A simplified model that includes age, breast cancer in first-degree relatives, and previous breast biopsy examination identifies women at risk for estrogen receptor (ER)-positive (but not ER-negative) breast cancers, according to a report in the November 21st Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Reuters Health Information
A study suggests that women whose fatigue or postpartum symptoms limit daily role function may benefit from healthcare counseling on strategies to decrease job stress and increase social support. Medscape Medical News
Transurethral injections of autologous myoblasts and fibroblasts (obtained from skeletal muscle biopsies) into the rhabdosphincter and the urethral submucosa improve female stress urinary incontinence, according to a 12-month follow-up study of 123 women. Reuters Health Information
Diameter pulse waveforms (DPWs) recorded noninvasively from the fetal inferior vena cava (IVC) can evaluate cardiac function, according to Japanese researchers. Reuters Health Information
A new model predicts the individualized risk of invasive breast cancer in African American women, according to a report in the December 5th issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Reuters Health Information
Depressive symptoms in mothers are directly related to the risk of injury in their children, new research shows. Such symptoms also raise the risk of child behavior problems, although this is not a significant mediator of the association seen with child injury. Reuters Health Information
Vitamin D is given to most patients with osteoporosis, particularly the elderly and those on bisphosphonates. But does it enable patients to become vitamin D replete? International Journal of Clinical Practice
Ixabepilone, the first of a new class of antineoplastic agents, in combination with capecitabine is more effective than capecitabine alone in patients with refractory metastatic breast cancer, according to researchers. Reuters Health Information
Spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) - which affects 5% of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants -- is a multifactorial disease associated with placental inflammation and maternal antibiotic treatment, according to a study in the December issue of Pediatrics. Reuters Health Information
Women are less likely to bear another child following a cesarean delivery than after a vaginal birth, according to Norwegian epidemiologists. However, lower fertility after a c-section is "probably to a large degree voluntary and not related to the indication, nor to any physical consequence, of the cesarean delivery," they suggest. Reuters Health Information
