Women's Health Weekly articles from February 2004

Women's Health Weekly archives from February 2004

Taking vitamin D supplements lowers women's risk of MS.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who take vitamin D supplements through multivitamins are 40% less likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) than women who do not take supplements, according to a study published in the January...

Gene affecting bone mass identified as potential human therapeutic target.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), and Roche have identified a gene affecting skeletal development in mice that may have relevance...

Study looks at teens' use of contraceptives in first relationship.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Among teens who have sex, what influences decision-making about using contraceptives during their first sexual relationship? Being in a longer relationship? Having an older partner? Virginity pledges?...

A new computer model simulates the mechanics of bone turnover at menopause.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new computer model simulates the mechanics of bone turnover at menopause. "Antiresorptive drugs are widely used to prevent osteoporotic fractures in men and women. Large clinical trials have shown...

Interviews alone can't predict polycystic ovary syndrome status.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interviews alone can't predict polycystic ovary syndrome status. "Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a leading cause of female infertility, occurs in approximately 4% of women of reproductive age....

Vertebral bone density improves in women who use estradiol implants for 5 years.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vertebral bone density improves in women who use estradiol implants for 5 years. According to published research from England, "the aim of this study was to observe whether bone mineral density...

Partnership extended with vaccine research groups.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Targeted Genetics Corporation (TGEN) announced a 3-year extension of its collaboration agreement with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and Columbus Children's Research Institute (CCRI)...

Minnesota health department changes language on website.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Minnesota Department of Health said on January 12, 2004, it will modify language on its website that suggested abortion increases the risk of breast cancer. The Minnesota Medical Association...

Friendships can help prevent female teen suicide.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adolescent girls who have few friends are much more likely to consider suicide than their popular peers, according to a study of more than 20,000 junior high and senior high schoolers. Researchers...

Media exposure drives how satisfied women and girls are about body image.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Media exposure drives how satisfied women and girls are about body image. "Brief exposure to thin-ideal media images has been shown to have a small but consistent negative impact on women and girls'...

Michigan teens still having sex, but pregnancy rates are falling.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fewer teenagers in Michigan and across the U.S. are having babies, reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Experts point to economic, social, and scientific factors and,...

Estrogen protects cells from certain death after an ischemic stroke.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogen protects cells from certain death after an ischemic stroke. "Estradiol is a known neurotrophic and neuroprotective factor. Our previous work demonstrated that replacement with physiological...

Glycated compounds spawn angiogenic induction in cultured endothelial cells.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Glycated compounds spawn angiogenic induction in cultured endothelial cells. According to a study from Japan, "glycation has been implicated in the endothelial dysfunction that contributes to both...

Child's risk of going hungry linked to mother's mental, physical health.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A mother's mental and physical health are directly tied to her children's risk for going hungry, according to a study of homeless and housed low-income women in Worcester, Massachusetts. Linda F....

Women with systemic lupus erythematosus are at risk for losing bone density.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with systemic lupus erythematosus are at risk for losing bone density. According to recent research from Bulgaria, "the aim of this study was to analyze the heterogeneity of bone mineral...

CD105/endoglin is a marker for endometrial cancer angiogenesis.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CD105/endoglin is a marker for endometrial cancer angiogenesis. "Angiogenesis is a key process in tumor growth and metastasis, and factor-VIII microvascular density has been found to influence...

Women reminded of folic acid's benefits in preventing birth defects.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson reminded all women of child-bearing age of the importance of folic acid and its role in preventing neural tube birth defects (NTDs), which are defects...

Anthracyclines activate antiapoptotic phosphorylation in breast cancer.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Studies support the ability of anthracyclines to activate antiapoptotic p44/42-MAPK phosphorylation in breast cancer, possibly via the novel mechanism of repression of MKP-1 transcription. ...

Beta[subscript]3 integrin expression can lead to increased tumor cell aggressiveness.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study suggest that increased expression of the alpha[subscript]vbeta[subscript]3 integrin during breast cancer progression can result in increased tumor cell aggressiveness. "Osteopontin (OPN) is a...

Breast cancer resistance protein is a MTX and MTX-polyglutamate transporter.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study data show that that breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) is a methotrexate (MTX) and MTX-polyglutamate transporter and reveal a possible mechanism by which it confers resistance. According...

Dragon-boat racing helps heal cancer survivors in Singapore.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dragon-boat racing was hardly the hobby that friends and family expected Kate Wong, 62, to pick up just months after undergoing surgery for breast cancer. "At your age?" Kate recalled her friends...

