OB/GYN News From MedicineNet.com
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AWHONN Awarded Department Of Defense Contracts To Deploy Perinatal Training Tools
posted on 11/27/07The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) is proud to announce the receipt of two major contract awards from the Department of Defense (DOD) Patient Safety Program, managed by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA). AWHONN will provide a web-based introductory Fetal Heart Monitoring course, as well as Neonatal and Perinatal Education programs to military health care personnel. [click link for full article]
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Program Combining Nutrition, Exercise, Other Activities Shows Success In Helping Black Girls Lose Weight
posted on 11/27/07An NIH-funded program that combined exercise, nutrition education, field trips and other activities was more successful than a self-esteem program in helping black girls lose weight and keep it off for two years, according to a study presented at an American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, the [click link for full article]
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Women Living In Cities At Greater Risk For Breast Cancer
posted on 11/27/07Women who live in urban areas have denser breasts, making them more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)."Women living in cities need to pay more attention to having regular breast screening," said Nicholas M. Perry, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.R., director of The London Breast Institute at The Princess Grace Hospital in London, U.K. [click link for full article]
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Bone-Thinning And Depression Linked In Premenopausal Women
posted on 11/27/07Premenopausal women with even mild depression have less bone mass than do their nondepressed peers, a study funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), shows. The level of bone loss is at least as high as that associated with recognized risk factors for osteoporosis, including smoking, low calcium intake, and lack of physical activity. [click link for full article]
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Rutgers-Newark Provost Award Received By Rutgers College Of Nursing Faculty Member Rachel Jones
posted on 11/27/07Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member Rachel Jones has been selected to be the recipient of the Rutgers-Newark Provost's Award for Community Engagement in Research. This award is for research of broad scholarly significance based in whole or in part on data from Newark or Northern New Jersey.Steven J. [click link for full article]
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Mums Say NHS Maternity Services Are Good In Biggest Ever Survey, UK
posted on 11/27/07Mothers have praised the good quality of care provided by NHS maternity services in a survey published today (Tuesday) by the Healthcare Commission. But the results also highlight specific areas of concern and wide variations between trusts in responses to questions about postnatal care, communication, food and cleanliness. Responses came from 26,000 women who gave birth in January and February 2007, making it the largest survey ever of maternity experience. [click link for full article]
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Smoking And Depression Often Occur Together In New Mothers
posted on 11/27/07Smoking and depression often go hand-in-hand for new mothers, according to a new study by Dr Robert Whitaker, a pediatrician and profressor of public health at Temple University. He said, "While smoking and depression adversely affects a mother's health, the combination may also affect the health of her child. [click link for full article]
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Nationwide Clinical Trial Tests Effectiveness Of Drug That Slows Cancer Growth
posted on 11/26/07A drug that slows the growth of cancer in women with metastatic breast cancer will soon be tested in newly diagnosed patients across the country to determine if it will have a similar effect. Kathy Miller, M.D., associate professor of medicine and the Sheila D. [click link for full article]
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Heart Disease Death Rates Going Up In Young US Women
posted on 11/22/07A new study by scientists in the US and the UK shows that the rate of deaths due to heart disease in young American adults has reached a plateau and may even be going up again in young women, after decades of hard won progress in reducing it. Researchers suggest the worrying trend could be due to bad health habits. [click link for full article]
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Found In Translation: Prioritising Research Questions In Breast Cancer
posted on 11/22/07The key priorities that will impact on the future treatment of breast cancer have been identified by a group of experts on the disease. Research published in the online open access journal Breast Cancer Research may focus research resources onto the issues highlighted as top priorities. [click link for full article]
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Arterial Vascular Disease Underdiagnosed, Undertreated In Older U.S. Women
posted on 11/22/07Though arterial vascular disease is widespread and often deadly among older American women, doctors too often fail to spot and treat it, according to a new report by a team of vascular surgeons from the Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical College campuses of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. [click link for full article]
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Comparison Of Laparoscopic And Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy For The Treatment Of Vaginal Vault Prolapse
posted on 11/21/07UroToday.com- Laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LSCP) has been slow to be embraced as a viable surgical option for patients with vaginal vault prolapse due to the challenges of laparoscopic suturing and knot tying. However, these clinical researchers have very nicely shown in a retrospective review that the laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy is as effective as the abdominal sacrocolpopexy (ASCP) for the treatment of vaginal vault prolapse. [click link for full article]
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Postpartum Weight Gain Linked To Lack Of Sleep
posted on 11/20/07Mothers who reported sleeping five hours or less per day when their babies were six months old had a threefold higher risk for substantial weight retention (11 pounds or more) at their baby's first birthday than moms who slept seven hours per day, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanente and Harvard Medical School / Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. [click link for full article]
