OBGYN & Reproduction Week articles from May 2009

OBGYN & Reproduction Week archives from May 2009

University of Connecticut, Medical Department details research in amenorrhea.
May 4, 2009... "Amenorrhea is a complicated and common problem encountered by primary care physicians. Performing a thorough history and physical examination can often narrow the differential diagnosis considerably," scientists writing in the journal Primary...

Studies from K.E.M. Hendricks et al provide new data on apoptosis.
May 4, 2009... "Apoptosis is common during spermatogenesis. Here, it was tested whether apoptosis could be induced in sperm after ejaculation," researchers in the United States report (see also Apoptosis). "There were several lines of evidence to...

Study results from Cornell University update understanding of candidiasis.
May 4, 2009... "Patients with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS) and control subjects were tested for a polymorphism in the gene coding for the NALP3 component of inflammasomes, cytoplasmic structures regulating interleukin (IL)-1 beta production. DNA from...

New cardiovascular disease study findings reported from University of Toronto.
May 4, 2009... "We sought to determine the impact of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on the occurrence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Women in the University of Toronto lupus database who had taken HRT...

New endometriosis study findings have been reported by researchers at Chang-Gung University.
May 4, 2009... According to a study from Taiwan, "Abdominal wall endometriosis is rare, with an incidence of 0.03-0.47%, following cesarean delivery. The study reviewed abdominal wall endometriomas during an 8-year period in the Department of Obstetrics and...

New reproductive medicine research from Marquette University discussed.
May 4, 2009... "To determine if an electronic hormonal fertility monitor aided method (EHFM) of family planning is more effective than a cervical mucus only method (CMM) in helping couples to avoid pregnancy. Six hundred twenty-eight women were taught how to...

Reports summarize biopsy study results from University of Texas.
May 11, 2009... "To evaluate prospectively whether saline-infusion sonography endometrial sampling will improve diagnosis of benign and malignant endometrial disease compared with blind endometrial biopsy in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with...

Studies from University of Kansas yield new information about breast cancer.
May 11, 2009... "Women at increased risk for breast cancer are at increased risk for ovarian cancer as well, reflecting common risk factors and intertwined etiology of the two diseases. We previously developed a rat model of elevated breast and ovarian cancer...

Researchers' work from National Institutes of Health focuses on cancer.
May 11, 2009... "High intakes of red or processed meat may increase the risk of mortality. Our objective was to determine the relations of red, white, and processed meat intakes to risk for total and cause-specific mortality," scientists in the United States...

Des Moines Register Reports SpectraScience LUMA Enhances Cervical Cancer Exams.
May 11, 2009... SpectraScience, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SCIE), a San Diego based medical device company, announced that Iowa's Des Moines Register published an article reporting that its LUMA cervical imaging system is enhancing the effectiveness of cancer...

Scientists at Singleton Hospital publish research in chlamydia.
May 11, 2009... "We introduced a Nurse/Health Advisor-led fast-track service for treating patients diagnosed with chlamydia. outside a genitourinary medicine setting and contacts of chlamydia/non-specific urethritis/cervicitis wherever diagnosed. Asymptomatic...

New bacterial vaginosis research from Seoul National University, Medical Department discussed.(Report)
May 18, 2009... "This study was performed to evaluate the relationship among the Nugent score for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV), the results of vaginal fluid culture for genital mycoplasmas, and the subsequent occurrence of preterm birth. The...

Research by F. Almulla and colleagues in cancer provides new insights.(Report)
May 18, 2009... "BRCA1 gene mutations have been extensively studied in relation to breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility. Various genotype-phenotype correlation attempts have yielded important data pertaining to the consequences of BRCA1 mutations,"...

Investigators at University of Oxford target cervicitis.
May 18, 2009... According to a study from Oxford, the United Kingdom, " The Oxford-Family Planning Association (Oxford-FPA) contraceptive study has provided information on many serious diseases of the female reproductive tract. No information has been...

Interactive Tour of Assisted Reproduction Technology Laboratory Anchors New Online Destination for Infertility and Reproductive Professionals Seeking to Improve Laboratory Practices.
May 18, 2009... The industry's first interactive, behind-the-scenes video takes viewers day-by-day through the techniques and procedures of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) through a new online destination from Cook Medical. CookARTLab.com is designed to improve...

Reports from P. Jamjute et al highlight recent research in eclampsia.
May 18, 2009... According to recent research from Wales, "The physiological changes in liver function in pregnancy are commonly transient, rarely permanent. Disorders arising in pregnancy, such as pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, acute fatty liver of pregnancy...