Computer tool yields higher self-reports of key HIV risk behaviors by Zimbabwean women
..., Nancy Padian, PhD, UCSF professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive services and director of international programs at the UCSF AIDS Research Institute. WGHI is a global research program based at the UCSF AIDS Research Institute and UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences....Vaccine development sparks debate on changes to cervical cancer screening guidelines
...gical research in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Duke. "We also need long-term data to understand when is the best age to administer the vaccine, how long the vaccine will last and its level of protection over time. These questions need to be addressed in future research." The study was funded b...Cancer risk calculated with Pap test every 3 years; found comparable to male breast cancer
...rge Sawaya, MD, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. The study notes that for women over age 30 who have already had a minimum of three negative, consecutive annual Pap tests, extending the screening interval from one year to thr...Device measures force used to deliver a baby
... project, Edith Gurewitsch, assistant professor of gynecology and obstetrics in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has supervised an institutional review boardapproved pilot study, testing the device during 15 deliveries performed by physicians and a midwife. The participants wore the electrodes under steril...Panel: Clinical use of embryonic stem cells jeopardized by Bush's policy on federal funding
... the C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Medicine in gynecology and obstetrics at Hopkins. (Researchers in Gearhart's lab were the first to isolate and grow primitive stem cells from human fetal tissue.) Human ES cells are obtained from embryos created for in vitro fertilization. Because the cells can become any ...Breastfed infants show little effect when moms take anti-depressant
...sistant professor of psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology at Yale School of Medicine and lead author of the study in this month's Pediatrics journal. A decline in blood serotonin levels would have suggested that the infants received enough of the drug through their mother's breast milk to affect brain serot...News for moms-to-be with preeclampsia: Hospital choice helps avoid a cesarean delivery
...Mostello, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women's health at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Between 5 and 8 percent of women develop preeclampsia -- a condition characterized by high blood pressure and protein in the urine -- during their pregnancies. Women may experience symp...Study provides answers for childbirth after C-section
...d Dr. Mark Landon, vice chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at The Ohio State University Medical Center and principal investigator for the 19-academic center study. The study demonstrated that, when compared to elective repeat cesarean delivery, women attempting vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC) are...Postpartum weight loss classes work
...rincipal investigator and professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women's health at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. "Those given general advice about diet and exercise do not." The study is important in addressing the obesity epidemic because it focused on women who were overweight when they became ...Specialists: Laparoscopy can help infertile women avoid months of unnecessary treatments
...LES (Feb. 23, 2004) Researchers in obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive endocrinology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggest that specialists should consider the routine use of laparoscopic evaluation when women are unable to become pregnant after four cycles o...USC study finds hormone supplement used by athletes may not increase testosterone
.... Sokol, M.D., M.P.H., professor of obstetrics and gynecology and medicine at the Keck School and the paper's senior author. "Not only are users not getting the testosterone, but they may be getting something harmful in the process." Sokol notes that interest in over-the-counter steroid supplement DHEA rose aft...Study finds fewer, but more advanced, colon cancers in postmenopausal women on E&P hormone therapy
...nt professor of social and preventive medicine and gynecology and obstetrics. "The results of the current study that show more advanced cancers in the treatment group are somewhat puzzling," said Wactawski-Wende. "We think it's possible that women receiving estrogen and progestin may have attributed colon canc...Women's health research findings presented by University of Pittsburgh scientists
...ang, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. To create the program, investigators interviewed 21 women who had reported a past or current history of domestic violence, Dr. Chang noted. They also talked to nine clinic...Changes in ovaries could indicate higher risk of ovarian cancer
...andez, M.D., professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Temple, "Our study suggests that the 'normal' ovaries of women with ovarian cancer have not only structural changes, but also molecular changes that are less frequently found in the ovaries of healthy women," said Hernandez. The structural changes...Small uterine fibroids may be linked with increased risk of miscarriage, early study results show
...mann also is assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology as well as epidemiology in UNC's schools of medicine and public health. "Fibroids are very common, as are these potentially devastating pregnancy outcomes. But research evidence to inform clinical care is meager," she said. Previous ultrasound stu...Some infertile couples unaware of multiple birth risks
...said Ginny Ryan, M.D., UI fellow in obstetrics and gynecology and study co-author. "It's important for infertile couples to be aware that twins are riskier, and from a program standpoint the focus should be on having one healthy child and not just on pregnancy rates." The investigation by researchers from the U...Epilepsy presents unique problems for women
...health and preventive medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology at the Oregon Health Science University and director of the Epilepsy Program at Providence St. Vincent's Medical Center, both in Portland, Ore. He spoke today at an American Medical Association media briefing in partnership with the American Academy ...Peter H. Arger, MD, receives the 2004 AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award
...ogy and a professor of radiology in obstetrics and gynecology at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia, where he has spent more than 30 years. Dr. Arger has authored more than 200 publications, served as course director of more than 20 educational seminars, and has held ...Univ. of Pittsburgh researcher presents six-year results of botox injections for bladder dysfunction
...Michael Chancellor, M.D., professor of urology and gynecology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "Our continued success with this treatment over the past six years confirms that this is a safe and effective solution for patients experiencing many types of bladder dysfunction." Since 1998, Dr. ...Overactive bladder symptoms affect sexual activity of women says Univ. of Pittsburgh study
...vity," said Michael Chancellor, M.D., professor of gynecology and urology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and senior author of the study. "There is still a stigma about talking to a doctor about overactive bladder. Women need to know that they don't have to accept the symptoms of overactive b...