Women's Health Weekly articles from March 2004

Women's Health Weekly archives from March 2004

Women with short stature may be more prone to vertebral fractures.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with short stature may be more prone to vertebral fractures. "We studied 112 healthy men and 261 healthy women aged 18-92 years, and 34 men and 73 postmenopausal women with vertebral fractures...

Lifetime risk higher for women, those with high blood pressure.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women aged 55 and older have a one in five chance of suffering a stroke during their lifetime, while men the same age have a one in six chance, according to data from the Framingham Heart Study. ...

Estrogen may have protective effect, study finds.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the first time, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher has shown that estrogen may protect against colon cancer. Colon cancer is the third most common form of cancer in the United States....

ERT poses little recurrence risk for women treated for early-stage disease.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study conducted over a 5-year period with more than 1,200 women with early-stage endometrial cancer, a team of physicians found that estrogen replacement therapy was associated with a low incidence...

HRT can benefit women with menopausal symptoms, harm those without.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can help women experiencing menopausal symptoms, but women free of menopause-related symptoms should not use HRT, researchers say. Researchers at Leicester...

Menstrual symptoms and pain overlap in women with irritable bowel syndrome.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Menstrual symptoms and pain overlap in women with irritable bowel syndrome. According to recent research published in the journal Digestive Diseases and Sciences, "this report examines the...

Breast-fed infants of mothers who smoke incur iodine deficiency.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast-fed infants of mothers who smoke incur iodine deficiency. According to recent research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, "lack of iodine for thyroid hormone...

Specialized services benefit pregnant opioid dependent women in Ireland.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Specialized services benefit pregnant opioid dependent women in Ireland. "The health needs of pregnant opioid dependent women are increasingly being recognized by health care professionals. These...

Sex abstinence program languishing because of financial troubles.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New Mexico teenagers are not getting education about abstaining from sex, because the state Health Department lost track of more than $500,000 for the program. "There's really no excuse for it,"...

Gastrointestinal side effects from alendronate require additional medication.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gastrointestinal side effects from alendronate require additional medication. According to research from Turkey, "the aim of our study was to evaluate the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract side...

Quick fixes for dangerous youth drinking can work.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Brief interventions that encourage college students to cut back on bingeing and other dangerous drinking habits may work better in women than men, a new study suggests. After the students provided...

New embryology lab opens in Chicago.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) has opened a new in vitro fertilization (IVF) facility to serve the growing needs of IVF patients in the Chicago, Illinois, area. The FCI River North Center is...

Tough law on fertility treatments approved by Italian lawmakers.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A law virtually banning the freezing of embryos and the use of sperm and egg donors and surrogate mothers as well as barring gays and singles from receiving artificial procreation assistance won final...

PA health department study shows 18% of 8th graders overweight.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson announced that 18% of the eighth graders who were studied in a recent assessment were overweight and another 17% are at risk of being overweight. ...

A new assay detects MGB1 transcript in the blood of breast cancer patients.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers develop a sensitive assay to detect mammaglobin (MGBI)in peripheral blood of breast cancer patients, which may have prognostic significance. According to researchers writing in the...

An informational video can improve breast cancer clinical trial knowledge.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study shows that viewing an informational video about participation in clinical trials is beneficial in educating patients about potential participation in a trial. "A total of 262 women in the USA...

CHEK2*1100delC germline mutation carriers are at risk for another breast tumor.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients who are CHEK2* 1100delC mutation carriers should undergo prolonged surveillance because of increased risk of developing another breast tumor. According to recent research published in the...

Combo GET therapy well tolerated in metastatic breast cancer.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinical trial finds that the combination of gemcitabine, epirubicin and paclitaxel (GET) has acceptable toxicity and is active in patients with metastatic breast cancer. "In this phase II,...

FDA accepts NDA with priority review for RSR13.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Allos Therapeutics, Inc., (ALTH) announced that the Division of Oncology Drug Products at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the company's New Drug Application (NDA)...

Free estradiol and breast cancer risk can be calculated for use in studies.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study results suggest that for epidemiological studies, it is only necessary to measure total estradiol (E2) concentration and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) concentration, with hormone fractions...

Full-field breast ultrasound complements mammography.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Siemens Medical Solutions Ultrasound Division and U-Systems, Inc., a developer of full field breast ultrasound (FFBU), have entered into an agreement where Siemens' provides the ultrasound engine of the...

