to a study from Waterloo, Canada, "We attempt to contribute to the literature by evaluating the effects of higher beer prices on gonorrhea and chlamydia rates through pooling data across Canadian provinces and over time." ...

Discovery of 1.5 Million Year Old Fossil of Female Pelvis in Ethiopia Announced by Stone Age Institute at Indiana University.
December 4, 2008... The Stone Age Institute announces an important new fossil of a Homo erectus female pelvis from approximately 1.3 million years ago. This fossil reveals important new information about human evolution, especially the evolution of women and the...

Clarinol(TM) CLA and Puregels(R) Featured on Hit Television Show 'Living in Style'.
December 4, 2008... This month the hit television show 'Living in Style' will highlight the weight management benefits of Clarinol(TM) CLA. 'Living in Style' is a half-hour news magazine television series and is featuring the benefits of Clarinol(TM) CLA, with its...

New findings reported from Technical University of Munich, Institute for Medical Microbiology describe advances in chlamydia cell biology.
December 4, 2008... Investigators publish new data in the report 'Premature apoptosis of Chlamydia-infected cells disrupts chlamydial development.' "The obligate intracellular development of Chlamydia suggests that the bacteria should be vulnerable to premature...

Studies from Indiana University in the area of aggression published.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Aggression and Violent Behavior, "Until recently, physical aggression among youth was a topic primarily reserved for and researched on boys. Girls are increasingly becoming the perpetrators...

Reports from M. Fuerst et al highlight recent research in arthritis.(Clinical report)
December 4, 2008... "Rheumatoid arthritis often leads to severe destruction of the glenohumeral joint, including synovitis and inflammation-induced alterations of the rotator cuff. Cup arthroplasty, or surface replacement of the shoulder, was introduced in the...

New arthroplasty findings from J.A. Singh and co-researchers published.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Do gender and age affect knee arthroplasty outcomes? In a cohort of patients who underwent primary or revision TKA between 1996 and 2004 and responded to a followup questionnaire 2 and 5...

New arthroplasty research from R.E. Anakwe and colleagues discussed.
December 4, 2008... "Longer patient survival and the extension of joint arthroplasty to older patients means that osteoporotic fractures of the femur are often associated with joint implants. This poses a significant trauma work toad," scientists in Scotland...

Research from Kumamoto University broadens understanding of astrocytoma.(Report)
December 4, 2008... "Although the prognostic value of perfusion MR imaging in various gliomas has been investigated, that in high-grade astrocytomas alone has not been fully evaluated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate retrospectively whether the tumor...

Reports outline atrial fibrillation research from Z.Q. Zhou and colleagues.(Clinical report)
December 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the Journal of Epidemiology, "Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. Since only limited data on the Chinese population, which is the largest in the...

Research on autism published by scientists at University of Glasgow.
December 4, 2008... According to a study from Scotland, "The prevalence, and incidence, of mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities and autism were compared with the whole population with intellectual disabilities, and with controls, matched...

Report summarizes behavior study findings from University of Amsterdam.
December 4, 2008... "The underlying reasons for gender differences in smoking behavior, and thus for the recent trends, are not well understood. Using a sample of 8592 Swedish adolescents aged 15-18, this paper contributes to the literature by exploring gender...

Research from National Cheng-Kung University has provided new information about behavior.(Report)
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from Tainan, Taiwan, "More than half of young adolescents, 13 to 15 years old, suffer exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) at home and in public places. Despite threats to adolescent health and well-being, little...

Research from University of Baltimore provide new insights into behavior.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, "Do status expectations affect how we interpret interruption in conversation? Two experiments examined how interrupters and their targets are perceived in same- and...

Scientists at Princeton University target behavior.
December 4, 2008... "This article investigates the relationship between changing gender definitions and economic development in the United States and Mexico over the course of a century. On the basis of historical research and fieldwork, the author highlights the...

New findings from Victoria University in the area of biotech business published.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Womens Studies International Forum, "The bodies, soma,(1) of women have become the raw material for the latest corporate colony. As Mies, Bennholdt-Thomsen, and von Werlhof[Mies, Maria,...

Data on bipolar disorder described by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital.
December 4, 2008... "Because treatments for bipolar disorder include a growing number of psychotropic agents, the authors evaluated psychotropic polytherapy and adherence to treatment among U. S. patients with bipolar disorder. National health plan claims data...

New bipolar disorder study findings have been reported from University of California.(Clinical report)
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "This study examined longitudinal trends in the use of mood stabilizers and antipsychotics for treatment of bipolar disorder in a large public mental health system and whether trends differed...

Investigators at University of Leicester zero in on cardiology.
December 4, 2008... " A longer heart-rate corrected QT interval (QTc) is associated with increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias. Women have longer resting QTc and are more likely than men to develop drug-induced QT prolongation," scientists in Leicester, the...

