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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

Delphi Screener devices help detect HPV in women

More cases of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection - the major cause of cervical cancer - could be detected if home-testing kits were given to women who cannot attend conventional cervical screening, a Dutch study has found.

17 Mar 2010

Methamphetamine abuse during pregnancy leads to structural abnormalities in brain of children

It has long been known that alcohol exposure is toxic to the developing fetus and can result in lifelong brain, cognitive and behavioral problems. Now, a new report out of UCLA shows that the effects of prenatal methamphetamine exposure - or worse, a combination of methamphetamine and alcohol - may be even more damaging.

17 Mar 2010

House Democrats move health bill with controversial, complicated strategy

House Democrats have started the clock to a landmark vote on sweeping changes to America's health care system.

17 Mar 2010

Women on oral contraceptive pills live longer

Women who are taking or have taken the contraceptive pill in their lifetimes are not at an increased risk of death, Scottish researchers say. In fact, the pill may help to prolong life.

17 Mar 2010

Gardasil vaccine may protect women from post-surgical recurrence of cervical cancer

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.

17 Mar 2010

Obesity and passive smoking are risk factors for elevated umbilical cord neonatal immature

Babies born to mothers with obesity and exposed to passive smoking are more likely to have health problems than others. This conclusion is based on evidence of elevated levels of nucleated red blood cells in the umbilical cord reported in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health.

17 Mar 2010

Catholic Bishops oppose health bill, while other Catholic groups offer support

McClatchy: "The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Monday it opposes the Democratic health care plan heading for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives because of its language on abortion. The group noted that it liked the House health care bill because it would continue the strict ban on federal financing of abortion.

17 Mar 2010

Women's Health News

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

Delphi Screener devices help detect HPV in women

Methamphetamine abuse during pregnancy leads to structural abnormalities in brain of children

House Democrats move health bill with controversial, complicated strategy

Women on oral contraceptive pills live longer

Gardasil vaccine may protect women from post-surgical recurrence of cervical cancer

Obesity and passive smoking are risk factors for elevated umbilical cord neonatal immature

Catholic Bishops oppose health bill, while other Catholic groups offer support

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