OBGYN & Reproduction Week articles from January 2004

OBGYN & Reproduction Week archives from January 2004

CDC issues 2001 summary of ART trends and success rates.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 40,000 babies were born in the United States as a result of assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures carried out in 2001, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Pregnant women request influenza vaccine to protect self and baby.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With the rising number of influenza cases in the U.S., women who are pregnant or considering becoming pregnant may wonder if the flu vaccine is safe for their unborn babies and themselves. Neil S....

Estrogen receptor-alpha and beta are differentially expressed in the uterus.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogen receptor-alpha and beta are differentially expressed in the uterus. According to a study from Japan, "oxytocin receptor (OTR) mRNA levels in the uterus dramatically increase in the near...

Alcohol exposure during early postnatal period may result in insulin resistance.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Perinatal factors (those occurring about 5 months before birth and 1 month after) have been implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes and other disorders. Although the association of adverse...

Recombinant human luteinizing hormone can be individualized for infertile women.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recombinant human luteinizing hormone can be individualized for infertile women. "This manuscript reviews the role of recombinant human luteinizing hormone (rhLH) as a therapeutic drug in ovarian...

Lawyer to appeal court ruling on late-term procedure.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More challenges are in store for an Ohio law that bans a late-term abortion procedure called "partial-birth" abortion by opponents. Cincinnati attorney Alphonse Gerhardstein said the December 17,...

Teenage pregnancy may put girls at risk for osteoporosis.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by researchers with the Center for Human Nutrition at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that many teenage mothers had a bone mass that meets the definitions of...

Varying antimicrobial activity in follicular fluids may be due to lysosyme.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human follicular fluids (HFF) have varying antimicrobial activities that may be due to lysosyme. "The aim of this study was to explore the antimicrobial activity of HFF, to test the hypothesis that...

Pregnancy achieved from frozen donor egg at New Jersey institute.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A woman previously unable to sustain pregnancy now looks forward to giving birth next summer after taking part in a pilot study using an advanced donor egg cryopreservation (freezing) at Diamond...

Oral sex, masturbating - but not men - linked to recurrent infections.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women may blame their husbands or boyfriends for headaches, tears, and stress, but contrary to popular belief, they can't be blamed for those nasty recurrent yeast infections. A new study by...

Fetal aortic stenosis diagnosed with echocardiography.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A case of functional aortic stenosis has been correctly diagnosed in utero. Cardiologists in Japan described "a case of fetal congenital heart disease prenatally diagnosed as critical aortic valve...

Educating women about disease link to smoking persuades more to quit.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Providing women with brief written information linking between smoking and cervical cancer increases their readiness to quit smoking, a new study shows. Since women who smoke have double the chance...

Deal signed for generic oral contraceptive products.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Andrx Corporation (ADRX) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., (TEVA) jointly announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration to develop and market generic oral contraceptive...

Cultural factors underlie oral contraceptive use by Hispanic women in the U.S.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cultural factors underlie oral contraceptive use by Hispanic women in the U.S. "Data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth have previously shown greater risk of inconsistent contraceptive...

FDA advisory panel backs easier morning-after pill.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women may soon have an easier way to help prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex now that government advisers have supported over-the-counter sales of the so-called "morning-after pill." "It's...

Survey reveals stress, anxiety prevent many women from enjoying the holidays.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a small online survey released December 18, 2003, by the National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) indicate that nearly two-thirds of the 400 survey respondents have suffered from...

Sonography shows that fetal hip joints mature at 34 weeks gestation.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sonography shows that fetal hip joints mature at 34 weeks gestation. According to recent research published in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, "a sonographic study of perinatal hip...

MR imaging of disorders associated with female infertility.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is diagnostically useful in several clinical settings. According to recent research published in the journal Radiographics, "Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has...

Nelfinavir does not cause reproductive toxicity in rats.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The antiretroviral agent nelfinavir does not affect reproductive performance or embryonic development in a murine model of HIV treatment. In a study from the United States, "The potential for...

Financial incentives affect the smoking practices of women considering pregnancy.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Financial incentives affect the smoking practices of women considering pregnancy "Recent analyses suggest that cigarette excise taxes lower prenatal smoking. It is unclear, however, whether the...

Maternal healthcare improvements bypass the urban poor in Africa.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maternal healthcare improvements bypass the urban poor in Africa. "Numerous studies document the disadvantage in child health of the urban poor in African cities. This study uses Demographic and...

U.S. teen birth rate continues to decline, particularly among African Americans.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the annual detailed report on birth statistics for the nation, which shows a continued decline in the teenage birth rate with the...

