Women's Health Weekly articles from October 2002

Women's Health Weekly archives from October 2002

Mortality not reduced by mammography, said University of Toronto study.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women in their 40s who receive annual mammography screening do not have a better chance of surviving breast cancer than those who receive usual care from their personal physician, report University of...

Women with premature menopause at increased risk for potentially fatal adrenal condition.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with spontaneous premature ovarian failure (POF) are three hundred times more likely than members of the general population to develop a serious condition in which the body attacks the adrenal...

Popular long-acting contraceptive linked to vascular dysfunction.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long-term use of a contraceptive injected once every three months impairs the arteries' ability to contract and expand, possibly increasing the risk for heart disease, according to research reported in...

Drug protects fertility, offspring in mice after radiation exposure.(sphingosine 1-phosphate)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have discovered a drug that prevents sterility in female mice after exposure to ionizing radiation. Additional findings suggest that this is accomplished without yielding genetic damage...

Breast may be best for cardiovascular health.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breastfeeding may be good for long-term cardiovascular health according to a study carried out by researchers at St. George's Hospital Medical School in Tooting, England. The report entitled,...

Combining personalized counseling with Weight Watchers maximizes weight loss.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Adding personalized counseling to the Weight Watchers program was an effective method of promoting weight loss in obese women with breast cancer,...

Faslodex data published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from two clinical trials evaluating Faslodex (fulvestrant) Injection in treating advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women with disease progression following antiestrogen therapy was...

New imaging technology can sense tanks, as well as cancer.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- What does remote sensing for camouflaged enemy ground vehicles have to do with breast cancer diagnosis? By next year, perhaps plenty. Both find threats hidden in innocent clutter. The Office of...

Sicor announces tentative ANDA approval for carboplatin injection.(abbreviated new drug application)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sicor Inc., (SCRI) announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tentatively approved an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) by its wholly owned subsidiary, Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals,...

Down-regulation of cell signaling in HPV-infected cervical cells promotes malignancy.(human papillomavirus)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A collaboration of scientists from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital have uncovered a key genetic event in the progression of malignant cervical cancer - and a potential new...

New low-dose Ortho Tri-Cyclen approved by FDA.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new oral contraceptive, Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo (norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol) Tablets for the prevention of pregnancy. Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo will...

Neurocrine wins NIH grant for GPCR library design, synthesis, and evaluation.(G-protein coupled receptors)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., (NBIX) announced that the company has received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This new grant...

Exercise may not help affected women.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exercise not only improves your health, it makes you feel good. It's a message constantly reinforced through research, advertisements and the news media. But for a subset of women - those with...

Anticancer drug developer announces second quarter 2002 financial results.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NeoPharm, Inc., (NEOL) announced financial results for the second quarter of 2002. The company reported a net loss of $9,019,674 or $0.55 per share, basic and diluted, for the second quarter 2002...

Symbollon Pharmaceuticals announces second quarter 2002 results.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Symbollon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (SYMBA) announced a net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2002. For the 3 months ended June 30, 2002, the company reported a net loss of $124,367, or a diluted...

510 K filed with FDA for DNA-based group B strep test.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cepheid (CPHD) announced that its joint venture partner, Infectio Diagnostic (IDI), has issued a press release regarding its filing of a 510 K with the FDA for a group B streptococcus (GBS) test. ...

Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield will pay for digital mammograms.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although Michigan's largest insurer said it's not convinced that digital mammograms offer superior breast cancer detection, it has begun paying for the procedure. In July, the traditional Blue...

Studies: Promensil reduces frequency, severity of hot flashes.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two new studies demonstrate that Promensil is effective at reducing the frequency and severity of hot flashes. The studies were published in the current issues of The Female Patient and...

Shorter hospital stays possible in high-risk pregnancies.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Selected high-risk pregnant patients can have good outcomes after well-designed home-based care during their pregnancies, report researchers in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics...

NPS reports interim Preos carcinogenicity results.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NPSP) reported interim results from an ongoing 24-month preclinical carcinogenicity study with Preos, its proprietary drug candidate for treating osteoporosis. A planned...

Xyotax to be tested in recurrent, chemotherapy-resistant cancer.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2002... 2002 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc., (CTI) (CTIC) announced that the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG), a cooperative of many of the most prominent physicians and institutions in the United States, has activated a...