Gabapentin reduces tamoxifen-induced hot flashes in women with breast cancer.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pilot study finds that gabapentin administration in women with breast cancer significantly improved tamoxifen-induced hot flashes. "In this pilot study, 22 women with breast cancer on tamoxifen...

Immune response to telomerase tumor antigen studied as possible vaccine.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania have begun a Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a telomerase peptide as a possible vaccine against breast...

Mammography more stressful for survivors of disease.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The stress of mammography after surviving breast cancer may cause health risks beyond having a history of the disease itself, a new study suggests. Breast cancer survivors find follow-up mammography...

Much breast cancer treatment in clinical practice does not follow guidelines.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study finds that there is poor adherence to guidelines for breast cancer treatment in clinical practice. "There is sparse evidence on community practice patterns in treating women with breast...

Mutations, especially 11q loss, may be involved in early-onset breast tumors.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The combined use of genomic patterns and molecular targets may provide a useful tool for diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic purposes in early-onset breast tumor development in Taiwanese women. ...

Paget carcinoma cells differ from those of the underlying carcinoma.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study finds that the underlying tumors in the breast are coincidental neoplastic lesions (collision tumors) different from Paget carcinoma (PC) cells. "Paget's carcinoma of the breast is...

Sarcomas of the breast prone to relapse unless wide surgical margains attained.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sarcomas are rare lesions in the breast and treatment should focus on surgical removal with wide margins. "Breast sarcomas are rare lesions that can be derived from any of the mammary stromal...

Spanish women with family history need education about breast cancer.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spanish women need interventions to increase their adherence to breast cancer screening. According to recent research from Spain, "Women with a family history of breast cancer (FHBC) are at...

Two drinks a day increases risk of breast cancer, study shows.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Alcohol consumption is one of the best established risk factors for breast cancer development," says epidemiologist Joann Dorgan, PhD, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr....

Higher breast density is associated with increased breast cancer risk.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Determining breast density by mammography may be helpful in assessing breast cancer risk, researchers report. According to a study from the United States, "Increased mammographic breast density is...

New estrogen inhibitor in phase II development.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ascend Therapeutics, Inc., announced that it has obtained exclusive North American development, marketing and commercialization rights to the developmental pharmaceutical product, TamoGel...

House of Brussels forms medical research subsidiary.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- House of Brussels Chocolates (HBSL), through its CEO Grant Petersen, announced several major corporate developments. Firstly, HBSL has incorporated a subsidiary company, ChocoMed, Inc., to act as...

New web site provides online support for teens with cancer.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Wellness Community (TWC) announced the launch of a new web site, www.GroupLoop.org, that provides teenagers with cancer online support groups (OSGs), valuable resources and information,...

Breast cancer risk differs within the South Asian female population in England.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Differences in breast cancer risk between South Asian ethnic subgroups were partly due to diet and body size, researchers say. According to a study from England, "South Asian women in England have...

Not all tests should be advocated.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Certain screening tests for cancer are of unproven value and should not be advocated, argues a senior doctor. The blood test for cancer of the prostate (PSA) is an example, wrote Professor Malcolm...

TNP-470 blocks carcinosarcoma-induced tube formation.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TNP-470 blocks carcinosarcoma-induced tube formation. According to researchers in Japan, "we evaluated the usefulness of TNP-470 as an anticancer agent on a human uterine carcinosarcoma cell line...

ER packaging chaperone determines virulence of Candida albicans.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An ER packaging chaperone determines the amino acid uptake capacity and virulence of Candida albicans. "The Candida albicans CSH3 gene encodes a functional and structural homologue of Shr3p, a...

Hostility and anxiety differentially predict CVD in men and women.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hostility and anxiety differentially predict CVD in men and women. "Consideration of the psychosocial contributions to cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains an ongoing focus of research in the...

Newborn brain injuries stem from infections, not delivery.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical malpractice cases frequently try to link injuries to the white matter of a newborn's brain - a precursor to cerebral palsy and other disorders - to the baby's delivery, though a new Johns...

HPV, chromosome aberrations correlate with transition to microinvasive carcinoma.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Integration of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16/18 DNA is an important event in the transition of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN I, II, and III) to microinvasive carcinoma. "Cervical...

In situ hybridization techniques may be able to detect HPV.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) might be detected by sensitive in situ hybridization techniques. "Human papillomaviruses are accepted as a necessary cause of cervical neoplasia. However,...

