Women's Health Weekly articles from January 2002

Women's Health Weekly archives from January 2002

Study Shows Letrozole Shrinks Tumors Better Than Tamoxifen.(Femara)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new cancer drug called letrozole (trade name Femara) worked better at shrinking breast cancer tumors than did the front-line breast cancer drug tamoxifen among a group of postmenopausal women with...

Fewer Women Undergo Cardiac Catheterizations After Heart Attacks.
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Regardless of the gender of the physician, women are less likely than men to undergo cardiac catheterization following a heart attack, according to a new study. Saif S. Rathore, MPH, from the...

Resistant African Sex Workers May Have Specific Antibody Responses.(that target HIV virus in vaginal fluid)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - African sex workers who become resistant to HIV infection can develop antibodies that target the virus in vaginal fluid, researchers say. Prof. Laurent...

Women Say Disease Is A Source Of Worry And Anxiety.(asthma)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nearly one in two American women with asthma have had an asthma attack so severe that they felt their life was in danger. Nearly one in three suffer from symptoms seven or more times a week. And many...

Breast Fluid May Mean Cancer Risk.(abnormal cells in breast fluid may double risk)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers who studied specimens from thousands of women suggest that the presence of abnormal cells in breast fluid may predict a doubled risk of breast cancer. In a study appearing December 5,...

Hepatitis E Rate High Among Pregnant Women In United Arab Emirates.
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Epidemiologists in Saudi Arabia say the rate of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is high among pregnant females living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ...

Parents' Behavior Affects Development Of Low-Birth-Weight Babies.(maternal-infant interaction affects infant development)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Babies born small at full term may show different temperament characteristics than normal-weight babies, according to a study that also found the way a baby's mother responds to this...

Monthly Hormonal Changes In Menstrual Cycle Affect Flare-Ups.(acne)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For millions of women, it happens like clockwork every month: the bloating, irritability, fatigue, and acne outbreaks associated with menstruation. Studies have shown that acne has an underlying...

No Relationship Between Sepsis, Hepatitis B Vaccine Researchers Report.
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Citing the results of a two and a half year investigation, research collaborators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente...

United Nations, Private Foundation Pledge $100 Million For HIV Mothers.
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Private foundations have joined those of the United Nations to pledge $100 million over the next 5 years to improve treatment of mothers with HIV. To date, treatment of women who were pregnant and...

Women Feel Economically Vulnerable Following September 11 Attacks.
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new national survey conducted exclusively of women reveals that while women continue to pay attention to and feel the impact of September 11 they are strong, knowledgeable and pragmatic. A...

Digital Tissue Recognition Study Completes Enrollment.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Confirma, Inc., announced that it has completed enrollment of its breast cancer clinical study for evaluating Digital Tissue Recognition, a novel technology that analyzes magnetic resonance imaging...

Hormone Replacement Therapy May Be An Option For Some Survivors.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund's web site, Breastlink.org, features a study of some 2755 breast cancer patients showing that women who used hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after diagnosis had...

Barr Receives Tentative Approval For Generic Mircette Oral Contraceptive.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barr Laboratories, Inc., has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its generic version of Mircette, Organon, Inc.'s, oral contraceptive. The application,...

Barr's Generic Lo/Ovral Oral Contraceptive Approved.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Barr Laboratories' application to manufacture and market a generic version of Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceutical's Lo/Ovral oral contraceptive tablets....

Topical Eliminates Sexual Side Effects Of Antidepressants In Women.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- QualiLife Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced the final results of its subset analysis of antidepressant effects on the efficacy study of Zestra for Women. Zestra for Women is a topically applied,...

NIH Grant Helps Population Council Advance Promising Research.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has awarded a grant of $6.8 million to the Population Council to further its research on a promising HIV/AIDS prevention...

Bedford Labs Begins Shipping Pamidronate Disodium For Injection.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bedford Laboratories, a division of Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc., began shipping pamidronate disodium for injection December 3, 2001. Bedford Laboratories' drug is the first generic version approved...

