Women's Health Weekly articles from July 2003

Women's Health Weekly archives from July 2003

Inherited vulnerability to hormones of puberty may be a cause of disease.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Certain breast cancers may be linked to an unusual sensitivity to the hormones that flood the body at puberty - a sensitivity that appears inherited, according to preventive medicine researchers at the...

Women's first stroke more severe and disabling than men's.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women have more severe first strokes at an older age than men and remain more disabled, researchers reported in the June 13, 2003, rapid access issue of Stroke. The study also found gender...

ETS-1 expression is related to angiogenesis during the menstrual cycle.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ETS-1 transcription factor expression is related to endometrial angiogenesis during the menstrual cycle. According to published research from Japan, "ETS-1 has been identified as a transcription...

Peritoneal fluid has lower amounts of some proteins and increased IL-10.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endometriosis involves peritoneal fluid with lower amounts of some proteins and increased IL-10 production. "A growing body of evidence suggests that endometriosis modulates the microenvironment of...

Low-dose 'Pill' may have less stroke risk for young women.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Newer, low-dose birth control pills seem to carry less stroke risk than high-dose pills for young women, but should be prescribed with care, according to an Australian study published in the June 13,...

Primary ovarian cancer spheroids host replicative adenovirus targeting integrin.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Primary ovarian cancer spheroids host replicative adenovirus targeting integrin. According to a study from Finland, "replication competent viruses hold promise for treatment of advanced cancers...

How and when, not only how much, you drink is important to liver health.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first study of drinking patterns and their relationship to potential liver damage, University at Buffalo epidemiologists have found that how and when drinkers consume alcohol may be as important...

Study shows increased risk of heart disease in women.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which is a condition that affects nearly 10% of reproductive-aged women, are at an increased risk for developing atherosclerosis, a disease that causes a...

Progestin-containing contraceptives significantly reduce risk in black women.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Use of progestin-containing contraceptives significantly reduces African-American women's risk of bacterial vaginosis, report Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers. Among the adverse effects...

Test identifies patients at high risk of bone complications.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data show that the bone marker N-telopeptide (Ntx) may predict the clinical outcome of patients with bone complications that stem from a variety of different cancers, according to a study presented at...

Prematurity, infections are most likely causes of neurologic injury in infants.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The most likely causes of brain damage among low birthweight infants are prematurity and infections, not oxygen starvation, a Johns Hopkins study has found. Studying 213 babies born weighing less...

Age, education, and country of birth may be a subgroup vulnerable to depression.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Age, education, and country of birth may be a breast cancer subgroup vulnerable to depression. According to a study from Australia, "The aim of this study was to determine population norms and...

Antioxidants and vitamins may reduce estrogen-associated breast cancer risk.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antioxidants and vitamins may reduce estrogen-associated breast cancer risk. "Modulation of the cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of 4-hydroxyestradiol (4-OHE2), an oxidative metabolite of estrogen, by...

Antitumor activity reported for ABI-007 in patients resistant to taxane.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc., (APPX) said investigators reported on the early findings in a phase II metastatic breast...

Careful standardization needed for multicenter breast cancer genetic screening.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Careful standardization is necessary for multicenter genetic screening. "Epidemiologic studies of breast and other cancers are increasingly turning toward large, multicenter designs in order to...

Cases in U.K. top 40,000 for first time.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 40,000 British women are now annually diagnosed with breast cancer - an all-time high, according to new figures released on June 2, 2003, by Cancer Research U.K. And experts believe the trend...

Epirubicin clinical trial shows treatment improves survival rate.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from the largest trial of its kind show that a particular chemotherapy regime, which includes a drug called Epirubicin (Pharmacia & Upjohn Co.), can prevent breast cancer recurrence following...

Increased expression of the Bfl-1 gene may contribute to breast cancer.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Increased expression of the Bfl-1 gene may contribute to breast cancer. "The Bfl-1 gene, which was isolated from human fetal liver and only recently described, is a member of the Bcl-2 gene family....

Information may help identify early environmental exposures that increase risk.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Geographers and epidemiologists from the University at Buffalo, using geographic information systems (GIS) technology and life-course data from a cohort of breast cancer patients and controls in Western...

It may be therapeutic for breast cancer patients to express negative emotions.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It may be therapeutic for breast cancer patients to express negative emotions. "The differences in affective status between patients who restrain their negative emotion and those who express...

National breast cancer foundation comments on MRI diagnostics.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) presented three studies on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showing that MRI may have significant implications for...

