OBGYN & Reproduction Week articles from July 2003

OBGYN & Reproduction Week archives from July 2003

Gamma-inulin/liposomes/vitamin E adjuvant used in contraceptive vaccines.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A combination adjuvant composed of gamma-inulin, liposomes, and vitamin E promoted the formation of antibodies against sperm. "The adjuvanticity of two gamma inulin/liposomes/vitamin E combinations...

Diabetes, hypertension in pregnancy can raise heart disease risk.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who have pregnancy-related high blood pressure conditions or diabetes can develop heart disease risk factors as soon as two years after giving birth, according to a University of Pittsburgh study...

Pregnant women should have thorough breast examination, oncologist says.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obstetricians should perform a thorough breast examination of pregnant women to detect breast cancer, study results suggest. Too often the diagnosis is delayed because doctors and pregnant women...

No increase in complication risk during Caesarean section.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnant women infected with HIV do not have an increased risk of complications during Caesarean section delivery. According to published research from Thailand, "a study of maternal complications...

G-protein beta(3) subunit associated with weight gain during pregnancy.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The G-protein beta[subscript]3 subunit 825 C/T polymorphism has been linked to weight gain during pregnancy. According to recent research from the United States, "A common polymorphism (C825T) of...

New semen quality scores predict pregnancy in male-infertile couples.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New semen quality scores predict pregnancy in male-infertile couples. "The purpose of this study was to determine whether two new semen quality (SO) scores could predict pregnancy in patients...

Mesothelioma doesn't have a high incidence of estrogen, progesterone receptors.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Benign cystic mesothelioma of the peritoneum is 100% positive for calretinin, but only a few cases are positive for estrogen and progesterone receptors. "Benign cystic mesothelioma (BCM) is an...

4-CE and quinone conjugates were highly significant predictors of breast cancer.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- 4-CE and quinone conjugates were highly significant predictors of breast cancer. According to recent research from the United States, "Exposure to estrogens has been associated with an increased...

BRCA2 levels are regulated by three mechanisms in a p53-dependent manner.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BRCA2 levels are regulated by three mechanisms in a p53-dependent manner. According to a study from the United States, "Adriamycin and other DNA-damaging agents have been shown to reduce BRCA2 mRNA...

Gabapentin might have a role in treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gabapentin might have a role in treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea. "In an anecdotal report, complete resolution of chemotherapy-induced nausea was seen in a patient with breast cancer, after...

HIN-1 methylation patterns may be associated with some breast cancer subtypes.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIN-1 methylation patterns may be associated with some breast cancer subtypes. According to published research from the United States, "We recently identified a candidate tumor suppressor gene,...

Intraoperative imprint cytology of sentinel node could reduce operations.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intraoperative imprint cytology of sentinel lymph nodes could allow many patients to undergo immediate instead of followup surgery, without fear of false positives. "An increasing number of...

Isoflavones may not exert an estrogenic effect on mammographic density.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Isoflavones may not exert an estrogenic effect on mammographic density. "The estrogenic and antiestrogenic effects of isoflavones, phytoestrogens contained in soy foods, have been proposed as...

Psychosocial interventions should be integrated into disease management programs.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychosocial interventions should be integrated into disease management programs for breast cancer. According to published research from Germany, "Breast cancer patients are subject not only to...

Upper lobe pulmonary fibrosis can be associated with high-dose chemotherapy.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Upper lobe pulmonary fibrosis can be associated with high-dose chemotherapy. According to recent research published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, "Upper lobe fibrotic lung disease is most...

FDA approval granted for ThinPrep Imaging System.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytyc Corporation (CYTC) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the ThinPrep Imaging System for commercial use. The ThinPrep Imaging System (Imager) is a device that...

Three farm chemicals linked to lower sperm counts and quality.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study in Environmental Health Perspectives, a U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences publication, has linked three common farm chemicals to lower sperm counts and quality, following...

Genome sequence of Y chromosome reported.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The detailed genome sequence of the male-making human Y chromosome was published in the June 19, 2003, issue of Nature (www.nature.com/nature). Many cases of male infertility are due to genetic...

Monoclonal antibody therapeutics use crystalline formulations.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Altus Biologics, Inc., announced the publication of studies demonstrating the applicability of its proprietary protein crystallization drug delivery technology, Crystalomics, to the delivery and...

Study identifies genes likely to contribute to disease.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new approach for diagnosing and treating endometriosis is reported in the July 2003 issue of Endocrinology. Researchers used microarray technology to identify genes likely to contribute to the...

Skeletal radiographs used in assessing fetal death require skilled teams.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Skeletal radiographs used in assessing fetal death require skilled teams. "The aim of this study was to assess the value of fetal skeletal radiographs in determining the etiology of fetal death. A...

