Women's Health Weekly articles from November 2003

Women's Health Weekly archives from November 2003

Commentaries question benefit of early screening.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A series of three commentaries in the October 15, 2003, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute addresses the issue of whether premenopausal women are being accurately informed about the...

Increasing parity heightens the risk for having a child with Down syndrome.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Increasing parity heightens the risk for having a child with Down syndrome. "Interpretation of studies that have examined parity as a risk factor for Down syndrome has been hindered by inadequate...

Treatment for substance abuse during pregnancy improves infant outcomes.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment for substance abuse during pregnancy improves infant outcomes. "The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of residential substance abuse treatment on pregnancy outcome among...

Undetectable estriol on the maternal triple-marker screen warrants close study.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Undetectable estriol on the maternal triple-marker screen warrants close study. "We are reporting a child with congenital panhypopituitarism, in whom deficient fetal steroidogenesis was suspected...

Heart problems in women linked to job insecurity.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Massachusetts, have found that a woman's heart attack risk may be influenced by concerns over potential loss of employment. After following almost...

New advances reported in treating reproductive consequences of other conditions.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The impact on a patient's reproductive health is often a misunderstood part of treating their underlying medical condition. Gathering at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive...

Operative technique and postoperative care reduce abortion-related problems.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Operative technique and postoperative care reduce abortion-related problems. According to recent research published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "surgical abortion in the...

Parental education is significant for preventing inhalant abuse.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parental education is significant for preventing inhalant abuse. According to a study from the United States, "inhalant abuse is a prevalent and often overlooked form of substance abuse in...

Adipose tissue and women's health discussed.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The view of adipose tissue and its role in women's health is discussed in a recent issue of the journal Pathologie Biologie. "Nowadays, in industrialized societies, it is fashionable for women to...

Luminescent imaging is a useful tool for evaluating anticancer drugs in vivo.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Luminescent imaging is a useful tool for evaluating anticancer drugs in vivo. "Human DU-145 prostate and MCF-7 breast tumor cell lines were stably transfected with plasmid pcDNA3.1-Luc expressing...

The changing face of severe asthma: Boys in childhood and women as adults.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Almost two out of three children with severe asthma are boys. But women account for more than two out of three adults with severe asthma. And no one really knows why. Those are some of the most...

Research center to open in Dallas, Texas.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new research center at a university hospital will be the first in the U.S. dedicated solely to preventing and seeking cures for birth defects. The center, at the University of Texas Southwestern...

Abnormal methylation of tumor suppressor genes occurs in sporadic breast cancer.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abnormal methylation of several tumor suppressor genes occurs in sporadic breast cancer. "Multiplex methylation-sensitive PCR was employed in studying the methylation of CpG islands in the RB1,...

Acetylated Sp3 is a transcriptional activator.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acetylated Sp3 is a transcriptional activator. According to a study from the United States, "Sp3 transcription factor can either activate or repress target gene expression. "However, the...

Antioxidant vitamins could lower the breast cancer risk in Korean women.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antioxidant vitamins could lower the breast cancer risk in Korean women. "To investigate association between breast cancer risk and nutrient intake in Korean women, a case-control study was carried...

Apoptosis assays could be used to detect selective toxicity of anticancer drugs.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Apoptosis assays could be used to detect selective toxicity of anticancer drugs. "The goal of our study was to determine whether an apoptosis assay used after short-term drug exposure could predict...

Association between oral contraceptive use, breast cancer may vary by histology.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Association between oral contraceptive use, risk of breast cancer may vary by histologic type. According to recent research published in the International Journal of Cancer, researchers "examined...

Breast cancer classification, prognosis can be based on gene expression profiles.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast cancer classification, prognosis can be based on gene expression profiles. "Comprehensive gene expression patterns generated from cDNA microarrays were correlated with detailed...

Circulating tumor DNA may not be accurate reflection of breast cancer status.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Circulating tumor DNA may not be a sufficiently accurate reflection of breast cancer clinical status or tumor activity. "We evaluated the potential utility of occult circulating tumor DNA as a...

Grant finances study of gold-assisted laser radiation.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A biomedical engineer and director of laser research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is trying to find a safe and efficient way to target cancerous cells using flecks of gold that are...

Interactions between breast cancer, osteoblastic cells induce osteoclastogenesis.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Direct interactions between breast cancer and stromal or osteoblastic cells induce osteoclastogenesis through modulating RANKL expression. "Bone destruction is primarily mediated by osteoclastic...