Research on cardiology published by R.V. Maikala et al.
December 4, 2008... "The effects of varied seating posture conditions on cardiovascular responses in healthy women were studied during exposure to whole-body vibration (WBV). After an assessment of upper-body fitness, 14 healthy young women were exposed to 3, 4.5,...

Research conducted at University of Western Sydney has updated our knowledge about cloning.
December 4, 2008... "Public debate on human cloning fails to recognise the centrality of women and their bodies to this technology. Without a continuous supply of eggs cloning is impossible," investigators in Penrith, Australia report (see also Cloning). "I...

Researchers at University of Oxford release new data on colposcopy.
December 4, 2008... In this recent report, researchers in Oxford, the United Kingdom conducted a study "To explore English women's experiences of cervical screening result communication. Qualitative study consisting of seven focus groups conducted between May 2005...

Researchers from University of Hawaii detail findings in community health.(Report)
December 4, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "The purpose of this study was to examine cultural perceptions, awareness, responses, and actions recommended about IPV by Samoan women served by a Community Health Center (CHC). Theoretical...

Researchers from Soochow University discuss findings in compression fractures.(Clinical report)
December 4, 2008... "A prospective study in 35 osteoporotic patients with 120 multiple-level vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) assessed the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine painful vertebrae for treatment with kyphoplasty (KP). A total of...

Research from University of Bristol yields new data on contact lens.(Report)
December 4, 2008... "Lid wiper epitheliopathy (LWE) and lid parallel conjunctival folds (LIPCOF) are related to dry eye symptoms in contact lens wearers. Both clinical signs are assumed to he related to mechanical forces during blinking," researchers in Bristol,...

Studies from University of Zurich describe new findings in differential diagnosis.
December 4, 2008... " To evaluate the value of a dedicated interpretation of the CT images in the differential diagnosis of benign vs. malignant primary bone lesions with 18fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT)....

Research on Down syndrome detailed by J. Mccarthy and co-authors.(Clinical report)
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from London, the United Kingdom, " Studies of people with intellectual ability suggest that several individual and environmental factors are associated with behaviour disorder. To date there are few studies looking...

Study data from University of Newcastle update knowledge of Down syndrome.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United Kingdom, " Whilst maternal age is an established risk factor for Patau syndrome (trisomy 13), Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18) and Down syndrome (trisomy 21), the aetiology and contribution of genetic...

Research on electromyography reported by W.S. Tucker et al.
December 4, 2008... "The Cuff Link is a closed kinetic chain rehabilitation apparatus for the upper extremity. Limited research has established its effectiveness to elicit muscle activation of the scapular muscles," researchers in the United States report (see...

New female infertility study findings have been reported by Q. Sun and co-researchers.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "One of the technical bottlenecks in producing nonhuman primate models is that current assisted reproductive techniques, such as in vitro culture and frozen conservation of...

Findings from Stockholm University broaden understanding of gender studies.(Report)
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from Stockholm, Sweden, "This study examines the association between participation in leisure activities and mortality risk among older men and women. A representative sample of 1,246 men and women ages 65 to 95,...

New hirsutism study findings recently were published by researchers at Charite University.
December 4, 2008... "Hirsutism is usually the result of an underlying adrenal, ovarian, or central endocrine abnormality mainly due to polycystic ovary syndrome but may also be idiopathic or drug induced. The aim of medical treatment of hirsutism is to rectify any...

Recent findings in hormone replacement therapy described by J. Kelly and colleagues.
December 4, 2008... "For many years, radical feminists have been warning about the dangers inherent in the use of Hormone Replacement Therapy. Until the release of the Women's Health Initiative results in 2002, these warnings were dismissed and discredited,"...

Study findings from University of Munich broaden understanding of hormones.
December 4, 2008... " Gender-specific immune responses have been found after trauma-hemorrhage. Male and female sex hormones seem to be responsible for this gender dimorphism," scientists writing in the journal Langenbecks Archives of Surgery report (see also...

Research from Indiana University in the area of hyperemia published.
December 4, 2008... "Normalization of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) to individual shear stress area under the curve (peak FMD: SSAUC ratio) has recently been proposed as an approach to control for the large inter- subject variability in reactive...

New data from University of Bergen illuminate research in incontinence.
December 4, 2008... According to a study from Bergen, Norway, "Urinary incontinence (UI) is a prevalent symptom in middle-aged women, but data on incidence is limited and rarely reported. In order to analyze incidence, remission, or development patterns of...

Research from R. Cartwright and co-researchers provides new data on incontinence.
December 4, 2008... According to a study from London, the United Kingdom, "Purpose of review The concept of overactive bladder has helped us address the problem of urgency and urge incontinence from a symptomatic perspective. In this review, we provide a critical...