Status and emerging concepts of HPV vaccination reviewed.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The status and emerging concepts of HPV vaccination have been reviewed in the journal Gynakologe. According to published research from Germany, "A recent editorial in the prestigious New England...

National group up for award for new approach to infertility care.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Reproductive Care (ARC), a network of infertility specialists, announced it has been nominated for the "Abby" Innovations in Healthcare Award, presented annually by the Adaptive Business...

Pap smear often finds many high-grade epithelial malignant cells.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pap smear often finds many high-grade epithelial malignant cells. According to a study from the United States, "Malignant mixed Mullerian tumor is a rare neoplasm that occurs most frequently in...

Fetal DNA is short-lived in plasma after maternal delivery.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal DNA is short-lived in plasma after maternal delivery. According to a study from Italy, "short- and long-term persistence of fetal DNA in maternal plasma has been investigated. Short-term...

Serious, but curable, complication of pregnancy is taboo in Africa.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 2 million women suffer from a serious complication of pregnancy that can easily be cured, and in Africa many risk being ostracized by their families because of it, according to a new report....

Interactive multiplanar review may improve detection of peritoneal metastases.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interactive multiplanar review may improve detection of peritoneal metastases in ovarian cancer. "Ovarian cancer is usually in an advanced stage at diagnosis due to the presence of peritoneal...

Prolactin is also a regulator of human T-lymphocyte function.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cloned human T lymphocytes help prove that prolactin is a regulator of T lymphocyte function. "To evaluate the possible role of prolactin (PRL) in T-lymphocytes, we monitored gene induction in 1...

Gynecologists have important role in identifying, aiding victims.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study reported in the June 20, 2003, issue of the Lancet highlights how gynecologists could have an important role in identifying women who have experienced sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. ...

Pregnant woman undergoes microvascular free tissue transfer for tongue carcinoma.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnant woman undergoes microvascular free tissue transfer for tongue carcinoma. Researchers from Wales "describe a 36-year-old patient with a stage III carcinoma (pT2N1M0) of the tongue that...

Young women generally positive about human papillomavirus vaccine.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young women in general possessed positive attitudes toward receiving the human papillomavirus vaccine. According to recent research from the United States, "Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are...

FISH offers rapid streptococcal screening for pregnant women.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- FISH offers rapid streptococcal screening for pregnant women. According to published research from Germany, "group B streptococci (GBS) are the most frequent pathogens in neonates with sepsis. A...

Fetal monitoring in type 1 diabetic pregnancies discussed.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An analysis of the protocols for fetal monitoring in type 1 diabetic pregnancies has been published in the journal Early Human Development. "Stillbirth and perinatal mortality rates are five times...

Pregnancy-associated breast carcinomas are aggressive tumors.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnancy-associated breast carcinomas are aggressive tumors. "A population-based series of 122 patients with pregnancy-associated breast carcinomas was histologically reviewed and the...

Thyroid autoimmunity prevalence is high; endometriosis has highest risk.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infertile women have higher levels of thyroid autoimmunity, and women with endometriosis appear to have higher risk. According to published research from Belgium, "Thyroid hormones have profound...

Immunosuppressive therapy may give higher risk of pregnancy complications.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Renal transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy may be more likely to have premature babies and more difficulties, when compared to women with renal disease and no therapy. "The aim...

Trophoblast cells are drawn to vascular endothelial growth factor.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trophoblast cells are drawn to vascular endothelial growth factor. According to recent research from England, "a role for angiogenic growth factors in trophoblast invasion has been postulated....

BRCA1 expression modulates chemosensitivity of HCC1937 breast cancer cells.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BRCA1 expression modulates chemosensitivity of HCC1937 breast cancer cells. "Germline mutations of the tumor suppressor gene BRCA1 are involved in the predisposition and development of breast...

Beta Pix-alpha, protein involved in cell motility, overexpressed in breast cancer.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Beta Pix-alpha, a protein involved in cell motility, is expressed much more in most breast cancer tissues. According to published research from South Korea, "Interacting exchange factor (betaPix)...

Mutations in BRCA1 may be associated with a lower risk of breast cancer.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutations in BRCA1 may be associated with a lower risk of breast cancer. According to a study from Australia, "If the risk of disease is not the same for all germline mutations in a given gene, or...

Patent application filed for tamoxifen derivative.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ascend Therapeutics announced that it has filed a patent application for the pharmaceutical composition of TamoGel (4-Hydroxy Tamoxifen (4-OHT) Gel), its use for the prevention and treatment of breast...

Research suggests the importance of spiritual belief systems for health.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research suggests the importance of spiritual belief systems for health. According to recent research from the United States, "Spirituality has been shown to be associated with health, and is an...