Lower white blood cell counts in black women may limit treatment and survival.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lower white blood cell counts in African American women with early-stage breast cancer can lead to delays in treatment when compared with Caucasian women with the same stage of disease, according to a...

MammaCare, OHSU Cancer Institute, launch breast-screening training program.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MammaCare and The Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) Cancer Institute will launch a new program for breast cancer screening, the Mammatech Corp. (MAMH) announced. The Oregon Health &...

Premature adoption of sentinel node biopsy as standard test is a concern.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study suggests that surgeons are routinely performing an investigational procedure called sentinel node biopsy (SNB) on women with early-stage breast cancer and this may be affecting the accrual...

Study of novel anticancer agent gets boost from $3M grant.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has been awarded a Clinical Translational Research Grant of $3,089,794 by the Breast Cancer Research Program of the U.S. Department of Defense for the study of a...

Company stands to gain if clinical trial results indicate implants are safe.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Driven into bankruptcy by billions of dollars in silicone breast-implant health claims, Dow Corning Corp. says it might benefit if the government lets another company start selling them. Eleven...

Silicone-gel breast implants may return.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Silicone-gel breast implants may soon return to the U.S. market after an 11-year, near-total ban now that government advisers have recommended reluctantly that sales resume under very strict conditions....

Hormonal factors associate with the risk for Hodgkin disease in women.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hormonal factors associate with the risk for Hodgkin disease in women. "Reproductive factors have been suggested to have an impact on the development of Hodgkin disease (HD) in women. In the San...

Clinical studies of vaccines targeting breast cancer reviewed.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators have published a review of clinical studies of vaccines targeting breast cancer in a recent issue of the journal Clinical Cancer Research. "Many clinical studies have been undertaken...

Skin, normally below physiologic temperature, enables C. albicans mating.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Skin that is normally below physiologic temperature is at conditions favorable for Candida albicans to mate. "Mating between natural a/a and alpha/alpha strains of Candida albicans requires that...

HPV DNA testing has a role in predicting cervical intraepithelial lesions.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HPV DNA testing has a role in predicting cervical intraepithelial lesions. According to recent research from the United States, "Human papillomavirus (HPV) is widely accepted as the primary agent...

Advanced genomic technologies used as focus of alliance.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cenetron Diagnostics, Ltd., a leading provider of molecular diagnostic services, announced it has signed a 5-year strategic alliance agreement with Roche Diagnostics to establish itself as a Molecular...

Breast CT may be comparable to mammogram and ultrasonography.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast CT may be comparable to mammogram and ultrasonography. According to recent research from South Korea, "Although computed tomography (CT) is not the primary method of evaluating breast...

The value of follow-up visits after IUD-insertion is questionable.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The value of follow-up visits after IUD-insertion is questionable. "The objective of this study was to evaluate whether regular follow-up after insertion of an IUD protects against the risk and side...

Calcitriol fosters the maintenance of calcium homeostasis.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Calcitriol fosters the maintenance of calcium homeostasis. According to recent research from Croatia, "calcitriol is in plasma bound to transcalciferin and this results in a long calcitriol...

Different factors influence dietary supplement use by elite figure skaters.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Different factors influence dietary supplement use by elite figure skaters. "The present study examined the prevalence of dietary supplement use among elite figure skaters, gender differences in...

Most female collegiate athletes have an adequate copper status.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Most female collegiate athletes have an adequate copper status. "Copper status was assessed in 70 female collegiate athletes aged 18 to 25 years participating in cross country track, tennis,...

Vitamin B fortification of complementary foods for young children needs analysis.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin B fortification of complementary foods for young children needs analysis. "The B vitamins, except for folate, can be classified as group I nutrients during lactation. Nutrients in this...

Group identifies need for education.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to new data from the first-ever national survey of Americans (ages 18-45) regarding their beliefs, understanding, and attitudes towards freezing and the use of frozen embryos, the majority of...

Barriers compromise hospitalists' consultations with hip fracture patients.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barriers compromise hospitalists' consultations with hip fracture patients. "The objective of this study was to determine if hospitalist consultation during admission for hip fracture results in...

Estrogen receptor alpha mediates the dynamics of orphan nuclear receptors.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogen receptor alpha mediates the dynamics of orphan nuclear receptors. "Hormonal status can influence diverse metabolic pathways. Small heterodimer partner (SHP) is an orphan nuclear receptor...

Synthetic parathyroid hormone-(1-34) is a safe alternative to calcitriol.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synthetic parathyroid hormone-(1-34) is a safe alternative to calcitriol. According to recent research from the United States, "hypoparathyroidism is one of the few remaining hormonal insufficiency...