New or old Pap smears can be destained and used to test for HSV-2 viral DNA.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New or old Pap smears can be destained and used to test for herpes simplex 2 viral DNA. "Papanicolaou-stained cervicovaginal smears from six patients with herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection were...

Pre-eclampsia correlates with reduced plasma coenzyme Q10 levels.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pre-eclampsia correlates with reduced plasma coenzyme Q10 levels. According to published research from Ecuador, "pre-eclampsia is a common (approximately 7% of all pregnancies) disorder of human...

Sperm retrieved from the epididymis or testis have different characteristics.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sperm retrieved from the epididymis and testicles have different characteristics. "Whilst the morphological (shape) and morphometric (sperm head size) attributes of ejaculated spermatozoa have been...

Grant allows research on vaccine for pregnant women to continue.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Seattle Biomedical Research Institute a $10 million grant to continue its research in developing a vaccine to prevent malaria in pregnant women. The...

Exploding elective labor induction rates provoke a call for action.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exploding elective labor induction rates provoke a call for action. "The labor induction rate is at an all-time high in the United States. Although induction of labor is recommended as a therapeutic...

Optimal delivery conditions call for a shorter pushing phase during labor.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Optimal delivery conditions call for a shorter pushing phase during labor. "A reconceptualization of the second stage of labor is proposed, with an early phase of descent and a later phase of active...

Preconception body mass associates with birth outcomes among Chinese women.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preconception body mass associates with birth outcomes among Chinese women. "Low maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) is associated with adverse birth outcomes, but the BMI at which risk...

Pregnancy wantedness in the Philippines often depends on spousal communication.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnancy wantedness in the Philippines often depends on spousal communication. "We compared husbands' and wives' views of the wantedness of their most recent pregnancy in the Philippines, a country...

Quick action improves maternal and fetal odds during intrapartum emergencies.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quick action improves maternal and fetal odds during intrapartum emergencies. "Intrapartum emergencies are challenging to all perinatal nurses because of the increased risk of adverse outcomes for...

Researchers warn pregnant women to be wary of flu outbreak.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnant women in the U.S. should be particularly wary of the current flu outbreak, researchers caution. Women who experience fever during their second trimester of pregnancy have been found to be...

Umbilical plasma kininase I activity grows where fetal hypoxia abounds.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Umbilical plasma kininase I activity grows where fetal hypoxia abounds. "To shed light on the role of bradykinin in pre-eclampsia in addition to acute hypoxia, we measured the activity of kininase...

FDA-approved, reusable, ovulation management test now available nationwide.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new, reusable, at-home test will tell from a sample of a woman's saliva if she is ovulating. According to the manufacturer, Ovulation Scope accurately predicts a woman's peak likelihood to become...

Collaborative approaches to pain management have changed labor analgesia.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Collaborative approaches to pain management have changed labor analgesia. "Women are better educated today on issues related to labor and childbirth. Pain management options for the woman in labor...

The impact of multiple micronutrient deficiencies on cognition remains unknown.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The impact of multiple micronutrient deficiencies on cognition remains unknown. According to published research from the United States, "the relationship between four micronutrient deficiencies...

NaSi-1 deficits cause seizures, infertility, and low body weight in mice.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NaSi-1 deficits cause seizures, infertility, and low body weight in mice. "Inorganic sulfate is required for numerous functions in mammalian physiology, and its circulating levels are proposed to be...

'Suicide proteins' contribute to sperm creation.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Studying fruit flies, researchers have determined that proteins called caspases and regulators of these proteins are necessary for sperm formation. The primary agents of programmed cell death, or...

Infertility and involuntary childlessness heighten psychological distress.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infertility and involuntary childlessness heighten psychological distress. "Using a random sample of 580 Midwestern women, we test the hypothesis that women who have experienced infertility report...

Murine malformations offer a way to assess retinoid-induced teratogenicity.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Murine malformations offer a way to assess retinoid-induced teratogenicity. According to a study from the United States, "the interaction of a dietary excess of vitamin A (retinoid) and deficiency...

Sulfadiazine presents risk of kidney failure during pregnancy.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sulfadiazine given to pregnant women for toxoplasmosis can result in kidney stones and failure if not approached properly. "Obstructive renal failure is a rare but serious complication of...

Sexual assault evidence collection by trained nurse examiners is more accurate.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The growing reliance on DNA evidence in criminal trials, especially in sexual assault crimes, is placing increasing responsibility for evidence collection on the emergency nurses who provide care for...