New chemotherapy agent highlighted in oncology studies.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Taxotere (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate, an active chemotherapy agent, showed positive results in various treatment regimens in early and advanced breast cancer according to numerous phase II and III...

PTHrP expression is predictive of longer survival in breast cancer.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Higher parathyroid hormone-related peptide expression is predictive of longer survival in breast cancer patients. "Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) participates in the development of...

Phase II study shows strong clinical responses.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Introgen Therapeutics, Inc., (NASDAQ:INGN) and its collaborators at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center reported preliminary data from a phase II study in patients with locally advanced...

Rb2 gene may play role in determining effectiveness of drug therapies.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The tumor-suppressing gene pRb2/p130 may play a significant role in determining the effectiveness of drug therapies against breast cancer in women, according to a study by researchers at Temple...

Researchers evaluate economics of specialized breast cancer center.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers evaluate the economics of a specialized breast cancer center. According to published research from Italy, "A breast unit is a cancer center specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of...

Shared decision making in breast cancer patients is evaluated.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Shared decision making in breast cancer patients is evaluated. "This qualitative study examines doctor-patient interactions and interviews with breast cancer patients referring to shared decision...

Tumor-bed boost with brachytherapy can provide satisfactory local control.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor-bed boost with brachytherapy can provide satisfactory local control. According to a study from England, "The results of treatment for 174 patients at high risk of local recurrence, referred...

Two forms of fibulin-1 protein are upregulated by malignant breast cancer tissue.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There are different forms of fibulin-1 protein, and two types may be upregulated by breast cancer tissue. "The extracellular matrix protein fibulin-1 suppresses the motility and invasiveness of a...

High dietary (n-3)/(n-6) fatty acid ratio lowers breast cancer risk.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New evidence supports the theory that a diet containing a high (n-3)/(n-6) fatty acid ratio lowers the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women. "Recent research has suggested that an increased...

Social support buffers both negative physical and psychological outcomes.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Social support buffers both negative physical and psychological outcomes. According to a study from the United States, "Concerns about psychological distress have arisen regarding genetic testing...

Researchers successfully inhibit spread of cancer in mice.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many types of cancer would not be nearly as deadly if it weren't for their ability to spread to vital organs. Still, scientists don't yet fully understand the way in which cancer spreads (metastasizes)...

Encouraging data reported for genomic tests for lung, breast therapy.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genomic Health, Inc., announced encouraging preliminary data in clinical trials using a novel approach to molecular pathology. RNA analysis of thin sections of standard tumor biopsies were used to...

Columnar cell lesions of the breast can be classified by a simplified scheme.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Columnar cell lesions of the breast can be classified by a simplified scheme. According to recent research from the United States, "Columnar cell lesions of the breast represent a spectrum of...

There is a low risk of cervical cancer for several years after a negative Pap.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There is a low risk of cervical cancer for several years after a negative Pap. According to recent research from Netherlands, "A condition for effective cervical cancer screening is a low incidence...

Family doctors failing to test vulnerable groups for infection.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Family doctors are failing to test the most vulnerable groups for chlamydia infection, finds one study in Sexually Transmitted Infections, while another suggests that routine screening for the infection...

The uptake of H-3-5HT by JAR cells occurs exclusively through SERT.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The uptake of H-3-5HT by JAR cells occurs exclusively through SERT. According to a study from Portugal, "The aim of this work was to characterize the uptake of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP) in...

Endocrinologists concerned for menopausal women.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) is concerned that widespread media coverage of new studies published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) may cause...

Capillary electrophoresis immunoassay is comparable to chemiluminescence.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Capillary electrophoresis immunoassay is comparable to chemiluminescent assay for estradiol serology. According to a study from People's Republic of China, "A rapid and sensitive capillary...

Light drinking may cut diabetes risk.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Light to moderate drinking can reduce the risk of diabetes in women, according to a study that echoes findings in men. The Harvard University findings involved 109,690 women ages 25 to 42 years who...

Anorexia nervosa and impaired visual discrimination learning tend to coexist.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anorexia nervosa and impaired visual discrimination learning tend to coexist. "The primate dopamine system is involved in appetitively motivated behaviors, including certain forms of learning, for...

Tibolone exerts progestagenic effects on human endometrial cancer cells.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tibolone exerts progestagenic effects on human endometrial cancer cells. "Tibolone, a synthetic steroid acting in a tissue-specific manner and used in hormone replacement therapy, is converted into...

Biopsy screening for P450arom was able to accurately diagnose disease presence.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endometrial biopsy screening for P450arom, measuring aromatase, was able to diagnose endometriosis in most patients. According to a study from Japan, "Endometriosis, defined as the presence of...