Gensia Sicor Gets Tentative ANDA Approval For Pamidronate Disodium For Injection.(Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals Inc. receives abbreviated new drug application for pamidronate disodium for the treatment of Paget disease)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tentatively approved an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA), filed by Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for pamidronate disodium for injection. ...

CADx Medical Systems Receives FDA Approvable Letter For Second Look.(computer-aided mammography detection system)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CADx Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Shire Pharmaceuticals Group, PLC, (SHP.L, SHPGY, SQ), has received an approvable letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Second Look...

Hologic, Siemens To Form Strategic Alliance.(to develop digital mammography systems)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hologic, Inc., and Siemens, AG, have executed a letter of intent to enter into a strategic alliance focused on the development of second-generation digital mammography systems. The alliance would...

Many Postmenopausal Women Have Low Bone Density, But Don't Know It.
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Almost half of the postmenopausal women enrolled in a large national study had undetected low bone mineral density, including 7% with osteoporosis, and were at increased risk of fracture within a year,...

Test Gains Mandatory National Medicare Coverage.(Collagen Crosslinks rapid point-of-care diagnostic test)(Quidel Corp.'s Metra DPD osteoporosis diagnostic test)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quidel Corporation announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Final Rule for Medicare National Coverage for Collagen...

Unigene Joint Venture To Sell Calcitonin In China.(Unigene Laboratories Inc. reports that Shijidazhuang Pharmaceutical Group will market calcitonin)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (UGNE) has announced that its joint venture in China with Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Group (SPG) plans to begin selling its injectable calcitonin in the first quarter of...

Cellegy Acquires Vaxis Therapeutics Corp.(Cellegy Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (CLGY) has acquired Vaxis Therapeutics Corp., a private Canadian company based in Kingston, Ontario. The transaction is valued at under $4.0 million payable primarily in...

Female Health Signs Condom Agreement for India.(Hindustan Latex Ltd.)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Female Health Company (FHC) has signed an agreement with Hindustan Latex, Ltd., (HLL) India's largest male condom manufacturer. HLL also manufactures and markets a wide range of hormonal...

Studies Suggest Tiny Coil Might Work As First Nonsurgical Method.(Essure from Conceptus Inc.)
January 3, 2002... 2001 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gabriella Avina had bad luck with birth control. Even her husband's vasectomy failed. Wary of the surgery required for sterilization, she tested a dramatically different approach: an experimental...

Embolization Offers Nonsurgical Alternative To Hysterectomy.(uterine fibroid embolization)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fibroids are common, noncancerous tumors of the uterus. Fibroids cause symptoms, most commonly excessive menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia), in about one-half of women. Hysterectomy (surgical removal...

Insulin Pumps OKed For Pregnant Women With Gestational, Type 2 Diabetes.
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The authors of an Australian study contend that the insulin pump is okay for treating some females who experience type 2 or gestational diabetes during...

CDC: 30,00 Babies Born By ART In 1999.(assisted reproductive technology)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 30,000 babies were born as a result of assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures carried out in 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports. The CDC's...

Protein Blocks Cell Proliferation In Breast Tissue.(regultory protein kinase I-kappa-B)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The discovery of a protein that blocks the proliferation of cells in breast tissue could be good news for future generations of breast cancer sufferers. During pregnancy, breast epithelial cells...

Persistent HPV Infections Linked To Greater Risk Of Cancerous Lesions.(human papillomavirus)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with a much greater risk of developing squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs, cancerous lesions between layers of tissues) in the cervix,...

Ob-Gyns Offering Large-Scale Cystic Fibrosis Screening.
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. obstetrician-gynecologists have initiated one of the first clinical changes arising from discoveries of the Human Genome Project, by greatly expanding the number of couples offered genetic...

Genetic Mutation Linked To Breast, Ovarian Cancer Underestimated?
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutations in key genes that could make some women more susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer may be more widespread than researchers had previously believed. These findings from a new...