Researchers from University of Minnesota discuss findings in incontinence.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Although many women suffer from fecal incontinence (FI), little is known about their day-to-day experiences. The aims of this phenomenological study were to understand the experience of...

Study results from Cleveland Clinic broaden understanding of incontinence.
December 4, 2008... "Purpose of review To review the evidence behind laparoscopic pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence repair. Recent findings A review of the recent literature continues to support the use of laparoscopy for colposuspension and sacral...

Scientists at Korea University describe research in interstitial lung disease.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery, "We evaluated the feasibility and accuracy of a needlescopic procedure for lung biopsies in patients with interstitial lung disease or indeterminate pulmonary...

Scientists at Mie University, Medical Department detail research in knee osteoarthritis.(Report)
December 4, 2008... According to a study from Tsu, Japan, "The aims of the present study were to examine the prevalence and risk factors for knee osteoarthritis in elderly Japanese men and women. We examined 598 of the 1513 inhabitants of Miyagawa village aged >=...

Findings from K. Nakagawa and co-researchers advance knowledge in life sciences.
December 4, 2008... " To establish an index to predict ART outcomes and to identify infertile patients who need LH supplementation during ovarian stimulation. Serum LH concentrations were measured during the mid- and late-follicular phase in 86 normogonadotropic...

Findings from University of Nevada in life sciences reported.
December 4, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "In 1958, a social revolution was started by Sattareh Farman Farmaian, who established the social work profession in Iran." "Sattareh's far- reaching work had tremendous effects on the people of...

Findings from University of Sydney broaden understanding of life sciences.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from Sydney, Australia, "We describe the use of a new sonographic technique for imaging of the posterior compartment of the pelvis: sonorectovaginography. Sonorectovaginography uses instillation of fluids (saline...

New findings from Roehampton University in the area of life sciences described.(Clinical report)
December 4, 2008... "We focus here on the retention of highly qualified women scientists in science-based employment in U.K. and Wales. Using linked Census records from the Longitudinal Study 1971-1991 we show that women's education and employment rates in...

New findings reported from New Mexico State University describe advances in life sciences.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Recent shifts in the consumer base of the sex industry have involved greater female attendance in strip clubs. This article examines how strip clubs and dancers incorporate female patrons...

New life sciences data have been reported by L. Benuto and co-authors.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "The contention that women are more erotically plastic than men is supported by a significant body of data, from which it has been inferred (Baumeister, 2000) that female sexuality may be...

New life sciences findings from University of North Texas published.(Report)
December 4, 2008... "Violence against women has been recognized as an important social and human rights issue that affects all cultures and societies. Although this issue has been more frequently studied in high-income countries, such as the United States, the...

New life sciences research from National University, Medical Department outlined.
December 4, 2008... "Proarrhythmic drugs induce long QT syndrome more frequently in women than men. The present study was designed to determine whether androgens regulate the function and expression of the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG) encoded K+...

New life sciences study findings have been published by scientists at University of London, Birkbeck College.(Report)
December 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Gender Work and Organization, "Organizational politics is implicated in all levels of organizational functioning, from power structures and informal interaction to individual identity. This...

New life sciences study findings recently were reported by researchers at University of Colorado.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the Western Journal of Nursing Research, "This article describes stress and coping by decider status. Participants were 154 women aged 34 to 54 years who were recently divorced from their first marriage...

New life sciences study findings reported from Howard University.
December 4, 2008... "Described as an activist, educator, researcher, and administrator, Inabel Burns Lindsay served as the first dean of the Howard University School of Social Work, and her extraordinary accomplishments have served as a beacon for generations of...

Reports from Manhattan College describe recent advances in life sciences.(Report)
December 4, 2008... "The present research suggests that stranger harassment (i.e., experiencing unwanted sexual attention from strangers in public) is a frequent experience for young adult women, and that it has negative implications for their well-being. First,...

Reports outline life sciences research from H. Hoi and colleagues.(Report)
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from Vienna, Austria, "A general mechanism to account for the maintenance of sexually selected traits is the armament-ornament model, which predicts that females exploit signals used in male-male aggressive...

Research on life sciences discussed by scientists at University of Hong Kong.(Report)
December 4, 2008... According to a study from Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, "This study investigated the prevalence and clustering of four common lifestyle risk factors - cigarette smoking, heavy alcohol drinking, physical inactivity, and low consumption...

Research on life sciences published by scientists at University of California.
December 4, 2008... "For many species in nature, a sire's progeny may be distributed among a few or many dams. This poses logistical challenges - typically much greater across males than across females - for assessing means and variances in mating success (number...

Research reports on life sciences from Obafemi Awolowo University provide new insights.
December 4, 2008... "The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and actions of health professionals in Nigeria towards women experiencing spousal violence. A descriptive survey of 134 randomly selected respondents out of 572 health...