Female ob-gyns name leading health problems for women; obesity heads list.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female obstetrician-gynecologists cite obesity as the leading health problem confronting women today, according to a new Gallup Organization survey conducted for The American College of Obstetricians...

Pregnant women with repaired CHD have high arrhythmia risk.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnant women with repaired congenital heart defects have a high risk of arrhythmia, which could result in low-birth-weight children. In a recent study from Japan, "The incidence, manifestation...

Exercise during pregnancy improves spatial learning in newborn animals.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exercise during pregnancy improves spatial learning in newborn animals. According to a study from Thailand, "physical activities for a few days can increase brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)...

Nonlatex condoms provide a viable alternative to latex condoms for some men.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nonlatex condoms provide a viable alternative to latex condoms for some men. "This systematic review sought to evaluate non-latex male condoms in comparison with latex condoms in terms of...

Patient education, respect key to reducing women's gyn exam anxiety.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite advances in medicine and technology, some of women's most basic healthcare needs are not being met, says a Purdue University health communication expert. "Many women suffer tremendous...

Chorioamniotic membrane separations follow invasive intrauterine procedures.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chorioamniotic membrane separations follow invasive intrauterine procedures. "We present a patient who developed complete chorioamniotic membrane separation (CMS) in two consecutive pregnancies....

Company launches commercially available in vitro maturation media.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medi-Cult, a/s, (MEC) announced the launch of what it says is the world's first commercially available in vitro maturation media, IVM. According to the company, this is a significant advance for...

Minnesota medical group wants changes to abortion language on state web site.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One of Minnesota's most influential medical groups says state officials should change language on the state Department of Health's web site that suggests abortion increases the risk of breast cancer....

FDA panel votes to allow sale of emergency contraceptive.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barr Laboratories, Inc., (BRL) and Women's Capital Corporation (WCC) announced that two U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committees have recommended that Plan B, now available by...

3-D ultrasound assesses lung volume in cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- 3-D ultrasound assesses lung volume in cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. "We report on two fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in whom the fetal lung volumes were estimated...

Accrediting body defends procedures for reporting Pap test results.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Putting a physician's electronic signature on a Pap test report even when the doctor didn't review the results is common, the leading laboratory accrediting body in the U.S. said on December 19, 2003,...

Number of babies born to Illinois teens falls to record low in 2002.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of babies born to Illinois teenagers fell for the eighth straight year in 2002 to the lowest in more than 40 years, according to the state Public Health Department. Of the 180,555...

Optical immunoassay for group B streptococcus works better if infection is heavy.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Optical immunoassay for group B streptococcus works better if infection is heavy; culture may still be necessary. According to published research from Thailand, "we evaluated the Strep B optical...

Judge rejects Georgia clinics' request to fund 'medically necessary' abortions.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A judge has denied a temporary restraining order requested by Georgia health clinics to allow women to have Medicaid-funded abortions for pregnancies that are threatening their health. Attorneys...

Parents can listen to their baby's fetal heartbeat at home.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hearing the baby's fetal heartbeat at the doctor's office is one of the most relieving and joyous moments for every expecting mother. Now expectant parents can listen to their baby's heartbeat at...

Women with hereditary risk for thrombophilia need preconception screening.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with hereditary risk for thrombophilia need preconception screening. According to recent research published in the journal Gynakologe, "the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) during...

Maternal undernutrition doesn't correlate with infant birth weight indices.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maternal undernutrition doesn't correlate with infant birth weight indices. According to published research from England, "experimental studies indicate that fetal undernutrition programs life-long...

IL-1 receptor antagonist polymorphisms are associated with preeclampsia.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IL-1 receptor antagonist polymorphisms are associated with preeclampsia risk. "We have determined whether genetic variability in the gene encoding interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL1Ra)...

Inverness to supply Pfizer with a digital version of its e.p.t pregnancy test.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., (IMA) through its subsidiary, Unipath, Ltd., recently entered into an agreement to supply Warner-Lambert Co., LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc., a...

Miscommunication and poor medical advice contributes to unplanned pregnancies.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Miscommunication and poor medical advice contributes to unplanned pregnancies. According to recent research published in the journal Contraception, "our objective was to examine the impact of prior...

Filariasis prevention programs are adequate for excluding pregnant women.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Filariasis prevention programs are adequate for excluding pregnant women. "The current strategy for the interruption of transmission of lymphatic filariasis in areas where the disease is co-endemic...

Pulse oximetry technology performs reliably under challenging clinical motion.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Masimo announced a new publication on the performance of pulse oximetry technologies on neonates during challenging clinical motion. The study, published in the Archives of Diseases in Child,...

