Results of a case-control study support an interaction between severe life events, psychological distress, and breast cancer. The findings appear in the BioMed Central journal BMC Cancer, published online on August 22. Reuters Health Information
The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist analog cetrorelix was generally as effective at inducing endometrial thinning as was the GnRH agonist leuprorelin, British researchers report in the September issue of BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Reuters Health Information
A daily dose of 1,000 IU vitamin D2 is as effective as 1,000 IU vitamin D3 in maintaining levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), found this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. NAMS
Alendronate slowed the progression of spinal osteophytes and disc-space narrowing in 200 post-menopausal patients with osteoarthritis, according to a study reported in the October issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Reuters Health Information
Women with high-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, as well as those who fail initial single-agent therapy, should be referred to a specialized trophoblastic disease center to maximize the chance for cure, physicians at Northwestern University in Chicago recommend. Reuters Health Information
Results of a case-control study do not support the suggestion that induced abortions increase the risk of small-for-gestational (SGA) birth in a subsequent pregnancy. Reuters Health Information
