OBGYN & Reproduction Week articles from November 2004

OBGYN & Reproduction Week archives from November 2004

Fertility concerns affect treatment decisions of many young women with cancer.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Concern about infertility resulting from breast cancer therapy influenced treatment decisions in nearly one-third of young patients participating in a recent study. The study - the largest to date...

Greater risk for children of mothers over 40 to die in utero or as a newborn.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who give birth after age 40 run a greater risk of experiencing pregnancy complications than younger women. Moreover, there is an increased risk of the child dying in the womb or in close...

Oral contraceptive use doesn't cause disease flare in patients with SLE.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oral contraceptive use does not cause disease flare in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or lupus), researchers report. Lupus is a chronic disease that causes inflammation of the...

Genetic component to UI discovered.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women are more likely to develop urinary incontinence if their mother or older sisters are incontinent, according to a study from Norway. These findings add weight to the theory that a genetic...

Bladder weight decreases as duration of menopause increases.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women's bladder weight decreases due to declining estrogen levels, rather than the aging process, say urologists. O. Ekmekcioglu at Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey, and colleagues examined...

Genes involved in valproic acid teratogenicity identified.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genes involved in teratogenicity induced by the antiepileptic drug valproic acid (VPA) have been identified. "Embryonic development is a highly coordinated set of processes that depend on...

Abnormally small female knockout mice are incompetent mothers.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female mice that are abnormally small due to gene knockout technology are also bad mothers whose poor parenting skills cause their young to die within a day or two of birth, scientists reported. ...

Abnormal homocysteine metabolism not key factor in autoimmune disorder.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study results suggest abnormal homocysteine metabolism is not a key factor in the development of antiphospholipid syndrome. "Recent studies have identified hyperhomocysteinemia as a risk factor for...

Review finds recombinant FSH is more effective therapy for inducing ovulation.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is more effective than urinary FSH therapy for inducing ovulation, concludes a recent review article. "Infertility affects approximately 10%-15% of...

Study will look at how professionals approach the complex ethics of IVF.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- How do health professionals approach the complex and sensitive ethics of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo research in their work? While there is a great deal of public debate on contentious...

In Soweto, South Africa, transactional sex may increase women's risk of HIV.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Sex workers have long been considered a high-risk group for HIV infection, but to date little quantitative research has explored the association...

Study shows chubby babies, lean adolescents have higher breast cancer rates.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The way a girl grows during adolescence and even in the womb may play an important, if murky, role in her risk of breast cancer later in life, a Danish study suggests. The study of 117,000 women in...

Young breast cancer patients concerned with therapy's effect on fertility.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study shows that concern about infertility resulting from breast cancer therapy influenced treatment decisions in nearly one third of young patients. The study, which appears in the Journal of...

Biotech firm strengthens drug pipeline by acquiring a phase II compound.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biofrontera AG announced that it has acquired from ASAT AG, Zug, Switzerland, all intellectual property, know-how and material related to a phase II compound for the treatment of various cancerous and...

Computer program predicts women's genetic risk for breast and ovarian cancer.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a computer program that can predict genetic susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer with unprecedented accuracy. The program, called BOADICEA (Breast...

DOD awards sole-source contract for the ThinPrep Pap Test.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytyc Corp. (CYTC) announced that it has won a sole-source contract from the United States Department of Defense (DOD) to provide the ThinPrep Pap Test as the platform for cervical cancer screening at...

Screening recommendations are met in only a few European countries.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers with the Finnish Cancer Registry surveyed 25 cancer screening centers in 18 European countries and found that only a few follow recommended guidelines. According to A. Anttila and...

CD4, CD8 cells may help regulate Th1/Th2 immune responses during infection.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from India, "Human genital infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis is thought to be immunologically mediated, resulting in local recruitment of lymphocyte subsets and...

Foundation urges newborn screening for CF in test panels.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has issued a recommendation for the implementation of routine cystic fibrosis (CF) screening in all newborns. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

In Zimbabwe, hair salons promote female condom use to protect against HIV.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Besides styling hair, Zimbabwean hairdressers are now making waves by promoting the female condom as a protective device against HIV/AIDS, reports the UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN;...

Older women's knowledge of HIV is lacking, study finds.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Age is no defense against AIDS. Women aged 50 and older are living longer and remain sexually active, yet many lack appropriate knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention, according to recent...

Study identifies target for preventing sexual transmission of HIV.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have shown that it may be possible to block male-to-female HIV transmission in heterosexual intercourse and have identified the target for blocking that transmission. Their findings...

