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Susan G. Komen receives $31,680 as donation for the Cure, San Diego

The Associates of AimLoan.com, a San Diego based Internet Direct Lender, announced a generous donation to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, San Diego for a total of $31,680. This contribution positions the organization as the second largest corporate donor in San Diego. The donation is a result of their 4th Quarter 2009 Community Service Website Campaign.

20 Mar 2010

Abstract about Phase I/II trial of ThermoDox in RCW accepted for presentation at ASCO 2010

Celsion Corporation today announced that an abstract about the Phase I/II trial of ThermoDox® in Recurrent Chest Wall Cancer (RCW) has been accepted for presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2010 Annual Meeting.

19 Mar 2010

Women need education on risks associated with early elective cesarean sections: Survey

Results of a national survey point to a greater need to educate women on the risks associated with early elective cesarean sections and labor inductions.

19 Mar 2010

House Democrats continue push for weekend House vote on health reform measure

House Democratic leaders continued efforts to pick-up support for health reform in the House while also tinkering around the edges of the overhaul legislative package -- all in anticipation of a Sunday vote in the House.

19 Mar 2010

Rates of breast cancer occurrences in Asian women rising among specific ethnic groups

Research scientists from the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC) released the results of a study of breast cancer in Asian women which examined their cancer rates by ethnicity, age and immigrant status. The findings challenge the notion that breast cancer rates are uniformly low across the population of Asian women and indicate rising rates of occurrences in specific ethnic groups. CPIC scientists studied Asian populations in California, the state with the largest and most diverse Asian population in the U.S.

19 Mar 2010

Solos Endoscopy secures U.S. Trademark for MammoView name

Solos Endoscopy, Inc. is pleased to announce the Company has secured the U.S. Trademark for the MammoView® name. The MamoView® Breast Endoscopy System offers a state-of-the-art endoscopic technology for detecting early stage breast cancer. The Company's Breast Endoscopy System employs advanced micro endoscopes and optical technology to give physicians sharp, clear images of the milk ducts, where the majority of breast cancers arise.

18 Mar 2010

First Edition: March 18, 2010

Today's headlines indicate that Democrats are inching closer to securing the votes necessary to pass their health bill while the GOP is planning steps to bottle neck the measure's progress.

18 Mar 2010

Combination of gemcitabine and cisplatin limits the progression of endometrial cancer: Study

Researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report that in a small study of women with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, gemcitabine and cisplatin, when used in combination, produced a response rate in fifty percent of patients.

18 Mar 2010

Expectant mothers’ spatial memory ability reduces during later stages of pregnancy

New research has found that pregnant women's ability to remember the position of objects previously seen is reduced as pregnancy progresses. These findings will be presented this week at the annual Society for Endocrinology BES conference in Manchester.

18 Mar 2010

iVillage launches new Health site to help women manage their health needs online

iVillage today announced the launch of its new Health site (www.ivillage.com/Health), the first women's destination on the Web that combines medical expertise and original health content with community conversations and interactive tools, to help women manage their health needs online.

18 Mar 2010

Family planning will not be included in Canada's G8 maternal health initiative, Foreign Minister says

"Canada's 'signature' initiative at June's G8 summit - a strategy to improve the health of mothers and young children in poor countries" will not include family planning programs, Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on Tuesday, the Globe and Mail reports. Cannon said the initiative "does not deal in any way, shape or form with family planning. Indeed, the purpose of this is to be able to save lives."

18 Mar 2010

Feelings of guilt and shame haunt mothers with eating difficulties

They would love to be perfect mothers. Instead, they feel ashamed and inadequate, and fearful that their children might inherit their eating difficulties.

18 Mar 2010

House Democratic leader twisting arms of the rank-and-file; Tracking health reform vote tally

Democrats are pressuring fellow members to accept the health care reform legislation and are playing hardball to secure votes for the health reform package.

18 Mar 2010

Agendia to participate in groundbreaking clinical trial for breast cancer

Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, announced today it will participate in the highly anticipated I-SPY 2 TRIAL for breast cancer, set to launch at the first of nearly twenty research sites.

18 Mar 2010

I-SPY 2: The Biomarkers Consortium launches clinical trial for high risk, fast-growing breast cancers

The Biomarkers Consortium, a unique public-private partnership that includes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and major pharmaceutical companies, led by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), today announced the launch of a highly anticipated clinical trial to help screen promising new drugs being developed for women with high risk, fast-growing breast cancers—women for whom an improvement over standard treatment could dramatically change the odds of survival.

18 Mar 2010

Full Medicare coverage for IVF: CFAS felicitates Quebec government

The Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS) congratulates Premier Jean Charest and his Government on their announcement of full Medicare coverage for in-vitro fertilization treatments in Quebec.

17 Mar 2010

Clarient's Ovotax test may help improve patients’ response to taxane therapy

Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that data from a new study shows that Clarient's Ovotax™ assay may effectively predict which ovarian cancer patients will respond favorably to taxane therapy and could, therefore, be spared the potential side effects of this rigorous and sometimes toxic chemotherapy agent.

17 Mar 2010

Advance provision of emergency contraception does not decrease pregnancy rates

Providing emergency contraception to women in advance of need does not reduce pregnancy rates, despite increased use and faster use after unprotected sexual intercourse. These are the findings according to a new review published in The Cochrane Library.

17 Mar 2010

Cervical cancer vaccine may protect females from post-surgical recurrence

A vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer also may protect females from post-surgical recurrence of the disease, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

17 Mar 2010

Case management funds breast cancer screening and diagnostic services for low-income women

Case management appears to be associated with more appropriate follow-up and shorter time to diagnostic resolution among low-income women who receive an abnormal result on a mammogram, according to a report in the March 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

17 Mar 2010

Women's Health News

Susan G. Komen receives $31,680 as donation for the Cure, San Diego

Abstract about Phase I/II trial of ThermoDox in RCW accepted for presentation at ASCO 2010

Women need education on risks associated with early elective cesarean sections: Survey

House Democrats continue push for weekend House vote on health reform measure

Rates of breast cancer occurrences in Asian women rising among specific ethnic groups

Solos Endoscopy secures U.S. Trademark for MammoView name

First Edition: March 18, 2010

Combination of gemcitabine and cisplatin limits the progression of endometrial cancer: Study

Expectant mothers’ spatial memory ability reduces during later stages of pregnancy

iVillage launches new Health site to help women manage their health needs online

Family planning will not be included in Canada's G8 maternal health initiative, Foreign Minister says

Feelings of guilt and shame haunt mothers with eating difficulties

House Democratic leader twisting arms of the rank-and-file; Tracking health reform vote tally

Agendia to participate in groundbreaking clinical trial for breast cancer

I-SPY 2: The Biomarkers Consortium launches clinical trial for high risk, fast-growing breast cancers

Full Medicare coverage for IVF: CFAS felicitates Quebec government

Clarient's Ovotax test may help improve patients’ response to taxane therapy

Advance provision of emergency contraception does not decrease pregnancy rates

Cervical cancer vaccine may protect females from post-surgical recurrence

Case management funds breast cancer screening and diagnostic services for low-income women

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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