Optical detection system plus colposcopy yields improved detection rates.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study of more than 2,000 women, a group of physicians found that detection of precancerous changes in the cervix improved by more than 26% when a new optical detection system was used in...

Publication points to increasing use of HPV testing in cervical cancer screening.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first consensus guidance on the most effective way to use HPV DNA testing for cervical cancer screening has been published in the February issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, announced Digene Corp....

Condition significantly impacts women's quality of life.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chronic cough affects women more severely than men and greatly impacts their quality of life, study results show. A University of Massachusetts Medical School study published in the February 2004...

Mistrust limits minority representation in U.S. biomedical research.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical peer reviews are increasingly highlighting the inadequacy of minority representation in biomedical research, according to research from Frost & Sullivan. Ethnic minorities - African...

Soy isoflavone aglycones have estrogenic effects on mouse reproductive tracts.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Isoflavone aglycones have estrogenic effects on mouse reproductive tracts. According to researchers in the United States, "we assessed the effects of dietary consumption of soy isoflavone aglycones...

Low-dose mifepristone blocks pregnancy by altering ovarian function.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low-dose mifepristone blocks pregnancy by altering ovarian function. "An emergency contraceptive method is used after coitus but before pregnancy occurs. The use of emergency contraception is...

Systematic analyses of randomized trials show dose and effect rule mifepristone.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Systematic analyses of randomized trials show dose and effect rule mifepristone. "There is some evidence from randomized trials that different doses of mifepristone for emergency contraception do...

Impaired signal transmission in women with preeclampsia reduces blood flow.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Impaired signal transmission in women with preeclampsia reduces blood flow. According to a study from England, "there is evidence that tissue blood flow is regulated by retrograde transmission of...

Researchers - again - pinpoint why stress kills.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One prevailing argument for marriage may well be that studies show married people are less depressed than their single counterparts. Behind this string of scientific reasoning for matrimony is a...

Storing too much iron may put healthy women at higher risk for diabetes.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Higher amounts of iron stores in the blood are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in healthy women who have no known diabetes risk factors, according to a study in the February 11,...

Carbohydrates, and more of them, blamed for weight gain, especially in women.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Americans, especially women, are getting fatter because they eat much more of everything than they did 30 years ago, and carbohydrates are the biggest culprit, the U.S. government says. In the year...

Nutritional management improves the outcomes of multiple pregnancies.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nutritional management improves the outcomes of multiple pregnancies. According to a study from Australia, "good nutrition is central to achieving optimal fetal growth and development, and to...

Prenatal mercury exposure via mother's diet can impair certain brain functions.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High levels of mercury passed from mother to child in utero were shown in a study to produce irreversible impairment to specific brain functions in children. An international team of researchers...

Non-profit coalition offers information on teen cough medicine abuse.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Partnership for a Drug-Free America has created a feature on its Web site, www.drugfreeamerica.org/dxm, to provide parents and other caregivers with information and resources regarding teen abuse of...

Positive results reported from phase II study of lidocaine vaginal gel.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Columbia Laboratories (COB) announced the successful completion of a trial evaluating the effect of Columbia's lidocaine bioadhesive vaginal gel on uterine contractions and pain. Trial results...

Cognitive function in elderly men and women is not solely hormone dependent.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cognitive function in elderly men and women is not solely hormone dependent. "Sex hormones could protect against age-related cognitive decline in elderly men and women. We investigated the...

Fetal sex hormone exposure may predispose humans to schizophrenia.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal sex hormone exposure may predispose humans to schizophrenia. "The differentiation of the human brain is triggered by sexual steroid hormones in the fetus. The development of both the...

Prolonged menstruation is associated with developing endometrial cancer.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Never having been pregnant, never having given birth, and longer menstruation were associated with an increased risks of developing endometrial cancer among women in Shanghai. According to a study...

Detailed studies set the standard for evaluating fertility and the environment.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Detailed studies set the standard for evaluating fertility and the environment. According to published research from the United States, "although there has been growing concern about the effects of...

Results announced for TA-1790 phase II head-to-head study with Viagra.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VIVU.S., Inc., (VVU.S.) announced data on TA-1790, its oral phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). The phase II head-to-head at-home study...

Enzyme company completes $9.2 million financing.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hyalozyme Therapeutics, Inc., has completed a $9.2 million financing led by Grove Capital. The financing also included an option to purchase an additional $15.9 million in warrants callable by...

