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Consumption of popular pain reliever during pregnancy may put children at increased risk for asthma

A new study published in the journal Clinical & Experimental Allergy reveals that children whose mothers used the popular pain reliever paracetamol during pregnancy were at an increased risk of wheezing when compared to non-users.

28 Mar 2011

Poll finds proposal to cut Planned Parenthood funding deepens gender gap

Meanwhile, in a second story, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the funding fight is far from over.

28 Mar 2011

Review questions diagnostic value of MRI scans to detect rupture of silicone breast implants

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently recommends regular follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for women with silicone breast implants. But a new review shows significant flaws in the evidence supporting this recommendation, reports the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

28 Mar 2011

Bionovo initiates enrollment in Menerba Phase 1 clinical trial for menopausal hot flushes

Bionovo, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of safe and effective treatments for women's health and cancer, today announced that enrollment has started for the Phase 1 clinical trial testing the safety of two doses of Menerba in postmenopausal women for the treatment of menopausal hot flushes (study # MF101-008), also known as "menopausal hot flashes."

28 Mar 2011

Drugs can prevent risk of breast cancer in women, experts say

Drugs could be used to prevent breast cancer in women at high risk of the disease in the same way that statins are used for heart disease if trials looking at ways of predicting risk are successful, according to an international panel of cancer experts.

28 Mar 2011

Nearly half of Latinas women with breast cancer worry about recurrence

Most women face only a small risk of breast cancer coming back after they complete their treatment. Yet a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds that nearly half of Latinas who speak little English expressed a great deal of worry about recurrence.

28 Mar 2011

U.S. District Court rules in favor of Watson in generic SEASONIQUE patent infringement suit

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading integrated global pharmaceutical company, today confirmed that it has received a favorable decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit related to its ongoing patent challenge in connection with Watson's Abbreviated New Drug Application seeking FDA approval to market a generic version of Teva Women's Health, Inc.'s SEASONIQUE and ethinyl estradiol.

28 Mar 2011

Breast cancer specialists offer new technology for patients to detect early-stage lymphedema

Breast cancer specialists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center are offering patients new ways to detect early signs of lymphedema, a common side effect of breast cancer surgery that causes painful, debilitating and disfiguring swelling in the arms following removal of lymph nodes.

28 Mar 2011

New study: Women with early stage breast cancer worry about recurrence

A new study has found that certain types of women with early stage breast cancer are vulnerable to excessive worrying about cancer recurrence. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study also indicates that worrying about cancer recurrence can compromise patients' medical care and quality of life.

28 Mar 2011

Pregnant women can benefit from low-to-moderate intensity weight-training program

Despite decades of doctors' reluctance to recommend weight training to pregnant women, a new University of Georgia study has found that a supervised, low-to-moderate intensity program is safe and beneficial.

28 Mar 2011

Study finds increased risk of VTE during first year of combination oral contraceptive usage

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that interim results from a large, prospective, observational cohort safety study offer insights into the increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clots, which is a well-established risk in women who use combination oral contraceptives (COCs), also known as "the Pill".

25 Mar 2011

$Obese postmenopausal women as likely to fracture as non-obese women$

Obese postmenopausal women as likely to fracture as non-obese women

Obesity is widely believed to be protective against fracture, although a recent study has documented a high prevalence of obesity in postmenopausal women with fragility fracture.

25 Mar 2011

Osteoporosis study: Protelos have significant bone-forming activity than bisphosphonates

Protelos has significantly greater bone-forming activity than the commonly prescribed bisphosphonate, alendronate, according to results of the largest-ever biopsy study in post-menopausal women presented today at the European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis in Valencia.

25 Mar 2011

FXB and Merck partner to improve systems for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Botswana

The Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center (FXB) of the University of Medicine and Dentistry (UMDNJ) School of Nursing will provide training to 150 clinicians in Botswana who will then train more than 6,000 healthcare workers thanks to a grant of nearly $375,000 from The Merck Company Foundation.

25 Mar 2011

As states consider abortion measures, South Dakota law becomes flashpoint

The ramifications of this South Dakota law may be more political than practical, reports Politico, while people on both sides of the issue spring into action.

25 Mar 2011

Inadequate nutrition linked to greater risk of anemia in postmenopausal women

A new study published in the April 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association indicates that inadequate nutrition is linked to a greater risk of anemia in postmenopausal women.

25 Mar 2011

Mercury in fish may not increase heart disease risk: Study

According to a new study Americans' level of exposure to mercury from sources such as fish is not associated with a higher risk of heart disease, stroke or other cardiovascular disease. This is in spite of the repeated proofs of neurological deficits in children and unborn babies due to mercury exposure.

24 Mar 2011

Scott Brown goes on record against efforts to choke planned parenthood funding

Brown joins Republican Sens. Susan Collins, of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, in opposing the measure. The Republican-controlled House voted last month to pass the proposal, which would cut all federal funding to Planned Parenthood and eliminate a program called Title X, which provides aid for family planning and reproductive health.

24 Mar 2011

Prolia associated with greater adherence than alendronate in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

Amgen today announced new data that showed postmenopausal women with osteoporosis had significantly greater adherence, compliance, and persistence during Prolia® (denosumab) treatment than during alendronate treatment, an oral bisphosphonate commonly used to treat osteoporosis.

24 Mar 2011

Low ghrelin levels in obese women may affect reproduction in female progeny

Levels of the hormone ghrelin are low in obese women and a recent study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a publication of The Endocrine Society, reports that mice whose mothers had low ghrelin levels were less fertile due to a defect in implantation.

24 Mar 2011

Women's Health News

Consumption of popular pain reliever during pregnancy may put children at increased risk for asthma

Poll finds proposal to cut Planned Parenthood funding deepens gender gap

Review questions diagnostic value of MRI scans to detect rupture of silicone breast implants

Bionovo initiates enrollment in Menerba Phase 1 clinical trial for menopausal hot flushes

Drugs can prevent risk of breast cancer in women, experts say

Nearly half of Latinas women with breast cancer worry about recurrence

U.S. District Court rules in favor of Watson in generic SEASONIQUE patent infringement suit

Breast cancer specialists offer new technology for patients to detect early-stage lymphedema

New study: Women with early stage breast cancer worry about recurrence

Pregnant women can benefit from low-to-moderate intensity weight-training program

Study finds increased risk of VTE during first year of combination oral contraceptive usage

Obese postmenopausal women as likely to fracture as non-obese women

Osteoporosis study: Protelos have significant bone-forming activity than bisphosphonates

FXB and Merck partner to improve systems for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Botswana

As states consider abortion measures, South Dakota law becomes flashpoint

Inadequate nutrition linked to greater risk of anemia in postmenopausal women

Mercury in fish may not increase heart disease risk: Study

Scott Brown goes on record against efforts to choke planned parenthood funding

Prolia associated with greater adherence than alendronate in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

Low ghrelin levels in obese women may affect reproduction in female progeny

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