Increased breast cancer risk may be related to the HLA class III subregion.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study results show a potential role of the HLA class III subregion in susceptibility to breast cancer. According to a study from Netherlands, "BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations account for ...

NSAIDs may have chemopreventive effect against breast cancer.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preliminary results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) indicate that regular use of aspirin, ibuprofen, or other NSAIDs may have a significant chemopreventive effect against breast cancer. ...

Nematode finding could shed light on BRCA1-involved cancers.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Our common evolutionary heritage with the humble nematode worm is helping unravel one of the key genetic puzzles in breast cancer. For the first time, Cancer Research UK researchers have found a...

Noninvasive treatment technique uses space-based technology.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel noninvasive system for cancer treatment is being developed with technology from the European space industry. The first target for this new treatment, which could be ready as early as 2006,...

P1 homozygosity may be a potential risk factor in breast carcinogenesis.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research suggests that P1 homozygosity could possibly be a risk factor in breast carcinogenesis. According to a study from Greece, "H-ras is a member of the ras superfamily of genes. This gene...

Pooled analysis of LOH in breast cancer finds many nonreproducible results.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers compile a database of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) studies of breast cancer that lays a framework for further investigation. "Somatic loss of heterozygosity (LOH) has been widely...

Researchers study familial and early onset breast cancer in African Americans.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In order to identify the spectrum of BRCA2 mutations in African Americans, researchers investigated breast or ovarian cancer patients from 74 independent families at elevated risk of germline mutations....

Risk differs among specific ethnic subgroups of South Asian women in U.K.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that the risk of breast cancer among South Asian women in Britain differs according to their specific ethnic subgroup. Published in the January 6,...

Sequential drugs followed by TRAIL may be a new therapeutic approach for cancer.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report that sequential administration of chemotherapeutic drugs followed by TRAIL may be an effective new therapy for cancer. "According to published research from the United States,...

Side effects make physicians, patients reluctant to use tamoxifen for DCIS.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physicians and patients alike are reluctant to use tamoxifen, an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of the very earliest form of breast cancer - ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - because of its side...

Steroid hormone-resistant breast cancer can be sensitive to growth factors.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers establish numerous regulatory links between signal transduction pathways elicited by peptide growth factors and progesterone receptors (PR). "Breast cancers often have increased...

Ultrasound detects many microcalcifications in comedo-type intraductal carcinoma.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 60% of microcalcifications in comedo-type intraductal carcinoma can be demonstrated by ultrasound, researchers say. According to published research from Taiwan, "The purpose of this study...

Underarm cosmetics with estrogen may contribute to breast cancer.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Further work is needed to determine whether the use of underarm cosmetics (particularly containing estrogenic formulants) contributes to the rising incidence of breast cancer. "A recent review by...

FDA issues "not approvable" letter for amended silicone gel breast implant PMA.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inamed Corp. (IMDC), has received a "Not Approvable" letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The letter outlines the additional information that Inamed must provide prior to the...

FDA says "not yet" to silicone gel breast implants; ASAPS comments.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) respects the scientific inquiry and regulatory process that led the FDA [U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration] to its current conclusion not to...

Mentor comments on new FDA breast implant guidance.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- William F. Coffin, 818-789-0100 Mentor Corp. (MNT) responded to the new draft guidance document for breast implant sponsors that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released. Chris...

Many BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes mutations are unique to Spain.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Knowledge about the spectrum of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations will improve the detection strategy in countries with large Spanish populations, researchers say. According to published research from...

Kahalalide F preferentially induces cell death via oncosis in tumor cells.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study show that Kahalalide F (KF) induces cell death via oncosis preferentially in human and prostate cancer cell lines. According to a study from Spain, "Kahalalide F is a novel antitumor drug of...

Kaiser to routinely offer new DNA testing for cervical cancer in northern California.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kaiser Permanente will routinely offer hundreds of thousands of women in northern California newly approved DNA testing to more accurately predict which women are at risk of developing cervical cancer....

Screening strategies of cervical cancer high-risk region compared.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Highly accurate screening for cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN 3) is now technically feasible, but the remaining vital issue is to extend improved cervical cancer...

Keynote address on Xyotax delivered at polymer therapeutics meeting.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the 6th International Symposium on Polymer Therapeutics in Cardiff, Wales, Cell Therapeutics, Inc., (CTIC, CTI) was honored with a keynote presentation on Xyotax, CTI's drug candidate that links...