The Increase In Induction: Unnecessary Or Saving More Babies?(induced labor)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fears that a rise in the incidence of induced labor is attributable to patient or physician preferences alone appear to be unjustified, according to Charles J. Lockwood, MD, professor and chair of the...

Inlet Medical To Sell CloseSure Procedure Kit In Canada.
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inlet Medical, Inc.'s, Inlet CloseSure Procedure Kit has been approved for sale in Canada. The kit is designed to reduce the risk of herniation into trocar ports, a common complication of laparoscopic...

Anastrozole More Effective Than Tamoxifen In Early Disease.(breast cancer)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data presented at the December 2001 San Antonio Breast Cancer Meeting demonstrate for the first time that an aromatase inhibitor Arimidex (anastrozole) is significantly more effective and has a...

ChromaVision Technology Optimizes Lymph Node Analysis.(ChromaVision Medical Systems Inc.'s ACIS digital microscope system)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ChromaVision Medical Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the ACIS digital microscope system, announced that results of a study using the ACIS system statistically concluded that the number of metastatic...

Imaging Product Improves Detection Of Metastatic Disease.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunomedics, Inc., announced that its approved diagnostic imaging product for colorectal cancer, CEA-Scan (arcitumomab), was the subject of a presentation at the 24th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer...

Navelbine, Herceptin Combination Induces 78% Response Rate In Trials.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers investigating the combination of Navelbine (vinorelbine tartrate) Injection, a first-line chemotherapy treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, and the monoclonal antibody therapy...

Significant Survival Advantages For Combination Chemotherapy Patients.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Oncology announced that data presented by two network-affiliated physicians at the 24th San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium underscore that the chemotherapy combination of Xeloda (capecitabine)...

Inlet Medical Completes $850,000 Private Placement.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inlet Medical, Inc., a medical device company that develops and markets products for pelvic reconstructive surgery for women, has closed on $850,000 of Series D-1 participating preferred stock, for a...

International Study Validates Effectiveness Of Imiquimod Cream.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New findings from a recent, international, open-label study reaffirm that the patient-applied treatment, Aldara (imiquimod) Cream, 5%, is safe and effective for eradicating external genital warts, the...

Barr Challenging Patent Protecting FemHrt Tablets.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pfizer, Inc., has initiated a lawsuit against Barr Laboratories, Inc., for its challenge of the patent protecting Pfizer's FemHrt from generic competition. FemHrt is a continuous-combined HRT (CCHRT)...

ACOG Assesses Impact Of September 11 On Pregnancy.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the wake of the largest terrorist attack in U.S. history, obstetrician-gynecologists are monitoring their pregnant patients to determine whether recent events will affect the rates of miscarriage,...

Postpartum Depression: Will the Rate Go Up Or Remain Hidden?
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who have recently given birth are among the most vulnerable to the anxieties triggered since September 11, reported Diana Dell, MD, assistant professor in the departments of obstetrics and...

Nabi To Manufacture Lead Inhibitex Product Under New 10-Year Agreement.
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nabi (NABI) has signed a 10-year agreement with Inhibitex, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, to manufacture its lead investigational product, an immune globulin therapy for preventing staphylococcal...

GlaxoSmithKline And Roche Agree To Codevelop Ibandronate.
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline, Plc, (GSK) and Roche have signed an agreement to codevelop and copromote ibandronate, currently in Phase III clinical development, for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal...

Doctors Should Reduce Penicillin Use For Women In Labor.
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nearly a quarter of the estimated 4 million women who give birth each year in the United States receive an antibiotic during labor in order to protect their infants from developing a serious infection....

Expectant Mothers Can Exercise More, Fly Longer, Says ACOG.(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women can enjoy a much broader range of physical activity during pregnancy than was previously thought, reported Raul Artal, MD, professor and chair of the department of ob-gyn and women's health at...

Perrigo Gets FDA Nod On Treatments For Yeast Infections, Migraines.(tioconazole ointment)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Perrigo Company (PRGO) has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture and market over-the-counter tioconazole ointment and migraine formula tablets. These...