Hormone replacement therapy does not appear to influence breast cancer detection.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), does not diminish the ability to detect breast cancers or affect clinical outcomes for patients with breast cancer, according to an article published in the...

Multiples born to older moms fare same as or better than those born to younger moms.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In contrast to the pattern seen with singleton births, twins born to older mothers do not appear to have a greater risk of birth complications than do twins born to younger mothers, according to a...

Tamoxifen shows encouraging results for prevention, but risks still unclear.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early findings from a randomized trial investigating the effectiveness of tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer are reported in the Lancet. Although tamoxifen reduced breast cancer incidence by a...

Bone loss in Depo-Provera users largely reversible.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study confirms earlier reports that Depo-Provera, an injectable contraceptive popular among young and low-income American women, is strongly associated with bone density loss. The study,...

Link to cervical lesions confirmed.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is linked to an increased likelihood of cervical lesions in women, finds a study in the British Medical Journal. The study, which involved over 10,000...

Women prone to repeat miscarriage show increased prevalence of insulin resistance.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many factors have been identified as causes of the recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) experienced by 2-4% of reproductive-age couples. But for the 30-40% whose miscarriages are unexplained, the heartache...

Gene repairs damaged DNA.(BRCA2 Gene)(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Structural studies of the protein produced by the BRCA2 gene, which is implicated in the development of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, reveal that the protein is intimately involved in...

Genentech stock plummets after drug fails key test.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Shares of Genentech, Inc. plummeted after an announcement that a once-promising experimental breast cancer drug had failed a clinical trial. The South San Francisco-based company announced...

75% of women don't make healthful lifestyle choices.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Across the country, women are finding it harder and harder to maintain healthy lifestyles. A survey conducted in June 2002 by the American Heart Association revealed that 75% of women do not make...

Epidemiologic study assesses human papillomavirus prevalence in China.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human papillomavirus types 18 and 16 are the most common HPV infections in five regions of China, a recent study determined. "A large-scale epidemiologic survey on the prevalence of different...

Study shows OC use by young women does not contribute to weight gain.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young women have lost one excuse in their battle against the postadolescent bulge. Penn State College of Medicine researchers at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently published...

Angiostatin gene transfer obliterates endometriosis in study animals.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - If doctors could just figure out a way of getting the therapy to its intended target, angiostatin gene therapy might provide a new means for treating women...

Dietary supplement maker reports cash reserves up, loss reduced, R&D on schedule.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmaceutical company Novogen, Ltd., (NVGN) and its entities have ended the 2002 financial year with record cash reserves. As of June 30, 2002, the Novogen Group had $22 million in cash reserves...

MediSpectra secures $13 million venture capital funding.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MediSpectra, Inc., a privately held medical device company, announced that a $13 million round in venture capital investment has been completed, bringing the total dollar amount raised to $57 million....

Moderate drinking likely beneficial in postmenopausal women.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drinking modest amounts of alcohol seems to have a preventive effect against heart disease in postmenopausal women, just as it does among middle-aged men, by raising good cholesterol and altering other...

510 K filed with FDA for DNA-based strep test.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cepheid (CPHD) announced that its joint venture partner, Infectio Diagnostic (IDI), has issued a press release regarding its filing of a 510 K with the FDA for a Group B Streptococcus (GBS) test. ...

Weight loss lowers leptin but raises soluble leptin receptor.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Profound weight loss resulted in a significant decrease in circulating leptin and increase in soluble leptin receptor levels, indicating an inverse...

Raloxifene increases level of protein believed to inhibit estrogen-sensitive breast cancer.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study supported by Eli Lilly and Co. and published in the September 2002 issue of Fertility and Sterility, researchers at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Medical Center for...

Smallest estrogen replacement patch now available in U.S. pharmacies.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who want to prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis with the lowest effective estrogen replacement therapy dosage possible now have a new option. About the size of a dime, the newest dosage...

Two new HRT reviews support findings of recently halted clinical trial.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two new systematic reviews of a broad spectrum of research on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to prevent cardiovascular disease and other long-term health problems support the findings of a recently...

Quintiles and Columbia Laboratories create alliance.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quintiles Transnational Corp. (QTRN) and Columbia Laboratories, Inc., (COB) announced an agreement to commercialize Columbia's portfolio of women's healthcare products in the United States. Under...