Mothers' "emotion coaching" helps children overcome impacts of family violence.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When women engage in a technique called emotion coaching, even in families where there is domestic violence, their children are less aggressive, depressed, and withdrawn, researchers have found. ...

Novel erectile dysfunction drug DA-8159 doesn't cause retinal damage in rabbits.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DA-8159 treatment did not cause retinal damage in a rabbit model. "DA-8159, a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase type 5, was developed as a new drug for erectile dysfunction," scientists in...

Concomitant use of Luveris, Gonal ok'd for hypogonadotropic hypogonadal women.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serono (virt-xSEO and NYSE: SRA) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Luveris (lutropin alfa for injection) for concomitant use with Gonal-f (follitropin alfa for...

Diagnosis and management of galactorrhea reviewed.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Galactorrhea is the persistent discharge of milk or milk-like fluid from the breasts not associated with breastfeeding. A recent article in American Family Physician reviewed diagnosis and management of...

Histologic feature helps diagnose endometrial polyps.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pathologists in South Korea have described "a histologic feature useful in the diagnosis of endometrial polyps, namely, the parallel arrangement of the endometrial glands' long axis to the surface...

Women call for studies of health impact of environmental degradation.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leading women environmentalists have called for research into the impact on the health of women and girls of toxic chemicals and they urged governments to make funds available to associations of poor...

Artichoke flavonoids may represent the ingredients mediating eNOS up-regulation.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Flavonoids from artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) up-regulate endothelial-type nitric-oxide synthase gene expression in human endothelial cells. According to recent research from Germany, "Nitric oxide...

Independent component analysis of microarray data applied to endometrial cancer.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to published research from England, "Gene microarray technology is highly effective in screening for differential gene expression and has hence become a popular tool in the molecular...

The embryo offers a safe haven for genomic imprinting.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The embryo offers a safe haven for genomic imprinting. According to published research from the United States, "preimplantation development is a period of dynamic epigenetic change that begins with...

Inconsistent psychosocial outcomes among cancer services thwart comparison.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study comparing psychosocial outcomes of genetic counseling for familial cancers among five U.K. centers found the results too inconsistent to identify significant factors affecting service provision....

New study links recombination rate with fertility.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a paper published in the October 3 online edition of Nature Genetics, a deCODE-led team of scientists presented the results of a large-scale population study linking recombination rate with maternal...

Lymphocyte activation occurs early in invasive endometrial, cervical cancer.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Greece, "Major histocompatibility complex (HLA system) class II molecules including HLA-DR antigens, associate with peptides, which are derived from antigens, for presentation...

P53 codon 72 polymorphism increases risk of ovarian and endometrial cancers.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Greece, "The polymorphism of codon 72 in the p53 tumor suppressor gene has been associated in the last decade with the risk of developing various neoplasias. "An...

Gene profiles illuminate the polycystic ovary syndrome theca cell phenotype.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gene profiles illuminate the polycystic ovary syndrome theca cell phenotype. "Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by increased ovarian androgen secretion, anovulatory infertility due...

New lead in quest to protect women from sexual HIV transmission.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have long sought a vaginal gel that women could apply before sex to block the AIDS virus. Now they've found a new lead, a chemical specially designed to thwart the way HIV penetrates women's...

Germans cross border to Poland for bargains in plastic surgery and dental work.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aylin Oflas couldn't afford to get the fat liposuctioned off her thighs at home in Germany. So she went back across the border to the Polish doctor who fitted her with D-sized breast implants last year,...

HRT linked to IgM anticardiolipin antibody increase in postmenopausal women.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hormone replacement therapy is associated with increased levels of immunoglobulin M anticardiolipin antibodies in healthy postmenopausal women, researchers report. M. Todorova of the Medical...

Short-term HRT effects vary among vascular sites.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effects of short-term hormone replacement therapy (HRT) vary among vascular sites, researchers say. They also report finding that HRT exhibits no detectable short-term vascular effect in...

Study finds no association between HRT use and risk of lymphomas, myelomas.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacologists in Italy have found no association between postmenopausal use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and risk of developing lymphomas and myelomas. The existence of such a relationship...

ERT can restore impaired immune response in postmenopausal women.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Based on a study in women who'd undergone surgical menopause, researchers in Turkey say estrogen replacement therapy can restore impaired immune response caused by hormone deficiency in postmenopausal...

Tips for sharing a bed with an infant.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development says studies have indicated that it might be unsafe, in some cases, for an adult to share a bed with an infant child, but offers these...