Lymphoscintigraphy, intraoperative gamma-probe may be tools for SLN detection.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lymphoscintigraphy and intraoperative gamma-probe may be promising tools for detection of SLNs. According to a study from Italy, "Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy are becoming...

Vaginal sensitivity in rodent endometriosis models stems from key interactions.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaginal sensitivity in rodent endometriosis models stems from key interactions. According to recent research from the United States, "a rat model of endometriosis, in which pieces of uterine horn...

New data describe efficacy of Cialis in hard-to-treat prostatectomy patients.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to the new clinical data on Cialis (tadalafil), 62% of men who underwent bilateral nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy, a surgery for prostate cancer, reported improved erections...

From genome comparisons, researchers learn lessons about evolution and cancer.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In 1905, American astronomer Percival Lowell predicted the existence of a new planet he called Planet X. Lowell proved that this new planet existed even though no one had been able to see it in the sky....

Prenatal ultrasound yields a diagnosis of portal vein thrombosis.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prenatal ultrasound yields a diagnosis of portal vein thrombosis. According to published research from the United States, "neonatal portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a rare condition seen in the...

New methods can alleviate the need for major surgery in women with leiomyoma.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New methods can alleviate the need for major surgery in women with leiomyoma. "In treating women with leiomyoma and who wish to preserve their uterus, laparoscopic uterine artery ligation or uterine...

Imaging company reports 25% revenue increase in second quarter.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fischer Imaging Corp. (FIMG) reported revenue of $12.6 million for the quarter ended June 29, 2003, a 25% increase over revenue of $10.1 million for the second quarter of 2002. Net loss for the...

Factor V Leiden mutation does not correlate with stillbirth risk.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Factor V Leiden mutation does not correlate with stillbirth risk. According to published research from Germany, "an association between the factor V Leiden variant and an increased risk of pregnancy...

New insights into how estrogen works may lead to improved stroke treatments.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A team of researchers working in Texas and Florida have discovered new insights into how estrogen works, a finding that may lead to better treatments for stroke patients. The researchers are from...

Adductor pollicis fatigue is comparable in older men and women.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adductor pollicis fatigue is comparable in older men and women. "Sex differences in fatigue resistance of the adductor pollicis (AP) muscle were studied in 24 older adults who were divided into...

Cytogenetic characterization of tumors of the vulva and vagina evaluated.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytogenetic characterization of tumors of the vulva and vagina is evaluated. According to recent research from Norway, "Neoplasms of the vulva and vagina account for less than 5% of all female...

A new Corynebacterium species has been isolated from the genital tract.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new Corynebacterium species has been isolated from the human female urogenital tract. According to a study from the United States, "six independent isolates of an unusual black-pigmented...

HVJ envelope vector offers efficient gene transfer to the uterus.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HVJ envelope vector offers efficient gene transfer to the uterus. "The uterus is obviously critical in implantation, development of the fetus, and parturition. Endometrial cancer derived from...

U.N. report warns of HIV/AIDS among adolescents.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early marriage, unwanted pregnancy, and HIV/AIDS among the world's adolescents are a threat to development and must be combated as part of the war on poverty, the United Nations says. A fifth of...

Female HIV patients have higher risk of antiretroviral-induced ATAs.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female HIV patients have higher risk of antiretroviral-induced adipose tissue alterations (ATAs) compared to their male counterparts. In a recent study from Italy, ATAs "were clinically assessed in...

Birth order in twins has no effect on HIV transmission risk.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Contrary to previous reports, birth order in twins has no effect on HIV vertical transmission risk. In a recent study, scientists in the United States "examined birth order and delivery route as...

Increased age and institutionalization raise fracture-related costs for women.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Increased age and institutionalization raise fracture-related costs for women. "A prospective study was done among women who were postmenopausal and who had a displaced femoral neck fracture. The...

Corpus luteum support is an essential companion to GnRH antagonist stimulation.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Corpus leuteum support is an essential companion to GnRH antagonist stimulation. "Replacing GnRH agonist cotreatment for the prevention of a premature rise in LH during ovarian stimulation for in...

Duloxetine reduces stress urinary incontinence episodes in study participants.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Duloxetine reduces stress urinary incontinence episodes in study participants. According to published research from the United States, "stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the accidental leakage of...

Risk of low bone mineral density higher in IBS patients.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) increases with age, lower body mass index, and severity of disease, according to a new study from the...