Herbal Nurse merges with Maca Source.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maca Source, Inc., entered into a definitive today to be acquired by Herbal Nurse, Inc., Herbal Nurse will possess all outstanding shares of Maca Source, which will become a wholly owned...

Positive results reported using nitroglycerin for female sexual dysfunction.(Abstract)
October 10, 2002... 2002 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (CLGY) announced that in the The Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine results were reported from a study, supported by Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, regarding the use of...

Hormone replacement therapy - reviewing the evidence.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A rapid-review article in the September 21, 2002, issue of the Lancet weighs up the current evidence for the health outcomes of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use. The review - which includes...

Early detection can prevent fractures.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended that women age 65 and older be routinely screened for osteoporosis to reduce the risk of fracture and spinal abnormalities often associated with...

50,000 sisters of women with breast cancer recruited for U.S. study.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the September 2002 Tampa Bay-area Race for the Cure, medical researchers began recruiting women for a unique effort to determine the causes of breast cancer - the "Sister Study." Researchers hope...

Research reveals a more complete picture of breast tissue.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A team of Dartmouth engineers and doctors is trying to find more comfortable and comprehensive ways to examine breast tissue to better detect and diagnose breast cancer. The Dartmouth group is...

Diabetic women on HRT have better glycemic and lipid profiles.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diabetic women who use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) were more likely to have their blood glucose under control, and have lower cholesterol levels than women who never used hormone therapy, a study...

HHS efforts to reduce birth defects successful.(US Health and Human Services)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The incidence of spina bifida has decreased by 32% in the United States over the past decade. The decrease indicates the success of the Public Health Service's recommendations released in 1992...

Blood pressure and cholesterol levels increase/decrease with weight gain/loss.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Excessive weight gained during pregnancy that has not been lost by 6 months after giving birth is a significant predictor of future obesity,...

Matria names Stephen M. Mengert chief financial officer.(Matria Healthcare, Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Matria Healthcare, Inc., (MATR) announced the appointment of Stephen M. Mengert to the position of vice president, finance, and chief financial officer. He will report to Parker H. Petit, Matria...

Study: Girls with ADHD are often overlooked.(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ADHD has typically been thought of as a "boys' problem" with hyperactivity often being the disorder's most recognizable trait; however, researchers think that many girls go undiagnosed; studies show...

Fractionated photosensitizer dosing optimizes photodynamic therapy.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Harvard University researchers have applied photodynamic therapy to a mouse model of orthotopic breast cancer. "Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a locally administered therapy currently being...

Neuropilin-1 a multifunctional protein for progression in breast cancer.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Both conventional and novel genetic fingerprinting techniques have confirmed neuropilin-1 protein stimulates mechanisms associated with breast cancer...

New data published on novel mode of action of Modrenal.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bioenvision, Inc., (BIOV) announced that new data on the novel mode of action of Modrenal has been published in Cancer Cell Biology. Modrenal is approved for marketing in the U.K. for the treatment...

Study finds morphine promotes breast tumor growth.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Findings from a recent study indicate that morphine, commonly used to treat cancer-caused pain, promotes tumor neovascularization and so could be harmful in breast cancer patients. In a paper in...

Study looks at mammogram readings.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiologists examining mammogram X-rays gave false-positive cancer readings up to 15.9% of the time, with the youngest and most recently trained doctors having two to four times the false-positive rate...

Human papillomavirus may evade immune system by suppressing NF-kappaB activity.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human papillomavirus infection, which can lead to cervical cancer, may be able to elude immune system activity by suppressing NF-kappa B, according to recent study findings. "Infection with...

PGE-1 to cure obesity?
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endovasc Ltd., Inc., (ENVC; ED7) announced its plans to enter the $1+ billion weight-loss drug market by developing an antiobesity nutriceutical nonprescription drug for obese diabetic women. The...

Wyeth updates product labels for its postmenopausal hormone therapies.(Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Proprietary Ltd.)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (WYE), announced that it has updated the package inserts for its postmenopausal hormone therapies Prempro (conjugated estrogens/medroxyprogesterone acetate...

ETA receptor antagonist may have antiangiogenic role.(endothelin)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer researchers in Italy have reported study findings that suggest specific endothelin-1 receptor antagonists could have a therapeutic role in preventing ovarian cancer tumor angiogenesis and cell...

Study adds piece to genetic puzzle.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The pieces of a genetic puzzle are starting to come together. Earlier this year, University of Iowa Health Care researchers determined that a gene known as BRCA1 plays a more extensive role in ovarian...