Sublingual or vaginal misoprostol combines with mifepristone to abort pregnancy.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sublingual or vaginal misoprostol combines with mifepristone to abort pregnancy. "Of the total women included in the study, 96 women chose to receive misoprostol 600 microgram sublingually while 53...

Women are not likely to abuse over-the-counter emergency contraception.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women are not likely to abuse over-the-counter emergency contraception. According to published research from the United States, "removing the prescription requirement for Plan B(R) will help...

Inhaled tertiary amyl methyl ether vapor affects reproduction in male rodents.
January 12, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inhaled tertiary amyl methyl ether vapor affects reproduction in male rodents. According to a study from the United States, "under Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances draft...

Sticky uterine coating helps embryo implant in uterus.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After fertilization, an embryo has just a few days to settle into a woman's uterus, implant, and start growing into a baby. Researchers have learned that during the fertile period in a woman's...

Urgent action required to prevent half a million maternal deaths annually.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maternal reproductive health, one of the most neglected global public-health catastrophes, is the theme for the first issue of the Lancet in 2004. A mini-series highlighting the key global...

No link found between preeclampsia or cesarean section and type 1 diabetes.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from a large, population-based cohort study indicate no association exists between preeclampsia or cesarean section and incidence of type 1 diabetes among children. According to a study...

More episiotomies performed by private doctors than residents, hospital faculty.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who deliver their babies attended by physicians in private practice have a seven-fold increased risk of undergoing an episiotomy compared to women attended by ob-gyn residents or hospital faculty...

Researchers find gene key to production of egg and sperm.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For all its importance in sexual reproduction, the process of creating eggs and sperm, called meiosis, is still poorly understood. How the chromosomes in germ cells pair off, trade a few genes, and...

TWEAK identifies where intervention for alcohol use during pregnancy is needed.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TWEAK identifies where intervention for alcohol use during pregnancy is needed. "Alcohol exposure during pregnancy is a well-recognized public health problem. Accurate assessment of prenatal...

Allergy to goat, sheep milk, but not cow, is due to greater casein homology.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Goat and sheep milk caseins are more homologous, thus allergy to these milks can exist without cow milk allergy. "Allergy to goat and sheep's milk without allergy to cow's milk is rare, and was...

Childhood allergies can be induced by the environment early in development.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Childhood allergies can be induced by the environment early in development, even though some environmental factors have the reverse effect of being protective. "Allergies manifest as an excessive...

Prevention of allergies by antigen avoidance may not always prove beneficial.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prevention of allergies by antigen avoidance may work in some cases and not in others; the reasons for this need investigation so proper measures can be taken. "For the therapy of established...

A CD16+CD56DIM NK cell increase may lead to idiopathic infertility.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A CD16+CD56DIM NK cell increase is present in and may lead to idiopathic infertility. "One-fifth of all in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients suffer from idiopathic infertility. A low fertilization...

Delay in cell death may lower Chlamydia infection but increase pathology.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immediate inflammation and cell death may control infection with Chlamydia, while delay in cell death may lower infection but produce increased pathology. "Infections by Chlamydia are followed by a...

Estrogen reduction and pregnancy associate with increased facial wrinkling.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogen reduction and pregnancy associate with increased facial wrinkling. "Women appear to be at greater risk of developing wrinkles with age than men. To evaluate the effect of pregnancy and...

Female OB/GYNs name obesity the greatest threat to women's health.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female obstetrician-gynecologists cite obesity as the leading health problem confronting women today, according to a new Gallup Organization survey conducted for The American College of Obstetricians...

Early recognition and treatment of fetal alcohol syndrome improves outcomes.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early recognition and treatment of fetal alcohol syndrome improves outcomes. "Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a common cause of developmental disability, neuropsychiatric impairment and birth...

Infection prophylaxis improves odds after a prolapsed chorioamniotic membrane.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infection prophylaxis improves odds after a prolapsed chorioamniotic membrane. "Our objective was to determine the outcome predictor of conservative bed rest therapy for prolapsed chorioamniotic...

Antibodies to HSV-2 glycoprotein G are not always there during primary infection.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibodies to herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) glycoprotein G are not always there during primary infection; various methods show a wide range of seroconversion times. According to published...

Adenovirus-mediated suicide gene therapy destroys ovarian cancer cells.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adenovirus-mediated suicide gene therapy destroys ovarian cancer cells. "Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex the function of which is to add telomeric repeats (TTAGGG)[subscript]n to...