Cellegy Issued Patent for Testosterone Gel in the United States.(Cellegy Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved the patent "Penetration Enhancing and Irritation Reducing Systems" covering methods of topically administering sex hormones, including testosterone and...

New Classifications For Female Sexual Dysfunction Devised.
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new classification is in place to help women manage sexual dysfunction. According to the December 2001 issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource, the new guidelines organize symptoms of sexual...

Women Who Smoke Take Big Chances.
January 10, 2002... 2002 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Most women don't smoke, but the 22% who do are taking big chances with their health. According to the December 2001 issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource, smoking causes numerous health...

Researchers Link Two Air Pollutants To Increased Risk Of Heart Defects.(ozone and carbon monoxide)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exposure to two common air pollutants may increase the chance that a pregnant woman will give birth to a child with certain heart defects, according to a UCLA study that provides the first compelling...

Antisense Iron-Responsive Element Targets Breast Cancer Cells.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Investigators at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center may have devised a new way to target breast cancer cells that express a potent cancer gene. ...

Latest Generation Of The Pill Carries Smaller Heart Risk.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The latest generation of birth control pills appears to carry a smaller risk of heart attack than its predecessor, a Dutch study found. The study of 1,173 women found that those who took...

Chemotherapy, Tamoxifen Treatment Can Impair Physical Function Over Time.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long-term breast cancer survivors report excellent quality of life many years after treatment, but the use of chemotherapy and tamoxifen in addition to surgery may result in decreased physical...

CTI Sponsors Clinical Study Using Thermal Imaging System.(Computerized Thermal Imaging Inc. to study breast cancer detection with its Breast Cancer System 2100 technology)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiologists at McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden, Utah, are launching a study they anticipate will lead to more age-specific information about the detection of breast cancer using thermal imaging,...

Women Who Have Surgery For Ulcerative Colitis Risk Infertility.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients who undergo surgery for ulcerative colitis experience many side effects, including living with a colostomy pouch, but evidence now shows that female patients are also at risk for lower...

Bone Defects Associated With Bladder Exstrophy More Extensive Than Thought.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and St. Vincent de Paul's Hospital in Paris have learned that bone defects associated with classic bladder exstrophy are more extensive than previously...

Antisoma Receives U.S. Patent for Therex.(for breast cancer treatment)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antisoma, Plc, (ASM) has been granted a U.S. patent for Therex, which is currently in Phase I studies for the treatment of breast cancer. Therex is a naked humanized antibody that attaches itself...

Diabetic Women Less Likely to Undergo Mammograms.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that women with diabetes were significantly less likely to undergo screening for breast cancer by mammography than patients in a control group. The findings of...

Sequential Use Of Doxorubicin And Docetaxel Produce High Pathologic Response Rate.(in breast cancer patients)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute have found that dose-dense sequential administration of neoadjuvant docetaxel (Taxotere) and doxorubicin (Adriamycin) produced a 24%...

Trial Suggests Synergistic Effects Of Navelbine In Combination With Herceptin.(for metastatic breast cancer treatment)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers investigating the combination of Navelbine (vinorelbine tartrate) Injection, a first-line chemotherapy treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, and the monoclonal antibody therapy...

Nitric Oxide Donor Reverses Drug Resistance In Breast Cancer and Melanoma Cells.(report from Cellegy Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced promising results of an in vitro study using nitric oxide (NO) donors to decrease resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapeutic drugs. The paper was...

Immune System Dysfunction May Play A Key Role.(in the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research on the immune system could shed light on the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), including whether a pathogenic agent such as a virus or bacteria is involved. This was one conclusion...

General Accounting Office Probes Tainted Medical Research.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Universities and federal health officials must do more to prevent financial conflicts that could taint biomedical research and harm human subjects, a congressional review says. The study by the...