Researchers categorize treatment guidelines for papillary breast carcinoma.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers categorize treatment guidelines for papillary breast carcinoma. According to a study from the United States, "Papillary carcinoma is a rare but perplexing entity. The varied...

Vitamin D-3 analogs represent a novel treatment approach for human cancer.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin D-3 analogs represent a novel treatment approach for human cancer. According to a study from the United States, "1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 (1,25(OH)[subscript]2D-3), a steroid hormone...

Ras homolog member I (ARHI) inhibits growth of ovarian and breast cancers.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ras homolog member I (ARHI) inhibits growth of ovarian and breast cancers. "Our group recently identified Ras homolog member I (ARHI), a novel maternally imprinted tumor suppressor gene that...

Homozygous deletions demonstrated in cervical carcinoma in 3p21.3T and 3p21.3C.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Homozygous deletions demonstrated in cervical carcinoma in 3p21.3T and 3p21.3C. According to a study from Sweden, "We report chromosome 3p deletion mapping of 32 cervical carcinoma (CC) biopsies...

Free radical generators appear to be useful for hyperthermic cancer therapy.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Free radical generators appear to be useful for hyperthermic cancer therapy in cervical and uterine cancer. According to a study from Japan, "Hyperthermia-induced apoptosis and its enhancement in...

A commercial IgG/IgM Western blot assay works well for early postnatal diagnosis.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A commercial Western blot assay that compares maternal and infant bands can determine early on if there is congenital toxoplasmosis. "The aim of this study was to evaluate a commercial Western...

Contraceptive potential of plasmid pCMV4-rZPC' DNA vaccine evaluated.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The contraceptive potential of a plasmid pCMV4-rZPC' DNA vaccine has been evaluated. "Zona pellucida C (ZPC) is a major glycoprotein of the zona pellucida that possesses the sperm receptor...

Galectin-3 expression in the human lens is linked to specific events.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the development of the eye lens, galectin-3 is present in all early cells, and later during elongation of lens fibers in humans. According to a study from Germany, "In order to investigate the...

New group provides research, education.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A severe disease that forces some pregnant women to be hospitalized, and leads as many as 25% of these women to terminate their pregnancies out of fear for their own lives, now has a foundation for...

Low sperm count, quality in rural areas tied to herbicides, pesticides.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Following an earlier study that found that men in rural mid-Missouri had lower sperm counts and quality than their peers in urban centers, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher has identified...

Radiofrequency ablation of intrahepatic lesions is a successful intervention.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiofrequency ablation of intrahepatic lesions is a successful intervention. According to recent research from the United States, "Intrahepatic recurrences of a granulosa cell tumor of the ovary...

Contrast-enhanced MRI improves planning of cytoreduction preceding chemotherapy.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Contrast-enhanced MRI improves planning of cytoreduction preceding chemotherapy in ovarian cancer. According to a study from Germany, "The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of MRI...

Preterm birth or extremely low birth weight results in later impairments.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with extremely low birth weight (ELBW) or born very preterm show cognitive, behavioral, and educational impairments at school-age, researchers in Australia report. Cognitive deficits,...

Conditions during pregnancy can raise risk of heart disease.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who have pregnancy-related high blood pressure conditions or diabetes can develop heart disease risk factors as soon as 2 years after giving birth, according to a University of Pittsburgh study...

Androgens decrease breast cancer rates in women on HRT.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exciting, new research into the roles of estrogen and testosterone in mental and physical functions highlights the role of these important reproductive hormones in men's and women's health. The...

Positive interim results reported on Tostrelle Gel.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that an interim analysis of a phase II study using Tostrelle 0.5% (testosterone gel) to treat women with sexual dysfunction showed a response rate of 71% versus...

Chlamydophila pneumoniae protease transfer to host cell is iron dependent.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CPAF is secreted by Chlamydia into the host cell after 72 hours, but can be inhibited with IFN-gamma or iron limitation, producing only persistent infection. "Chlamydial protease-like activity...

Cigarette smoke linked to low folate levels.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exposure to cigarette smoke may rob people of folate, an important vitamin that helps protect against a variety of diseases, including a number of birth defects, a large U.S. study concludes. Both...

Experts offer hope of avoiding serious complication of assisted reproduction.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research by fertility experts in Spain is bringing new hope to women of avoiding a serious complication of assisted reproduction: ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). In its severest form,...

First proof presented that PCOS is more than twice as common in lesbian women.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found the first evidence that a common cause of infertility in women is more prevalent among lesbians than heterosexuals. They suggest that the biochemical disorder associated with...

Father absence places daughters at risk for early sex and pregnancy.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Father absence places daughters at risk for early sex and pregnancy. "The impact of father absence on early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy was investigated in longitudinal studies in the...