Role of oxidative stress in the menstrual cycle focus of study.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University at Buffalo are conducting the first comprehensive study of the relationship between hormonal changes in the menstrual cycle and cellular oxidative stress, thought to be an...

Hospital visit prevention by influenza vaccine during pregnancy studied.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Influenza vaccination during pregnancy did not appear to prevent hospitalization or outpatient visits for respiratory illness in pregnant women and their infants. "The Advisory Committee on...

Isolated case of pulmonary KS in pregnancy reported.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physicians at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine have described the first reported case of isolated pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma in pregnancy. "Kaposi's sarcoma in human...

Implantable chip provides medical information, privacy worries.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical milestone or privacy invasion? A tiny computer chip approved October 13, 2004, for implantation in a patient's arm can speed vital information about a patient's medical history to doctors and...

Sperm retrieval effective in 30-70% of azoospermia cases.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cornell University urologists recently reviewed causes and management of azoospermia, the lack of living sperm in semen. "Azoospermia may occur because of reproductive tract obstruction...

Witnesses paint bleak picture of healthcare in Maryland.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors and their patients painted a bleak picture of the future of healthcare in Maryland, telling members of a gubernatorial task force that soaring malpractice insurance premiums are forcing many...

Company is awarded ISO certification for in vitro diagnostic medical devices.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SmartBead Technologies Limited announced that, following audit of its quality management systems by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance, SmartBead has been approved to ISO 13485:2003 for the design,...

Black Caribbean women in U.K. less likely to get postnatal depression therapy.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Black Caribbean women in Manchester, England, are less likely to receive treatment for postnatal depression than white British women there. D. Edge at the University of Salford, U.K., and...

Abdominal fat indicates severity of syndrome in obese, postmenopausal women.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research shows that the presence of intra-abdominal fat can indicate the existence and severity of metabolic syndrome in obese, postmenopausal women. The findings, published in the November 2004...

Fetal alcohol exposure alters neurosteroid levels in developing rat brain.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal alcohol exposure has a significant impact on neurosteroid levels in the developing rat brain. "Neurosteroids are modulators of neuronal function that may play important roles in brain...

DNA sequencing identifies bacteria that place women at risk for premature labor.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DNA sequencing identifies bacteria that place women at risk for premature labor. According to scientists in the United States, "our objective was to identify bacterial species present in...

Depressive symptoms, alcohol, tobacco associated with postpartum comorbidity.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depressive symptoms, binge drinking, and tobacco use by pregnant women are associated with comorbidity at 8 months postpartum, researchers have found. According to a study from the United States,...

Healthy eating reduces the chance of spina bifida.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A balanced diet reduces the risk of a baby with spina bifida, says a researcher in The Netherlands. Pascal Groenen investigated how different nutritional components affected the risk of developing...

Hemodynamic resistance model applied to acardiac twinning.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in The Netherlands have modified their earlier "hemodynamic resistance model of monochorionic twins connected by placental vascular anastomoses to include the analysis of acardiac twin...

If bile level is kept low, intrahepatic cholestasis doesn't pose risk to fetus.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy doesn't pose a risk to the fetus as long as bile levels are kept below 40 micromol per liter, researchers report. "Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP),...

Intrapartum FHR monitoring via scalp electrode better than external ultrasound.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intrapartum fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring via scalp electrode provides much better signals than that obtained via external ultrasound, researchers report. P.C.A.M. Bakker of Vrije University,...

LMW heparin is preferred treatment for venous thromboembolism in pregnancy.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hematologists in Scotland recommend low-molecular-weight heparins as anticoagulants of choice for treatment of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy. Their review article was published recently in the...

Leukemia-inhibitory factor regulates endometrial genes during implantation.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leukemia-inhibitory factor regulates endometrial genes during implantation. "The endometrium is prepared for implantation by the actions of estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P4). In mice the luminal...

Study compares hCG assays for managing gestational trophoblastic disease.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obstetrician/gynecologists at the University of New Mexico's Health Science Center make the case that of three human chorionic gonadotropin assays - DPC Immulite, U.K. RIA, and Abbott AxSym test - only...

Tocolysis with beta-mimetic agent normalizes CTG pattern in early labor.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obstetricians in Finland report that tocolysis with a beta-mimetic agent normalizes cardiotocographic (CTG) patterns in the first stage of labor. The study comprised 73 "consecutive parturients with...

