Women with angina and angiographically normal coronary arteries are more likely than men with similar presentations to require rehospitalization for chest pain or acute coronary syndrome, according to a report from Canada in the February issue of the American Heart Journal. Reuters Health Information
About half of elderly women with early stage estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer fail to complete 5 years of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy, according to researchers. Reuters Health Information
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often develop foot ulcers, according to a report in the February 15th issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism. Reuters Health Information
Dependence in basic activities of daily living (ADLs), cancer, and other factors increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in older patients in postacute care facilities, according to a report from France in the February Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Reuters Health Information
Of five vaginal lubricants tested in an in vitro study, only one did not significantly decrease sperm motility or chromatin integrity, according to a report in the February issue of Fertility and Sterility. Reuters Health Information
African American women with uterine leiomyomata tend to be younger at diagnosis and have more severe disease than white women with leiomyomata, according to a report in the February issue of American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Reuters Health Information
In apparently healthy low-risk nulliparous women, alterations in maternal cardiac function and uterine artery pulsatility in the first trimester of pregnancy may help predict pre-eclampsia and/or a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant, UK investigators report. Reuters Health Information
Although boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear to be more impulsive and troubled than their female counterparts, in adulthood the condition seems to have more impact in women than in men. Reuters Health Information
Semen analysis parameters do not differ between semen collected at home and semen collected in the medical office, according to a report in the February issue of Fertility and Sterility. Reuters Health Information
Extended-release naltrexone exerts a therapeutic effect among alcohol-dependent patients in the first 2 days after the drug is injected, according to results of a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Reuters Health Information