VEGF overexpression is implicated in ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome fluid.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VEGF overexpression is implicated in ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome fluid. "Convincing evidence supports the role of ovarian-origin vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in inducing vascular...

Epidural fentanyl volume does not affect labor analgesia or ambulation ability.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epidural fentanyl volume does not affect labor analgesia or ambulation ability. "Epidural fentanyl after a lidocaine and epinephrine test dose provides adequate analgesia and allows for ambulation...

Myometrial quiescence involves increased expression of RII alpha.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The regulatory component RIIalpha of the cAMP signalling pathway has increased expression in human myometrium from the second trimester on, then decreased during labor. "There are substantial data...

Muslims embrace IVF, but Sunnis are more restricted than Shi'ites.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures are spreading rapidly in the Muslim world, as both Sunnis and Shi'ites embrace assisted reproductive technology as a means of overcoming the suffering caused by...

Scientists take step nearer to creating artificial egg using a somatic cell.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists believe that they are an important step nearer to success in creating an artificial egg from the combination of the nucleus of a somatic cell and an oocyte that has had its DNA-carrying...

Study of children born after in vitro maturation indicates technique is safe.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children born after female eggs were matured in the laboratory are healthy, according to the first survey of babies born using this technique. Dr. Anne Lis Mikkelsen, a consultant at the Fertility...

Lymphocytic hypophysitis in a male involved headache, impotence, vision problems.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lymphocytic hypophysitis found in a male involved headache, impotence, vision problems, and an enlarged, fibrous pituitary. "Lymphocytic hypophysitis is a rare inflammatory disorder which is...

FDA approval granted for Metronidazole.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Able Laboratories, Inc., (ABRX, AAB) announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Metronidazole Tablets USP, 250mg...

More findings reported from WHI on risk of cancer with postmenopausal HRT.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postmenopausal hormone therapy with relatively short-term use of a specific regimen of continuous-combined estrogen plus progestin (EPT) significantly increases the risk for breast cancer, according to...

Nuclear survivin is a marker for improved prognosis, not seen in normal tissue.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Survivin, which regulates cell division and inhibits apoptosis, is a nuclear marker for improved breast cancer prognosis, but is not in normal tissue. "Survivin is a member of the inhibitor of...

Osteoblast-related transcription factors are expressed in breast cancer cells.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Osteoblast-related transcription factors are expressed in breast cancer cells. "Human breast cancers are known to preferentially metastasize to skeletal sites, however, the mechanisms that mediate...

The periareolar mapping technique is advantageous to the subdermal technique.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The periareolar mapping technique is advantageous to the subdermal technique. According to published research from Italy, "The combination of preoperative lymphatic mapping with intraoperative...

Theratope vaccine trial unblinded, didn't meet endpoints.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomira, Inc., (BIOM, BRA) president and CEO, Alex McPherson, MD, PhD, reported on trial results from Biomira's phase III Theratope vaccine trial in metastatic breast cancer. The trial enrolled...

Fibroblast growth factor 7 stimulates growth of human breast epithelial cells.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fibroblast growth factor 7, produced by breast fibroblasts, can be stimulated by IL-10, and promotes proliferation of breast epithelial type cells. According to a study from England, "Keratinocyte...

Disease in premature babies isn't caused by respiratory burst or dexamethasone.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Premature babies with or without respiratory distress syndrome have increasing respiratory burst activity, dexamethasone therapy lowers this, but no associations appear to exist between respiratory...

Key milestone reached with Blue Cross/Blue Shield coverage of the Essure.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Conceptus, Inc., (CPTS) announced its Essure procedure has received positive decisions with Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans that account for nearly 43 million covered lives, or more than one-half of all...

Strategies to boost women's multivitamin use fall short.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two interventions to encourage women of childbearing age to take multivitamins did not increase long-term vitamin use, according to a study in the July 2003 issue of the American Journal of Preventive...

Risk after IVF declines with age in women with tubal disease.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first study to look at the risk of ectopic pregnancies after in vitro fertilization (IVF) in a complete national assisted reproductive techniques (ART) register has unearthed a surprising result:...

Newly mapped enzyme could yield new treatments in sexual dysfunction.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research indicates that the enzyme arginase II, which can short-circuit a biochemical pathway leading to sexual arousal in men, is also present in the female genitalia and represents a promising...

Sisters of boys with X linked disease need counseling on carrier assessment.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Teenage sisters of boys with X linked chronic granulomatous disease are aware of their reproductive risk, but are less eager than parents to be tested. "Although recent research has investigated...

DNAwithPap covered benefit.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Digene Corporation (DIGE) announced the DNAwithPap test is a covered benefit for more than 15 million covered lives across the United States and DNAwithPap testing is now available at U.S....