299 Articles with the topic: Women's Health
Industry shifts focus to immunology and cancer
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Economic factors, including competition from generic drugs, is hitting even the big pharmaceutical companies hard, reports Nature. In 2010, Pfizer's Lipitor enters the public domain. For these reasons, the larger companies are narrowing the focus of their research, hitting fewer diseases. They're also working on fewer primary care drugs and more drugs that would be prescribed by specialists, such as cancer drugs.
"When Wyeth Pharmaceuticals announced last week that it would cut some of its research and development (R&D) programs in women's health, the decision seemed counterintuitive 
A better understanding of inherited breast cancer
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 weeks 2 hours (www.sciencenews.org)
One of the molecular players in breast cancer arising from an inherited mutation has a surprising role in squelching tumors.
Agencies join forces to increase awareness about breast cancer
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 1 week (www.nj.com)
The Cancer Coalition and the New Jersey CEED program are in the middle of a month-long community outreach effort to raise awareness of breast cancer and its preventative measures. The organization involves local colleges and guest speakers.
Early breast cancer: LHRH agonists show considerable promise
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 1 week (esciencenews.com)
Women who have had early stage breast cancer surgically removed and whose tumor cells are stimulated by the hormone estrogen can benefit from taking luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) antagonists, a Cochrane Systematic Review has concluded. This medication may...
HPV DNA test "promising" for cervical cancer
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 2 weeks (www.scidev.net)
At over 90% accuracy, a test developed to detect carcinogenic human papillomavirus in women in developing countries has shown promise in trials. This article does not directly mention how this compares to PAP smears in efficacy and practicality.
Cheap cervical cancer test is boost for poor countries
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 4 weeks (www.newscientist.com)
This writeup references a study in Lancet. Cervical cancer is the second deadliest cancer in women: it strikes 500,000 every year, and more than half die. But 85% of those deaths are in poor countries. A team of researchers has just tested a new, less expensive pap test that may go for as little as $5 USD, testing it alongside the more expensive HPV test. It was over 90% accurate.
Study suggests some breast cancer patients facing radiation after a mastectomy may be over-treated
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 4 weeks (esciencenews.com)
A new study suggests standard radiation therapy for some breast cancer patients may not be medically required and may, therefore, be causing unnecessary serious side effects such as lymphedema and pulmonary problems. The research conducted at Fox Chase Cancer Center involved women who got a mastectomy, but whose lymph nodes were negative. "When a woman has a tumor greater than five centimeters and negative lymph nodes, a mastectomy followed by radiation is recommended," said Penny Anderson, M.D., attending physician in the radiation oncology department at Fox Chase
New Osteoporosis Drugs in the Works
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Two experimental osteoporosis drugs are getting attention from bone experts -- and may become the first biologic drugs to treat osteoporosis. Both these drugs work by targeting osteoclasts--the cells that break down bone--giving their bone-building counterparts, called osteoblasts, time to catch up.
Breast cancer vaccine fights tumors in lab tests
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 3 days (www.msnbc.msn.com)
Researchers who designed one experimental breast cancer vaccine say they have fine-tuned the process and come up with another that they hope will be more effective.
Combined impact of lifestyle factors on mortality: prospective cohort study in U.S. women
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 3 days (www.bmj.com)
Objective: To evaluate the impact of combinations of lifestyle factors on mortality in middle aged women.
Design Prospective: cohort study.
Setting: Nurses’ health study, United States.
Participants: 77,782 women aged thirty-four to fifty-nine years and free from cardiovascular disease and cancer in 1980
Breast cancer vaccine helps body fight tumors
jerry submitted, created time 2 months 5 days (www.nydailynews.com)
A new experimental breast cancer vaccine could prove highly effective in treating twenty to thirty percent of breast cancers, according to researchers.
C-sections might affect a new mother's ability to bond
Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
This is interesting. It's a New York Times writeup of a study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry showing that women who deliver their children vaginally as opposed to by C-section are more responsive to the sound of infants crying a short time after the birth takes place.
There are some flaws in this study. First off, it only involved a small number of women, which increases the likelihood of statistical errors. Second, it does not show how whether this is a case of delayed attachment or stunted attachment. C-section moms might well catch up as time passes
Link Between Vitamin D And Multiple Sclerosis
kavin submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (www.medicalnewstoday.com)
Vitamin D, the principal regulator of calcium in the body, may prevent the production of malignant cells such as breast and prostate cancer cells and protect against specific autoimmune disorders including multiple sclerosis (MS) according to an article by Sylvia Christakos, PhD, of the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
In the article, Christakos reports that research shows that the incidence of MS decreases as the amount of vitamin D available to the body increases, either through sunlight exposure or diet
HIV spreads in NYC at three times the U.S. average
kavin submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)
New Yorkers are contracting HIV at three times the national rate, the city health department said on Wednesday, attributing the difference to New York's large population of high-risk groups such as gay men and blacks.
In 2006, seventy-two of every 100,000 New Yorkers became infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, compared with the national average of twenty-three infections, the health department said.
Some 4,800 people contracted HIV in 2006 in New York, long considered the epicenter of the U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic
Taxanes May Increase Risk for Significant Psychological Symptoms
kavin submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.medscape.com)
Taxane-based chemotherapies are increasingly used for the adjuvant treatment of early and locally advanced breast cancer, but new research suggests that they confer a risk for significant psychologic symptoms. According to a study published in the August 1 issue of Cancer, patients who received taxane-based therapy had significantly worse emotional distress and slower psychologic recovery than those receiving a similar regimen without taxanes.
The researchers also observed high rates of probable clinical depression among patients who received taxane therapy
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