Hyper-responsive genes in reproductive tissues could be a source for fetal harm.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hyper-responsive genes in reproductive tissues could be a source for fetal harm. According to a study from Mexico, "the identification of polymorphisms in genes encoding proinflammatory cytokines...

Aflatoxin is detected in the milk of breastfeeding women.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aflatoxin is detected in the milk of breastfeeding women "A study was undertaken to determine whether breast-milk of mothers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) contained aflatoxins. One hundred...

Tanning salons linked to cancer risk, especially for younger women.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Regularly baking to a golden tan under sun lamps can increase the risk of malignant melanoma, a sometimes fatal skin cancer, and the younger a woman starts the greater the risk, a study says. The...

Dental radiographs screen for women who need bone mineral density tests.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dental radiographs screen for women who need bone mineral density tests. "The detection of postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density (BMD) is an important strategy to reduce the incidence...

Exercise improves sexual satisfaction.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Vermont report that frequency of exercise is associated with sexual satisfaction as women go through menopause. Women were tested over the course of 5 years. They...

FDA approves Estrasorb.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novavax, Inc., (NVAX) and King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (KG) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Estrasorb (estradiol topical emulsion), the first prescription topical...

Hormone replacement therapy augments the influence exercise has on bone health.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hormone replacement therapy augments the influence exercise has on bone health. "Osteoporosis is a major public health concern. The combination of exercise, hormone replacement therapy, and calcium...

Phase III clinical trial of Bio-E-Gel initiated.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BPA) announced that it has initiated a pivotal phase III clinical trial of Bio-E-Gel (estradiol topical gel) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe hot flushes and...

Raloxifene stimulates osteoprotegerin and blocks interleukin-6 production.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Raloxifene stimulates osteoprotegerin and blocks interleukin-6 production. "Raloxifene reduces bone loss and prevents vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women. Its skeletal effects are mediated...

Studies show HRT doesn't improve cognitive function.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A team of investigators from Kentucky and Ohio reported at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine that hormone replacement therapy did not improve cognitive function...

Fetal and postnatal brain development influence cognitive decline in old age.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal and postnatal brain development influence cognitive decline in old age. According to recent research published in the journal Brain, "studies of elderly people have shown that scores on tests...

Double trouble: Big portions of calorie dense foods.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Big portions encourage people to eat more, but big portions of calorie-dense food - the kind Americans tend to grab on the run - boost calorie consumption even higher without providing additional...

BKCa channel activation explains how human chorionic gonadotropin relaxes uteri.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BKCa channel activation explains how human chorionic gonadotropin relaxes uteri. According to recent research from Ireland, "the uterorelaxant effect of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is...

Clinicians need to recognize prematurity risk in pregnant dialysis patients.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinicians need to recognize prematurity risk in pregnant dialysis patients. According to a study from the United States, "current guidelines for dialysis in pregnant women have been developed in...

Common findings are seen in breech delivery-related brachial plexus palsy.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Common findings are seen in breech delivery-related brachial plexus palsy. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Plastic Surgery, "a review of the English literature...

Fetal thrombophilic mutations are linked to intrauterine growth retardation.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal thrombophilic mutations are linked to intrauterine growth retardation. "This study was conducted to investigate the association of maternal and/or fetal factor V Leiden (FVL) and G20210A...

Placental residues after vaginal delivery correlate with uterine anomaly.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Placental residues after vaginal delivery correlate with uterine anomaly. "We studied the incidence of and risk factors for placental residues in 24,391 deliveries at our institution between 1989...

Pregnant women with chronic kidney disease should start dialysis sooner.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnant women with chronic kidney disease should start dialysis sooner. "Pregnancy occurs uncommonly in women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and fetal outcome tends to be poor, with high rates...

Microvascular proliferation associates with breast cancer dynamics.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microvascular proliferation associates with breast cancer dynamics. "Glomeruloid microvascular proliferation (GMP) in breast cancer independently adversely affected survival (relative risk 1.9, 95%...

Neoplasia alters lymphatic drainage patterns.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neoplasia alters lymphatic drainage patterns. "The purpose of this research was to study the mammary lymphatic drainage under a macroscopic and mesoscopic view, comparing the vascular pattern of...

Bone loss is specific on ultrasounds of those with early rheumatoid arthritis.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bone loss is specific on ultrasounds of those with early rheumatoid arthritis. According to a study from Japan, "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a major cause of secondary osteoporosis and is...

Company announces completion of PREOS and teduglutide studies.
November 6, 2003... 2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NPSP) reported clinical progress with two of the company's late-stage drug candidates, PREOS and teduglutide (ALX-0600). NPS announced that it has completed dosing of all...