Development, marketing agreement signed for milnacipran.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cypress Bioscience, Inc., (CYPB), Forest Laboratories, Inc., (FRX), and Pierre Fabre Medicament announced that the companies have entered into an agreement for the development and marketing for Cypress'...

FDA grants tentative approval for generic Ortho Tri-Cyclen.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Andrx Corporation (ADRX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tentatively approved the company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Ortho Tri-Cyclen...

Virginia school restores 'morning after' pill.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The James Madison University Board of Visitors voted on January 9, 2004, to resume dispensing the "morning after" birth control pill at the Harrisonburg, Virginia, school's student health center. ...

$100,000 in software licenses donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Redasoft Corp. has donated $100,000 worth of licenses of its Visual Cloning software to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to facilitate cystic fibrosis (CF) research. "We are very grateful to Redasoft...

Difructose anhydride III and exercise increase bone strength in the thigh.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Difructose anhydride III and exercise increase bone strength in the thigh. According to recent research published in the Journal of Nutrition, "difructose anhydride III (DFAIII), a nondigestible...

Fish supplement changes endometrial and plasma n-3 fatty acid levels in cows.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fish supplement changes endometrial and plasma n-3 fatty acid levels in cows. "Seven nonlactating mature Angus cows (4 to 10 years old) were used to examine the effects of fish meal supplementation...

A combination of estriol and vitamin D-3 keeps bone-forming cells viable.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A combination of estriol and vitamin D-3 keeps bone-forming cells viable. According to published research from Japan, "it is clinically evident that administration of estriol (E-3) increases the...

Circadian gene expression regulates gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Circadian gene expression regulates gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion. "Although it has long been established that episodic secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the...

Extra VEGF that is produced during fasting suggests nutritional regulation.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Extra VEGF produced during fasting suggests nutritional regulation. "The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of fasting on both vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production and...

Low vitamin D and high parathyroid hormone cause sarcopenia in older people.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low vitamin D and high parathyroid hormone cause sarcopenia in older people. "The age-related change in hormone concentrations has been hypothesized to play a role in the loss of muscle mass and...

New research explains why only intermittent parathyroid hormone grows new bone.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research explains why only intermittent parathyroid hormone grows new bone. "It is unknown why sustained elevation of parathyroid hormone (PTH) stimulates bone resorption, whereas intermittent...

Osteoprotegerin levels in women rise to compensate for estrogen deficiency.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Osteoprotegerin levels in women rise to compensate for estrogen deficiency. According to a study from Japan, "a novel cytokine termed osteoprotegerin (OPG) that is also called...

The SHBG gene might make women vulnerable to polycystic ovary syndrome.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The SHBG gene might make women vulnerable to polycystic ovary syndrome. According to published research from Greece, "Sex hormone-binding globulin SHBG levels are frequently low in women with...

Methemoglobin levels correlate with environmental exposures in pregnant women.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Methemoglobin levels correlate with environmental exposures in pregnant women. "The objective of this prospective study was to determine if a correlation could be established between the...

California couple charged with agreeing to circumcise young girls.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A couple in the Canyon Country area outside Los Angeles, California, have been jailed without bail in what authorities believe is the first case filed under a federal law banning genital mutilation of...

PIP achieves 65.7% revenue growth in the second quarter.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Heritage Worldwide, Inc., (HWWI), a worldwide breast-implant developer through its French subsidiary PIP, announced a significant increase in revenues for its fiscal 2003/2004 second quarter ended...

Bone disease biotech company closes $1.6M financing.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Auxeris Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of medicines to treat a broad range of bone diseases, announced the completion of a $1.6M...

Women exposed to environmental cadmium face a variety of harmful effects.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women exposed to environmental cadmium face a variety of harmful effects. "On a viewpoint of gender differences in Cd body burden and its health effects, we reviewed the population- based research...

Company to transfer S. pneumoniae patent portfolio to Aventis.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genome Therapeutics Corp. (GENE) and Aventis (AVE) have agreed to the sale of Genome Therapeutics' pending patent applications relating to the organism Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) to...

Genes and environmental factors power postural balance in older females.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genes and environmental factors power postural balance in older females. "The aim of the present study was to determine the relative roles of genetic and environmental influences on postural balance...

An integrated approach is required for diagnosing vaginismus correctly.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An integrated approach is required for diagnosing vaginismus correctly. According to researchers in Canada, "this study investigated the roles of vaginal spasm, pain, and behavior in vaginismus and...

