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Canada's foreign aid agency, Grand Challenges Canada announce global health partnership

"Canada's foreign aid agency will work with Grand Challenges Canada in a bid to bring ideas for health innovation to the developing world, International Co-operation Minister Julian Fantino says," the Globe and Mail reports.

13 Dec 2012

TSEC strategy can benefit postmenopausal women

Investigators at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have concluded research on a new postmenopausal hormone therapy that shows promise as an effective treatment for menopausal symptoms and the prevention of osteoporosis without increasing the risk for heart disease or breast cancer.

13 Dec 2012

U.N. report calls on Afghanistan to better enforce law criminalizing violence against women

"Afghan women are frequent victims of abuse, despite some success by authorities in prosecuting rape cases, forced marriages and domestic violence under a three-year-old law, according to a report issued Tuesday by the United Nations," the Associated Press reports.

13 Dec 2012

International health, development groups meet to discuss London Summit on Family Planning

In the Management Sciences for Health's (MSH) "Global Health Impact" blog, Barbara Ayotte, director of strategic communications at MSH, reports on a luncheon discussion on the London Summit on Family Planning, held in Boston in November.

13 Dec 2012

Unigene announces results from oral PTH Phase 2 study on osteoporosis

Unigene Laboratories, Inc., a leader in the design, delivery, manufacture and development of peptide-based therapeutics, today announced that the results of its successful Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating an experimental oral parathyroid hormone (PTH) analog for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women has been published online by Bone, the Official Journal of the International Bone and Mineral Society.

13 Dec 2012

Delayed childbearing may protect against triple-negative breast cancer

Younger women who wait at least 15 years after their first menstrual period to give birth to their first child may reduce their risk of an aggressive form of breast cancer by up to 60 percent, according to a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center study.

12 Dec 2012

Drugs that bind to specific serotonin receptors can improve and impair female sexual function

Drugs that bind to specific serotonin receptors in the brain can both improve and impair female sexual function in non-human primates.

12 Dec 2012

BBC News examines HIV microbicide research

BBC News examines ongoing efforts to develop a female-controlled microbicide to prevent HIV infection. But so far, "efforts ... have presented a great deal of frustration in the fight against this global epidemic," the news service writes, detailing the history of some failed experiments.

12 Dec 2012

Adversity in childhood can shape long-term health outcomes

Noting the "16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence," Neil Boothby, U.S. government special adviser and senior coordinator to the USAID administrator on children in adversity, writes in USAID's "IMPACTblog," "The science is clear -- childhood experiences shape adult outcomes, including long-term health, cognitive development, academic achievement, and one's ability to be gainfully and safely employed."

12 Dec 2012

Innovation in immunization programs can mean better learning, sharing of information

In this Guardian "Global Development Professionals Network" blog post, Robert Steinglass, senior immunization adviser at John Snow, Inc., and immunization team leader for the USAID-funded Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, writes about the importance of innovation to improving childhood immunization programs and health systems.

12 Dec 2012

Report highlights 80 programs aimed at improving maternal, child health in developing world

"I'm inspired when I see the growing number and quality of health market innovations now emerging in the developing world," Gina Lagomarsino, a principal and managing director at Results for Development Institute (R4D), writes in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog.

12 Dec 2012

Study identifies KNDy neurons as a likely control switch of hot flushes

Hot flushes affect millions of people, and not just women. Yet, it is still unclear what causes the episodes of temperature discomfort, often accompanied by profuse sweating.

12 Dec 2012

Text4baby initiative effective service for pregnant women

Following last week's mHealth Summit, the largest event of its kind where leaders focus on how wireless technology can improve health outcomes, text4baby announced results from the first randomized evaluation of its service. The largest mobile health initiative in the U.S., text4baby was found to be an effective service for pregnant women.

11 Dec 2012

Naltrexone may help avoid weight gain among women smokers

A medication being tested to help smokers kick the habit also may help avoid the weight gain that is common after quitting but only in women, according to a study published in the December issue of Biological Psychiatry. This is the first medication shown to reduce weight gain for up to one year in women smokers who quit.

11 Dec 2012

GAVI Alliance to support 30M HPV vaccinations among girls by 2020

"In an effort to fight the human papillomavirus (HPV), the leading cause of cervical cancer, more than 30 million girls will be immunized against HPV by 2020 with GAVI support, the global health alliance announced on Thursday," Xinhua/Global Times reports.

11 Dec 2012

Overweight women not receiving proper advice on healthy weight gains during pregnancy

Overweight women are not receiving proper advice on healthy weight gains or appropriate exercise levels during their pregnancies, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

11 Dec 2012

Mothers with vitamin D deficiency have babies with lower birth weight

Mothers' vitamin D levels at a gestation of 26 weeks or less were positively related to birth weight and head circumference, and, in the first trimester were negatively associated with risk of a baby being born small for gestational age, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

11 Dec 2012

Natural product to combat menopause symptoms

Menopause is a time of great changes for most women, but information about this change of life is often sparse and contradictory. Options for symptom relief are limited. Natural products can be a healthier alternative and can provide symptom relief

10 Dec 2012

New assay test shows positive results for patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer

When breast cancer advances, the patient doesn't have the luxury of time. Finding the right type of chemotherapy as quickly as possible is a critical factor for the patient's success and, until now, predicting the patient's sensitivity to chemotherapy has often been a shot in the dark.

10 Dec 2012

Results from eribulin and capecitabine phase III comparison trial on metastatic breast cancer

Results from a phase III clinical trial comparing a newer chemotherapy agent called eribulin mesylate with capecitabine, a standard drug used for chemotherapy today in women with previously treated metastatic breast cancer, showed that eribulin demonstrated a trend toward improved overall survival.

10 Dec 2012

Women's Health News

Canada's foreign aid agency, Grand Challenges Canada announce global health partnership

TSEC strategy can benefit postmenopausal women

U.N. report calls on Afghanistan to better enforce law criminalizing violence against women

International health, development groups meet to discuss London Summit on Family Planning

Unigene announces results from oral PTH Phase 2 study on osteoporosis

Delayed childbearing may protect against triple-negative breast cancer

Drugs that bind to specific serotonin receptors can improve and impair female sexual function

BBC News examines HIV microbicide research

Adversity in childhood can shape long-term health outcomes

Innovation in immunization programs can mean better learning, sharing of information

Report highlights 80 programs aimed at improving maternal, child health in developing world

Study identifies KNDy neurons as a likely control switch of hot flushes

Text4baby initiative effective service for pregnant women

Naltrexone may help avoid weight gain among women smokers

GAVI Alliance to support 30M HPV vaccinations among girls by 2020

Overweight women not receiving proper advice on healthy weight gains during pregnancy

Mothers with vitamin D deficiency have babies with lower birth weight

Natural product to combat menopause symptoms

New assay test shows positive results for patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer

Results from eribulin and capecitabine phase III comparison trial on metastatic breast cancer

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