Women's ambulatory pulse pressure is higher during complicated pregnancies.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ambulatory pulse pressure is higher in women during complicated pregnancies, study results indicate. "With the use of ambulatory monitoring, a circadian blood pressure pattern has been shown to...

Fewer than half of fracture patients over age 51 are treated for bone loss.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a 1-year study, fewer than half of acute fracture patients over age 51 subsequently were treated for bone loss, Tufts University researchers and their colleagues report. The authors note that...

Fructooligosaccharides maximize bone-sparing effects of soy isoflavones.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fructooligosaccharides maximized the bone-sparing effects of soy isoflavones in a study conducted in ovariectomized rats. "Isoflavones (IF) have been increasingly implicated for use in the...

Group calls Surgeon General's report an important wake-up call.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) is urging all American women to take seriously the U.S. Surgeon General's new report on bone health and osteoporosis. The report says that 10...

Novel semiannual therapy may prove effective in bone resorption.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel treatment administered semiannually to postmenopausal women with low bone density appears to rapidly inhibit the bone resorption process, resulting in improvements in bone mineral density at 12...

SERM+ teriparatide offers improved bone therapy for postmenopausal patients.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The combination of teriparatide (Forteo; Eli Lilly & Co.), an injectable parathryoid hormone medication, when administered with the selective estrogen receptor modulator, raloxifene (Evista; Eli Lilly &...

Sports activities during college-age years may mean healthier bones later.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study of college-aged students (ages 17-21), young Caucasian adults may require more moderate to vigorous physical activity, such as sports, than is currently recommended for overall...

U.S. Surgeon General: Immediate action needed to prevent osteoporotic fractures.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, has warned in a new report that by 2020, half of all American citizens older than 50 will be at risk for fractures from osteoporosis and low bone...

High-risk women recruited for studies via mass mail worry less about testing.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women at high risk for ovarian cancer who were recruited for studies via mass mail were less likely to worry about their risk or about cancer screening tests than women recruited by physicians or family...

Met-dependent signaling goes through progressive changes in cancer model.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of British Columbia researchers "used an experimental in vitro model of human ovarian surface epithelium (OSE), the tissue of origin of >90% of ovarian cancers, to more precisely define the...

Promising validation results for ovarian cancer biomarkers presented at meeting.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ciphergen Diagnostics, a division of Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc., (CIPH), presented initial results of its ongoing study to validate biomarkers for ovarian cancer and reported progress in assay...

Anthelmintic improves maternal anemia, infant birthweight and survival in Nepal.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Use of an anthelmintic treatment improved anemia rates among pregnant women in Nepal and birthweight and survival rates of their infants. "Anthelmintic treatment, which is recommended during...

FAS regulates oncogenic proteins closely related to malignant transformation.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the U.S. reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA that they have "identified a molecular link between FAS and HER2 (erbB-2) oncogene, a marker for...

U.N. hopes guidelines for Mozambican mothers will help reduce child mortality.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mozambican mothers have been encouraged to familiarize themselves with a book outlining measures to reduce health risks for their children, but the challenges of a life of poverty make it difficult for...

CYP19/aromatase is the major enzyme in methadone metabolism in placenta.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CYP19/aromatase is the major enzyme in methadone metabolism in term placentas from healthy pregnancies, biochemists at the University of Texas determined. "Methadone pharmacotherapy is considered...

Longitudinal changes in energy use, body composition studied in obese women.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reproductive biologists in the U.S. reported findings of a study evaluating "changes in energy expenditure and body composition in women with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and gestational diabetes...

Women with chin hair, infertility may have hidden disorder.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with facial hair, unexplained weight gain and irregular periods may have more than cosmetic or fertility problems but a serious disorder that can eventually lead to diabetes and even heart...

Particular combination of protein expression increases hypertension risk.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When a particular combination of proteins is expressed by a mother and her developing fetus, the risk of developing preeclampsia increases, according to a new study. Preeclampsia, a serious...

In preeclampsia, intermediate trophoblasts don't express MCAM/CD146.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists in China have determined that in preeclampsia, intermediate trophoblasts don't express the melanoma cell adhesion molecule CD146. The finding suggests CD146 is an important factor in...

Rubella immunization and postpartum care reviewed.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review rubella immunization in relation to postpartum care in a recent issue of Birth - Issues in Perinatal Care. The postpartum period is a time when many routine interventions are...

Interactive video behavioral intervention reduces adolescent females' STD risk.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study from the United States found that an interactive video behavioral intervention reduced adolescent females' risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted disease (STD). J.S. Downs at Carnegie...