Race, ethnicity increase risk for STDs in those otherwise at lowest risk.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers conducted a study of the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and herpes simplex-2 (HSV-2) virus infections among a...

Genomic rearrangements account for more than one-third of the BRCA1 mutations.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genomic rearrangements account for more than one-third of the BRCA1 mutations. According to recent research from Italy, "The recent identification of major genomic rearrangements in breast and...

Practice is alive and well in the Sudan despite being outlawed.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female genital mutilation continues to be widely practiced in the Sudan, despite its classification as a criminal offense, indicates research in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. Female...

Muscle loss may be more likely to evolve in older aged men and blacks.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Muscle loss may be more likely to evolve in older aged men and blacks. According to recent research published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, "changing body composition has been suggested as a...

Antisense to SXR reverses endometrial cell cisplatin resistance.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antisense to SXR reverses endometrial cell cisplatin resistance. According to published research from Japan, "a novel steroid and xenobiotic receptor (SXR) may be involved in chemoresistance, and we...

Vascular endothelial growth factor is essential to human reproduction.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vascular endothelial growth factor is essential to human reproduction. According to recent research published in the journal Biology of Reproduction, "in this study, we examined the localization of...

Patients with chronic hepatitis C and mixed cryoglobulinemia undergo apheresis.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with chronic hepatitis C and mixed cryoglobulinemia have undergone immunosorbent apheresis. "In this short-term open label clinical pilot study, conducted at one center, the immune complex...

HEC carcinogenesis results in resistance to 5-fluorouracil-induced apoptosis.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HEC carcinogenesis results in resistance to 5-fluorouracil-induced apoptosis. According to recent research published in the European Journal of Pharmacology, "Apoptosis has received widespread...

Gonadotropin treatment of PBMC restores cytokine production to normal.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism creates abnormal cytokine profiles, and gonadotropin treatment of PBMC returns the effect to normal. "In the present study, we aimed to investigate the...

Research explores possible association with undetected spinal problems.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research being conducted by chiropractors into how spinal health influences fertility may give hope to couples who have been unable to have children, even after medical fertility treatment. The...

Not approvable letter issued for Cenestin 0.45-mg tablets.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barr Laboratories, Inc., (BRL) announced that it has received a Not Approvable Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company's supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for...

New study shows antidepressant may reduce hot flashes.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Paxil CR (paroxetine HCl Controlled-Release tablets) reduced hot flash symptoms and was well tolerated in women...

Circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood predict poor survival.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood predict poor survival. "We investigated the prognostic significance of circulating breast cancer cells in peripheral blood detected by quantitative RT-PCR...

Combination of "smart drugs" may work for bronchioalveolar carcinoma.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study suggests the combination of two new "smart drugs" may be effective in treating bronchioalveolar carcinoma (BAC), a type of non-small cell lung cancer generally considered resistant to...

Maternal exposure to air pollution may affect infant birth weight.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maternal exposure to air pollution may affect infant birth weight According to researchers in Taiwan, "recent studies have suggested that exposure to air pollution might be associated with low...

GenoMed announces ACE inhibitor trial for bone loss.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenoMed, Inc., (GMED), a St. Louis, Missouri-based medical genomics and disease-management company, announced its latest clinical trial, for osteoporosis. GenoMed's approach uses an...

Micro Laboratories announces new product: Micro Spray Osteo Care.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Micro Laboratories, Inc., (MLAR), a manufacturer of oral spray vitamins and breath spray, announced the release of a new product: Micro Spray Osteo Care, an oral sublingual spray for the treatment of...

Ruptured Achilles tendons set the stage for future bone problems.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ruptured Achilles tendons set the stage for future bone problems. "In a prospective uncontrolled study 12 patients suffering from a rupture of the Achilles tendon treated operatively with surgical...

Combination therapy shows antitumor activity in resistant cancers.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc., (CTI) (CTIC) announced that encouraging interim, phase I data, among 21 patients in a study of escalating doses of Xyotax (175 mg/m[superscript]2 - 250 mg/m[superscript]2) in...

Phase I trial reports objective response.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- EntreMed, Inc., (NASDAQ:ENMD) announced that National Cancer Institute (NCI) Phase I clinical data demonstrate that Panzem was well tolerated and produced an objective response in a patient with ovarian...

Phenoxodiol induces apoptosis in chemoresistant ovarian cancer cells.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phenoxodiol induces apoptosis in chemoresistant ovarian cancer cells. According to published research from the United States, "Interference with the innate apoptotic activity is a hallmark of neoplastic...