Researchers at Stanford University target life sciences.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Negotiating in a highly competitive environment may prove particularly challenging for women. We describe three experimental studies that investigated and documented differences in the...

Researchers at University of California target life sciences.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Measurement of serial human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) concentrations facilitates the diagnosis of normal or abnormal early gestation, as deviations from expected rates of rise or decline...

Researchers from University of Gottingen discuss findings in life sciences.
December 4, 2008... According to a study from Germany, "The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) involving area-wide release of mass-reared and sterilized pest insects has proven successful to reduce, control and eradicate economically important pest species, such as...

Scientists at University of California target life sciences.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the Negotiation Journal, "We begin by exploring the lay belief that women can use flirtation to their advantage in professional contexts and contrast it with trained negotiators' negative views on...

Studies from J.M. Weigt and colleagues provide new data on life sciences.
December 4, 2008... "Noting an inattention to the specific ways in which class, race, and gender combine to affect work-family management, we conducted a qualitative exploration of the processes of intersectionality. Our analysis relies on two points on a...

Studies from London Metropolitan University add new findings in the area of life sciences.
December 4, 2008... "The under-representation of women in promoted posts is one particular pattern of occupational segregation by gender across post-industrial societies. This phenomenon also characterizes those professions which have been described as...

Studies from University of Tennessee have provided new information about life sciences.(Report)
December 4, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "The purpose of this study is to explore how abuse experienced from a current partner and history of childhood abuse perpetrated by a parent are related to trauma symptomalogy in a sample of 82 women...

Studies in the area of life sciences reported from University of Connecticut.
December 4, 2008... "Previous researchers have shown that work-family conflict (WFC) affects the level of a person's job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and job burnout and intentions to leave the profession. However, WFC and its consequences have not yet been...

Study data from Arizona State University update understanding of life sciences.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Stillbirth occurs in approximately 1 out of 110 births in the United States, yet little is understood about this experience. Unexplained stillbirths are major contributors to the developed...

Study data from University of Texas update knowledge of life sciences.
December 4, 2008... "We surveyed research by experimental economists that examines gender differences in negotiation in the context of two simple, two-player games. Our purpose is to uncover empirical regularities in the results that might be useful to teachers or...

Scientists at University of Aberdeen discuss research in maternal mortality.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from Scotland, "Since the earlu 1990s, the Government of Indonesia has addressed high maternal mortality by attempting to ensure skilled attendance at delivery through access to trained village midwifery services in...

Study data from C. Suriadjaia et al provide new insights into maternal mortality.
December 4, 2008... "The women of Indonesia with unwanted pregnancies face stark choices: giving birth and facing social ostracism, loss of family support network, and even harsh criminal punishment: or an abortion from a clandestine provider risking serious...

Studies from T.M. Kuo et al provide new data on medicare and medicaid.(Report)
December 4, 2008... "Teens and racial and ethnic minority women are less likely to initiate prenatal care (PNC) in the first trimester of pregnancy than their counterparts. This study examines the impact of Medicaid program changes in the late 1990s on the timing...

New menstruation study results from St. Mary's Hospital described.
December 4, 2008... " To assess the relationship between low-grade inflammation, measured as basal high sensitivity (hs)-CRP, and IVF outcome. We recruited a total of 220 women undergoing infertility work up prior to IVF," scientists writing in the Journal of...

Reports summarize obstetrics research from R. Cartinceba and co-authors.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "The outcome of the fetus in critically ill mothers has been briefly reported as a part of descriptive studies focusing on maternal risk factors for admission to the intensive care unit We...

Research on obstetrics discussed by C.S. Morgen and co-researchers.
December 4, 2008... According to a study from Copenhagen, Denmark, " Low socioeconomic position is generally associated with increased risk of preterm birth, but it remains unclear whether the inequality depends on the socioeconomic measure used, if the...

Researchers from University of Sherbrooke publish new studies and findings in the area of obstetrics.
December 4, 2008... According to a study from Sherbrooke, Canada, "The usual explanations for the widespread increased use of Caesarean surgery are that it is a technically straightforward and safe procedure associated with improved perinatal outcomes and that...

Researchers from Nagasaki University publish findings in osteoarthritis.(Report)
December 4, 2008... According to recent research from Sakamoto, Japan, "Most Japanese patients have secondary osteoarthritis, mainly due to developmental dislocation of the hip (DDH) or acetabular dysplasia (AD). However, the precise pathomechanism of AD remains...

New osteoporosis research from K. Iba and colleagues discussed.
December 4, 2008... "Bisphosphonates, antiresorptive drugs, are widely used to treat osteoporosis patients. However, recent reports indicated that several osteoporosis patients who underwent long-term bisphosphonate therapy subsequently developed severe...

New osteoporosis study results from State University of New York described.
December 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, "Urinary cadmium (U-Cd) has been associated with decreased peripheral bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporosis. This association, however, has not been...