Yale researchers reveal Phenoxodiol's unique ability to kill cancer cells.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Marshall Edwards, Inc., (MSH), the subsidiary of pharmaceutical company, Novogen Limited (NVGN), has entered into a services agreement with the Yale University School of Medicine's Department of...

Data reported on long-acting FSH preparation.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "A long-acting FSH [follicle-stimulating hormone] preparation has been developed by site-directed mutagenesis and gene transfer techniques," researchers in the Netherlands report. I.J.M. Duijkers...

Inhibin B in follicular fluid may indicate follicle development.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Taiwan studied "the correlation between inhibin B and estradiol levels in follicular fluid (FF) with the quality of subsequent embryo development from in vitro fertilized oocytes...

FISH is a valuable tool for differentiating among chlamydial infections.(Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization )
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microbiologists in Germany report reliable sensitivity and specificity of fluorescence in situ hybridization for detecting and differentiating among Chlamydia species. According to Technical...

Survey shows public lacks knowledge of danger.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although 1.4 million Americans, mostly women, have a form of lupus, public recognition and understanding of the autoimmune disease remains low, according to a recent survey conducted for the Lupus...

Enterovirus infection during pregnancy does not increase diabetes risk of the exposed fetus.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Children born to women who contracted an enterovirus infection in the first trimester of pregnancy are not at any increased risk of developing type 1...

Israeli Ministry of Health approves commercial use ExAblate 2000.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elbit Medical Imaging, Ltd., (EMITF) announced that InSightec - Image Guided Treatment, Ltd., a company in which EMI indirectly holds a 61.3% interest (on a fully diluted basis) and GE Medical Systems...

Many women don't know enough about ovarian cancer.
October 17, 2002... 2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Seventy percent of the women who will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year will not find out they have this disease until the cancer is in an advanced stage. Only 25% of these women will be...

Disorder associated with wide range of diseases.(endometriosis)
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. researchers report in the journal Human Reproduction that women with endometriosis are significantly more likely than other women to suffer from a number of additional distressing or disabling...

Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia OK during antiretroviral therapy.
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom have elucidated the risks of cesarean section during antiretroviral therapy. "Elective cesarean...

Gene mutations reviewed.
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A review article in the Lancet assesses the impact of BRCA1 gene mutations - known to be strongly associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer - on the management of patients. ...

Genotype plus an affected relative tied to increased risk.
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have identified a genotype associated with women who have recently diagnosed breast cancer and who claim a first-degree relative (mother and/or sister) with the disease. For women age 50...

Less invasive biopsy to detect metastasis found suitable for more patients.
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data support expanding the pool of women with breast cancer who are potential candidates for sentinel node biopsy (SNB), a less-invasive procedure to determine whether the disease has spread to the...

Abdominal fluid of cancer patients contains vascular inhibitors.
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Abdominal fluids produced by cancer patients, including those with ovarian cancer, produce natural vascular inhibitors as well as cancer boosters, scientists...

British study results support fetal insulin hypothesis.
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Data from the British Women's Heart and Health Study demonstrated that a women's risk of developing insulin resistance was inversely related to the...

U.K. researchers develop novel treatment for fibroids.
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.K. researchers have developed a novel method of treating uterine fibroids that allows women to be treated under local anaesthetic as outpatients. Their technique, which uses a laser guided by...

Interleukin-18 associated with obesity.
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Plasma levels of interleukin-18 (IL-18) were reduced by weight loss, indicating an association between the cytokine and obesity, according to a...

Bigger isn't always better.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor size and breast cancer patient survival are directly correlated, regardless of how the tumor is detected, pathologists report. J.S. Michaelson and colleagues at the Massachusetts General...

Diet rich in soy protein lowers estrogens associated with disease.
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Consuming tofu and other soy-based foods significantly lowers levels of a class of estrogens normally associated with breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women, according to a new study published in...

Doctors discuss hormone replacement therapy.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund's web site, Breastlink.org, features interviews with two prominent physicians about the controversial Women's Health Initiative Study of combination...

Lumpectomy without nodal biopsy linked to poorer survival in older women.
October 24, 2002... 2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older women who have breast-conserving surgery (BCS) without lymph node biopsy or radiation therapy have poorer survival rates than those who have this procedure plus biopsy, radiation therapy, or...