Research: Combination chemotherapy reduces ovarian cancer tumor mass.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine presented data indicating that phenoxodiol, a synthetic anticancer compound manufactured by Novogen Limited, when added to low levels of standard...

Study shows strong treatment for ovarian cancer.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AltaRex Corp. (TSX: AXO, OTC: ALXFF) announced the results of a phase II trial of OvaRex (oregovamab) at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO). The results of...

The FANC-BRCA pathway is disrupted in a subset of ovarian tumor lines.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The FANC-BRCA pathway is disrupted in a subset of ovarian tumor lines. "Ovarian tumor cells are often genomically unstable and hypersensitive to cisplatin. To understand the molecular basis for this...

Xyotax has potential to be first modified taxane launched in major markets.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Decision Resources, Inc., finds Cell Therapeutics' ovarian cancer (CaO) drug Xyotax has the potential to be the first modified taxane to be launched in major pharmaceutical markets (United States,...

Patterns and spectrum of imaging findings can facilitate diagnosis and treatment.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patterns and spectrum of imaging findings can facilitate diagnosis and treatment. "Ovarian carcinoma is the most common cause of death from a gynecologic malignancy. The most important prognostic...

Dendritic cells may play a role in pre-eclampsia; there are fewer BCDA-2+.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lymphoid dendritic cells may play a role in pre-eclampsia, as lower numbers of BCDA-2+ cells are associated. "The aim of our study was to estimate the populations of peripheral blood myeloid and...

Applying certain agricultural pesticides increases the risk of prostate cancer.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Applying certain agricultural pesticides increases the risk of prostate cancer. In recent research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, "authors examined the relation between 45 common...

Organized infant behavior contributes to good interactions in depressed mothers.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Organized infant behavior contributes to good interactions in depressed mothers. "The interactions of 3-month-old infants and their depressed mothers were classified as intrusive, withdrawn or good...

Impact of violence and prevention strategies discussed at symposium.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) hosted a June 2003 symposium in Washington, DC, that focused on the public health impact of violence and strategies to reduce it. The meeting, "Alliances...

Studies disagree about heavy backpacks causing back pain in teens.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many students carry heavy backpacks, but two studies in a recent issue of the journal Spine disagree as to whether these heavy loads increase the risk of back pain. An American study says yes, heavy...

Yondelis plus cisplatin opens new possibilities against cancer.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data announced on behalf of PharmaMar show that Yondelis (ET-743) has positive activity in advanced adult soft tissue sarcoma (STS). Encouraging clinical data of Yondelis in combination with...

Natrol Complete Balance AM/PM Formula for Menopause reports 124% sales increase.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Natrol Complete Balance AM/PM Formula for Menopause has experienced a 124% sales increase versus the category of natural products for menopause, which grew 13.4%, according to Peter Leighton, vice...

New prenatal multivitamin available.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Source Naturals, creators of health and wellness supplements, has released a new prenatal multivitamin targeting fetal brain development. According to the statement, Mother's Choice Prenatal...

CD8+ T cells specific for HPV type 16 E7 crossreact with coronavirus NS2.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CD8+ T cells from cervical cancer patients specific to type 16 E7 peptide also react with coronavirus NS2 protein. According to a study from Germany, "Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) E6 and E7...

Company launches new oral contraceptive.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:WPI), a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced that it has launched Jolivette (norethindrone tablets), a brand equivalent of the oral contraceptive...

Hands-free breast pump now available.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a company statement, Whisper Wear is the first hands-free breast pump. Ken Myers, CEO and president of Whisper Wear, Inc., said, "Until now, breast pumps were developed as 'also ran'...

New symposium on women's cardiac health.
July 3, 2003... 2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease announced that it is accepting applications for its 2003 Science and Leadership Symposium at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, on October...

The synthetic hormone MPA may diminish angiogenic potential in uterine cancers.
July 10, 2003... 2003 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The synthetic hormone MPA may diminish angiogenic potential in uterine cancers. According to recent research from Japan, "progestins diminish the estrogen-induced angiogenic potential related to...

Study identifies genes likely to contribute to disease.
July 10, 2003... 2003 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new approach for diagnosing and treating endometriosis is reported in the July 2003 issue of Endocrinology. Researchers used microarray technology to identify genes likely to contribute to the...

MRI successfully gauges treatment response.
July 10, 2003... 2003 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can accurately monitor early response to chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer, according to a study appearing in the July 2003 issue of the journal Radiology. ...