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Gender Approach Recommended In Medicine
posted on 11/20/07Women's bodies and medical needs are vastly different than men's way beyond their reproductive systems. Women wake sooner from anesthesia, have less familiar symptoms of cardiovascular disease and are more likely to suffer from depression and sleep problems-- just to name a few of the differences.Yet, there's a cavernous void in research based on sex and gender. Historically, most studies have been done on men and the findings applied to women. [click link for full article]
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Women Must Become Empowered To Ask For Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Experts Say
posted on 11/20/07Endoscopic techniques are transforming the practice of surgery, yet their adoption in certain specialties, particularly gynecology, lags far behind that of other specialties. For example, laparoscopic surgery for gall bladder removal reached an 80% adoption rate over the ten years since it was introduced, while laparoscopic hysterectomy is still used for less than 15% of the 600,000 hysterectomies annually performed in the United States. [click link for full article]
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Genital Arousal Disorder Adversely Impacts Women's Lives
posted on 11/19/07New research shows that women suffering from Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD), a condition marked by unprovoked, intrusive and persistent sensations of genital arousal that are unrelieved by one or several orgasms, are likely to experience a variety of associated psychological conditions. Women who have this rare and often distressing condition often experience related depression, anxiety, panic attacks and frequently show a past history of sexual victimization. [click link for full ar
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Navaris Medical Lauded For New Technology That Can Detect Breast Cancer Earlier, More Precisely
posted on 11/19/07A team of scientists created a new technology intended to detect breast cancer earlier and more precisely through intra-operative 3D imaging to win the 3rd Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge (IBTEC) last night. The Navaris Medical entry was judged by a team of venture capitalists from the San Francisco Bay Area. Criteria for the win was the best new technology with the greatest potential for a positive impact on society. Intel awarded the German team $25,000. [click l
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Louisiana Seeks Federal SCHIP Reimbursement For Prenatal Care Provided To Noncitizens
posted on 11/16/07Louisiana is seeking about $2.5 million in federal SCHIP reimbursements for prenatal care provided to pregnant women who are not U.S. citizens, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports. The state expanded LaCHIP, the states version of SCHIP, earlier this year, and since July, it has provided prenatal care to about 1,061 noncitizens. [click link for full article]
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Impact Of Family Conditions On Puberty In Girls
posted on 11/16/07Early puberty in girls has been found to negatively affect these teenagers' health in areas such as mood disorders, substance abuse, adolescent pregnancy, and cancers of the reproductive system. Given these findings, it is critical to understand why certain adolescents are at increased risk for early puberty in order to develop effective early intervention and prevention strategies for high-risk youths. [click link for full article]
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Grant Funds Research On Breast Cancer And Metastasis
posted on 11/16/07University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researcher Binhua P. Zhou has received a five-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to advance his research on regulation of Snail in breast cancer progression and metastasis. Snail, a transcriptional regulatory protein, plays a critical role in the initiation and progression of metastasis. [click link for full article]
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NASA Funded Study Finds Exercise Could Help Women On Bed Rest
posted on 11/16/07Short but intense sessions of exercise may help women on bed rest stay strong and recuperate more quickly, according to a NASA funded study by researchers at Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. [click link for full article]
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Officials Call For Changes To Legislation That Would Reauthorize PEPFAR, Including Targets For Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission Prevention
posted on 11/16/07Africa program directors with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation on Wednesday suggested various provisions for legislation that would reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, including the creation of a five-year target for preventing mother-to-child transmissions of HIV, [click link for full article]
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Global View Shows Link Between Endometrial Cancer And Vitamin D Status
posted on 11/15/07Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), and endometrial cancer. UVB exposure triggers photosynthesis of vitamin D3 in the body. This form of vitamin D is also available through diet and supplements. [click link for full article]
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LA BioMed Research Finds Simpler Way To Determine Breast Cancer Risk In Postmenopausal Women
posted on 11/14/07A new, simpler model for predicting breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women appears to be as accurate as a more complicated method currently used to decide if women would benefit from medication to reduce their risk of getting cancer, according to research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. A team of researchers led by Rowan T. [click link for full article]
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PATH Seeks To Gain WHO, FDA Approval Of Redesigned Female Condom, New York Times Reports
posted on 11/14/07The New York Times on Tuesday examined the global health group PATH's efforts to gain approval of its redesigned female condom. According to the Times, the female condom has never been widely used in the U.S. and never "caught on" in developing countries, where "public health workers hoped it would ... [click link for full article]
