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Researchers identify gene responsible for Meckel-Gruber and Joubert syndromes

An international group of researchers has identified the genetic cause of an inherited condition that causes severe foetal abnormalities.

31 May 2010

Women who undergo bilateral oophorectomy tend to have smaller tumors

More than half a million women in the United States undergo a hysterectomy each year and approximately half of those surgeries include removal of the ovaries. Researchers know that removing a woman's ovaries is associated with a reduction in the risk of developing breast cancer, but it has not been clear whether those cancers that do arise in these women differ from breast cancers in the general population.

29 May 2010

Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial hosts second annual Pink Out to raise awareness of breast cancer

In a show of support for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and to help increase awareness of breast cancer, the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is hosting its second annual Pink Out celebration. The tournament is encouraging all fans (guys, you can do it!), officials, caddies and players to wear pink to the tournament on Saturday, May 29.

29 May 2010

Surveys find increased awareness about tobacco marketing among young women in Bangladesh, Thailand, Uruguay

"With half of all men in some developing countries already hooked on cigarettes, the tobacco industry is now courting lucrative new customers - young women," according to a report published Thursday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the Associated Press/Los Angeles Times reports.

29 May 2010

Advances in women's health, practice of obstetrics and gynaecology to be discussed at SOGC

The 66th Annual Clinical Meeting of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. Leading international and Canadian experts will meet to discuss the latest knowledge and advances in women's health and in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology.

29 May 2010

Preimplantation Factor essential for pregnancy to succeed: Study

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and their colleagues at the Society for the Investigation of Early Pregnancy have helped clarify the function of a unique protein called Preimplantation Factor, which is produced by healthy embryos to direct embryo attachment and help the mother adapt to pregnancy.

29 May 2010

Exposure in womb to BPA, DES increase offspring's risk of breast cancer

Exposure in the womb to chemicals like Bisphenol-A (BPA) and Diethylstilbestrol (DES) can increase an offspring's risk of breast cancer, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in a study published in current issue of Hormones and Cancer, a journal of The Endocrine Society.

29 May 2010

Some states calling for ultrasounds to limit abortion

News outlets report on state initiatives to limit abortions by requiring an ultrasound before the procedure. "Over the last decade, ultrasound has quietly become a new front in the grinding state-by-state battle over abortion," The New York Times reports.

29 May 2010

Obama's National Security Strategy released, includes global health, food security priorities

"The Obama administration on Thursday released a sweeping statement of its national security goals," the Los Angeles Times reports. The 52-page document "calls for the United States to strengthen international institutions, to heed treaties and norms, and to build stronger ties to allies, including to the emerging powers of India, Brazil and China.

29 May 2010

World No Tobacco Day 2010 focuses on harmful effects of marketing tobacco to women

The Sixty-third World Health Assembly, which brought together Health Ministers and senior health officials from the World Health Organization Member States, concluded business and closed Friday evening.

29 May 2010

Globe and Mail examines links between maternal health, HIV/AIDS ahead of G8 summit

"While the G8 is putting maternal health at the top of its agenda for next month's summit, fears are growing that the club of wealthy nations is neglecting one of the biggest killers of women: AIDS," the Globe and Mail reports in a piece that examines the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and what the newspaper describes as the G8's "backtracking" on previous pledges to provide universal access HIV/AIDS drugs.

29 May 2010

Advaxis doses first patient in FDA-approved phase II CIN trial

Advaxis, Inc., the live, attenuated Listeria monocytogenes biotechnology company, has dosed the first patient in its US Food and Drug Administration -approved, phase II clinical trial in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, commonly known as cervical dysplasia.

28 May 2010

Amgen announces European approval of Prolia

Amgen Inc. today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for Prolia® (denosumab) for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at increased risk of fractures, and for the treatment of bone loss associated with hormone ablation in men with prostate cancer at increased risk of fractures.

28 May 2010

Women with recurrent miscarriages can have successful pregnancy with supportive care

For women who have multiple miscarriages, the pain of repeated loss is often compounded by another reality. The causes behind miscarriage are complex and often difficult to identify, and even those conditions and associations proposed as causes are poorly understood.

28 May 2010

States act on hospital readmissions, brace for insurance rate hikes and advance health legislation

"[M]ore than 200 area hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, and others met with national experts at the Union League in Center City to learn about strategies to reduce hospital readmissions in the five-county Philadelphia area. One approach is to use nurses to proactively treat the highest-risk patients — older people with multiple chronic illnesses — who cost the most money."

28 May 2010

Women's Health News

Researchers identify gene responsible for Meckel-Gruber and Joubert syndromes

Women who undergo bilateral oophorectomy tend to have smaller tumors

Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial hosts second annual Pink Out to raise awareness of breast cancer

Surveys find increased awareness about tobacco marketing among young women in Bangladesh, Thailand, Uruguay

Advances in women's health, practice of obstetrics and gynaecology to be discussed at SOGC

Preimplantation Factor essential for pregnancy to succeed: Study

Exposure in womb to BPA, DES increase offspring's risk of breast cancer

Some states calling for ultrasounds to limit abortion

Obama's National Security Strategy released, includes global health, food security priorities

World No Tobacco Day 2010 focuses on harmful effects of marketing tobacco to women

Globe and Mail examines links between maternal health, HIV/AIDS ahead of G8 summit

Advaxis doses first patient in FDA-approved phase II CIN trial

Amgen announces European approval of Prolia

Women with recurrent miscarriages can have successful pregnancy with supportive care

States act on hospital readmissions, brace for insurance rate hikes and advance health legislation

American Academy of Pediatrics retires 2010 policy statement on female genital cutting

Active charity supporter nominated for Breast Cancer Campaign's Fundraiser of the Year award

Local school nominated for Breast Cancer Campaign's School of the Year award

CPC seminar to explore new rules shaping pregnancy, pregnancy planning

Local businesswoman nominated for Outstanding Contribution to Breast Cancer Campaign 2010 Award

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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