Suppressive Therapy Significantly Reduces Genital Outbreaks.(Valtrex for genital herpes treatment)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research suggests that managing recurrent genital herpes with Valtrex caplets for suppressive therapy - treating daily before symptoms ever appear - is significantly more effective at reducing the...

Galen Submits New Drug Application to FDA for Intravaginal Ring.(Galen Holdings PLC completes submission for Estrace VR intravaginal ring estrogen replacement therapy)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Galen Holdings plc (GALN, GAL.L), has completed the submission of its New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its intravaginal ring estrogen replacement therapy, Estrace...

Second Phase II Clinical Trial Of MVA-HPV-IL2 Vaccine Initiated.(for the treatment of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transgene announced the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of its immunotherapeutic MVA-HPV-IL2 vaccine candidate for the treatment of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN3). The trial will...

Hormone Replacement Therapy May Delay Cognitive Decline.(in dementia-free older women)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lifetime exposure to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may be associated with better maintenance of cognitive function in older women free of dementia, according to a new study. More than 2000...

Study Finds High Incidence Of Undetected Cases.(of osteoporosis)
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quidel Corporation announced that the nation's largest osteoporosis study found a high incidence of undetected cases of osteoporosis. Quidel believes that the study confirms the growth potential...

Hormone Replacement Therapy Heightens Insulin Resistance After Menopause.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Hormone replacement therapy can elevate the risk for insulin resistance in postmenopausal females. The finding holds true regardless of whether or not a...

Doppler Images Of Arteries Provide Useful Assessment For Breast Status.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A new study of women with breast cancer has revealed ultrasound images of arteries leading to the breast may provide useful diagnostic information. After...

Ciprofloxacin Remains Most Active Even After Fourteen Years Of Use.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study presented December 19, 2001, shows the antibiotic Cipro (ciprofloxacin HCl) is more active when tested in vitro than other available oral antibiotics tested against bacteria that frequently...

New Vaccine Wards Off Recurring Urinary Tract Infections.
January 17, 2002... 2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new vaccine shows promise in warding off recurring urinary tract infections in women who are plagued by several episodes a year. Most urinary infections are easily cured with antibiotics, but...

Breast Cancer Linked To Diet And Sunlight.
January 24, 2002... 2002 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A unique study of breast cancer mortality rates and dietary factors for 35 countries presents strong evidence that diet is the most important risk factor for breast cancer. Specifically, the data...

Cytokine Helps Embryos Resist Harmful Effects Of Diabetes.(transforming growth factor-beta 2)
January 24, 2002... 2002 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Medical researchers have concluded that the presence of transforming growth factor (TGF)-(beta) 2 in the uterus enables embryos to overcome the teratogenic...

Repeated Human Papillomavirus Infection Predicts Precursor Lesions.(cervical lesions)
January 24, 2002... 2002 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It is common knowledge that women who suffer from cervical cancer have also shown thin, flat shaped papillomas in the vagina and outer cervix. Contrary to any of the many varieties of genital warts...

High-Progestin OCs Appear to Reduce Risk.(oral contraceptives seem to reduce risk of ovarian cancer)
January 24, 2002... 2002 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new Duke University Medical Center study shows that oral contraceptives with higher levels of progestin seem to reduce a woman's risk of ovarian cancer. The study is featured in the January issue of...

Women Managers Aren't Quitters, New Study Says.
January 24, 2002... 2002 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The belief that women are more likely than men to quit their managerial jobs for family or other reasons - a belief that could be the cause of discrimination in women's hiring or promotion - may be...

Genetic Profiles Among Smokers May Link To Low Birthweight Infants.
January 24, 2002... 2002 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Variations in genes that help metabolize the by-products of cigarette smoke are associated with reduced birth weight among infants born to mothers who smoke, according to new research. Xiaobin...

Peritoneal Tuberculosis Can Mimic Ovarian Cancer.
January 24, 2002... 2002 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The symptoms and clinical features of peritoneal tuberculosis can be very similar to those of ovarian cancer and other disorders, researchers in the United...