Imaging company reports slight revenue increase.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hologic, Inc., (HOLX), a provider of women's diagnostic imaging systems and state-of-the-art digital imaging systems, announced its results for the quarter ended December 27, 2003. First-quarter...

Enterobacter sakazakii thermally inactivated in rehydrated infant formula.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Enterobacter sakazakii in rehydrated infant formula can be thermally inactivated. "The presence of low levels of Enterobacter sakazakii in dried infant formula have been linked to outbreaks of...

Fecal incontinence in women is a perplexing problem with few answers.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fecal incontinence in women is a perplexing problem with few answers. According to recent research published in the journal Gastroenterology, "fecal incontinence affects between 1% and 16% of...

Bone mineral density measurements should be scaled for men and women.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bone mineral density measurements should be scaled for men and women. "To test the hypothesis that the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and estimated volumetric BMD and prevalent...

Mentally retarded patients without 15q11-q13 defects should have MECP2 analysis.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mentally retarded patients without 15q11-q13 defects should have MECP2 analysis. "Rett syndrome (RTT) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in females. The disease is caused by...

LPA type-2 regulates a host of growth factors to control ovarian activity.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- LPA type-2 regulates a host of growth factors to control ovarian activity. According to published research from the United States, "the lipid growth factor lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is produced by...

Mifepristone could be combined with other drugs for menstrual induction.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mifepristone could be combined with other drugs for menstrual induction. According to recent research published in the journal Contraception, "menstrual induction is a variant of suction aspiration...

Trauma is not always apparent in the genital anatomy of abused female teens.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trauma is not always apparent in the genital anatomy of abused female teens. "Many clinicians expect that a history of penile-vaginal penetration will be associated with examination findings of...

VRAM flaps are favored over other types for vaginal reconstruction.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VRAM flaps are favored over other types for vaginal reconstruction. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Plastic Surgery, "this study compares the outcome of Singapore...

HIV among pregnant women at Mexican hospital much higher than reported earlier.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV infection among pregnant women in labor at Tijuana General Hospital in Mexico is 14 times higher than previously reported by CONASIDA, the Mexican organization that tracks AIDS cases, according to a...

Two-drug regimen can reduce vertical transmission risk to below 2%.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data from the Perinatal HIV Transmission Trial group (PHPT), a collaboration of researchers from Thailand, France, and the U.S., show that a simple two-drug regimen can reduce the risk of...

Missouri bill would cut required insurance coverage.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Insurers in Missouri would no longer be required to cover some services that currently must be provided by minimal health insurance plans, such as mammograms and hospital stays after giving birth, under...

Americans find prescription drug advertising helpful, survey shows.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising for prescription drugs is impacting the healthcare decisions of American consumers, according to a survey by Advanced Analytics Inc., a custom market research firm....

AHA issues new guidelines for preventing heart disease in women.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Heart Association (AHA) recently announced new guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women. Published in the February 2004 issue of Circulation, an AHA...

Study: Lp-PLA2 predicts coronary heart disease.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A prospective, case cohort study of the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) population supports the measurement of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) to help identify individuals...

Women still underestimating heart disease as greatest health risk.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A survey of 500 women ages 35 years and older residing in Orange and Los Angeles counties, California, shows that women still underestimate heart disease as their greatest health risk. Sponsored by...

FDA approves first transdermal gel for estrogen therapy.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved EstroGel (estradiol gel), the first-ever estrogen therapy (ET) transdermal gel in the country for the...

FDA updates hormone replacement warnings.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. government told makers of hormone replacement therapies on February 10, 2004, to add yet another warning to their labels: hormones may increase older women's risk of Alzheimer's or other types...

HRT no boon to cognitive function in older women.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In contrast to previous findings, a new study suggests that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has no tangible benefit on the cognitive function of women. Researchers at Kaiser Permanente Medical...

Adenovirus expressing papillomavirus E2 protein eliminates infection.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaccination of rabbits with an adenovirus vector expressing the papillomavirus E2 protein leads to clearance of papillomas and infection. "Cervical cancer arises from lesions caused by infection...

Prevention of cervical cancer through HPV vaccination reviewed.
March 4, 2004... 2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A researcher has reviewed the prevention of cervical cancer through human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in a recent issue of Nature Reviews Immunology. According to recent research from...