Laurie Barclay, MD NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Mar 26 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigators describe 5 cases of aseptic meningitis caused by rofecoxib
BARCELONA, SPAIN — March 25, 2002 — Women who have ever used the birth control pill face a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer,
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Mar 25 – Woodside Biomedical has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its watch-like nerve stimulator
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 25 – Postmenopausal women who stop hormone replacement therapy (HRT) do not loose bone at an unusually high rate, researchers
MIAMI BEACH, FL — March 19, 2002 — Research has provided evidence of an increased incidence of endometrial cancer and melanoma – but not breast
LONDON (Reuters Health) Mar 20 – Levonorgestrel intrauterine systems offer an effective and safe alternative to surgery in women suffering from menorrhagia, according to a
Fracture risk is reduced by 60 percent in women using 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins), according to an osteoporosis study in southeastern Australia. This
LOS ANGELES, CA — March 22, 2002 — Novavax Inc. today announced that the positive results of a randomized, double-blind, phase III, placebo-controlled clinical trial
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 20 – In a murine model of cardiac hypertrophy, anti-estrogen treatment abolishes the normally protected status of female animals, researchers
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 18 – Beyond the known risk of ovarian cancer associated with endometriosis, the use of danazol to treat the condition
BARCELONA, SPAIN — March 20, 2002 — Research from the Cancer Registry of Norway has revealed that a higher proportion of women who discover they
Non-obstructive azoospermic men and their partners who are considering infertility treatment by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) should be offered genetic counselling. This is because such
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 14 – Treatment with ACE inhibitors appears to reduce the decline in muscle strength and walking speed seen in elderly
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 14 – Maintaining healthy levels of total and LDL cholesterol may inhibit cognitive decline in elderly women, California investigators report
NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Mar 13 A broad spectrum fluoroquinolone, gatifloxacin, may change the standard of care for uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI), according to
Non-obstructive azoospermic men and their partners who are considering infertility treatment by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) should be offered genetic counselling. This is because such
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 13 – HIV-positive women starting highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) benefit from the therapy as much as men do, and
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 06 – A significantly elevated shock index (SI) is a useful indicator of ruptured ectopic pregnancy in first-trimester patients presenting
BETHESDA, MD — February 27, 2002 — The anti-diabetes drug metformin appears to reduce the likelihood of early miscarriage in women with a common form
CHAPEL HILL, NC — March 7, 2002 — Mothers who suffer from gum disease are significantly more likely to deliver their babies prematurely than women