Fluctuations in postural balance and kinesthesia accompany menstrual phases.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fluctuations in postural balance and kinesthesia accompany menstrual phases. "Recent studies have indicated an increased incidence of female athletic injuries during the luteal phase and the first...

Menopause data for Femarelle accepted for peer-review publication.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Rabin Medical Center and Se-cure Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., have received word their 12-month clinical study evaluating the efficacy and safety of dietary supplement Femarelle for menopausal...

HIV genital tract shedding linked to plasma viremia.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV genital tract shedding is correlated with plasma viremia. In a recent study, researchers "examined 30 HIV-infected women in Manila to assess the relationship between cervicovaginal and plasma...

Motherhood in South Dakota on the rise.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- South Dakota birth rates in 2002 increased for the third year in a row, according to the annual vital statistics report prepared by the state Health Department. The rate of births per 1,000...

Platelet-activating factor stops enzyme secretion in decidual macrophages.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Platelet-activating factor stops enzyme secretion in decidual macrophages. According to recent research from Japan, "to clarify the role of platelet-activating factor (PAF) in parturition, the...

Drop in hormone therapy use shows doctors heed research findings.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The dramatic drop in prescriptions for postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy after the risks of long-term estrogen/progestin use were announced suggests that physicians respond more readily to new...

California organization says it will be first to use HPV test routinely.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Digene Corp. (DIGE) announced that by the spring of this year, its DNAwithPap Test will be offered to all women 30 and older by Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Region, to better identify who is...

Effectiveness of preventive HPV vaccination reviewed.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review data on the effectiveness of preventive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in a recent issue of the International Journal of STD and AIDS. According to a study from Finland,...

GnRH antagonist is effective when administered on day 1 of ovarian stimulation.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GnRH antagonist is effective when administered on day 1 of ovarian stimulation. According to new research from Belgium, "the objective of the present study was to assess the effect of altering the...

Obstetrical complications devastate family budgets in some parts of Africa.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obstetrical complications devastate family budgets in some parts of Africa. "This paper estimates the total cost to women and their families associated with a spontaneous vaginal delivery and five...

Tanning devices - fast track to skin cancer?
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An all-over tan is fashionable and large numbers of people, especially young women, achieve this by using sunbeds. Professor Antony Young, of King's College London, has reviewed the evidence that links...

Quantitative ultrasound identifies women at risk for osteoporotic fracture.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quantitative ultrasound identifies women at risk for osteoporotic fracture. "The discriminating ability and relevance of clinical risk factors, quantitative ultrasound (QUS) variables, X-ray-based...

Biopharma adds three clinical-stage oncology drug candidates to its pipeline.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., (KERX) has entered into an agreement to acquire ACCESS Oncology, Inc., a privately held, cancer-focused biotechnology company. The acquired drug portfolio includes...

Drinking patterns have changed within the ethnic populations of Britain.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drinking patterns have changed within the ethnic populations of Britain. "Previous research has suggested low levels of drinking and high rates of abstinence amongst members of ethnic minority...

High intake of vitamin D linked to reduced risk of MS.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first prospective study to assess the relationship between vitamin D intake in women and the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found...

Update provided on program evaluating Proleukin interleukin-2.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chiron Corporation (CHIR) announced that the company has decided to expand its program to evaluate the efficacy of Proleukin interleukin-2 (IL-2, aldesleukin) and rituximab in patients with low-grade...

Obesity increasing among women aged 50 years and older.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 1990-2000, revealed that obesity is increasing among women aged 50 years and older. According to a study from the United States, "Obesity...

Codon 88-92 deletion in melanocortin-4 receptor gene causes obesity.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Deletion of codons 88-92 of the melanocortin-4 receptor gene is a novel deleterious mutation in an obese female. According to recent research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...

Cesarean delivery has drawbacks for future pregnancies.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who give birth to their first child by cesarean section are far less likely to have a subsequent vaginal delivery than if they have an instrumental delivery, according to a new study. ...

Lactating animals experience severe bone mass changes despite calcium intake.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lactating animals experience severe bone mass changes despite calcium intake. According to new research from Argentina, "the purpose of this study was to quantify in vivo the impact of different...

Maternal diet restriction raises the risk for neural tube defects.
February 5, 2004... 2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maternal diet restriction raises the risk for neural tube defects. "The authors examined whether maternal dieting behaviors were associated with increased neural tube defect (NTD) risk among...