As this July marks the fifth anniversary of the release of preliminary findings of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), the Society for Women's Health Research will be hosting a panel discussion to facilitate a better understanding of the interpretation of the WHI and its findings.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE:WYE), provides comment on the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Coronary Artery Calcium Study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Parents who think their teens' online conversations with their peers are innocent may want to reconsider. A new Caron Treatment Centers qualitative study conducted by Nielsen Buzzmetrics found that 1 in 10 messages analyzed involved teens seeking advice from their peers on how to take illicit drugs "safely" and without getting caught.
New early data showed that an investigational device that specifically targets rapidly growing cancer cells with intermediate frequency electrical fields -- called Tumor-Treating Fields (TTFields) -- more than doubled the median overall survival rates in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and aggressive type of malignant brain tumor. These survival rates observed in the data were compared to historical data.
Today, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, Laurent Attal, President and CEO, L'Oréal USA, and Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences, honored the 2007 recipients of the esteemed L'Oréal USA Fellowships For Women in Science.
Data released today show that MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a more effective option for a broader population of uterine fibroid sufferers. In a poster presented today at the ACOG annual meeting in San Diego, Phyllis Gee showed that women undergoing MRgFUS experience rapid and sustained relief from their condition and have a reduced need for alternative, invasive treatments in the future.
72% of stroke and traumatic brain injury survivors showed improved vision following six months of treatment with NovaVision's Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT).
Today, Almac Diagnostics announced a major study analysing colorectal polyp tissue samples using its novel Colorectal Cancer DSAâ„¢ microarray. The DSAâ„¢ research tool focuses on the transcriptome of an individual disease, in this case colorectal cancer, and contains significant additional data, relevant to the disease of interest that is not available on other generic microarrays.
In light of today's announcement from Edwards' Campaign, Dr. Aman Buzdar is available for media interviews to address breast cancer recurrence.
Berlex, Microsoft, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Embark on Landmark Collaboration to Help People with MS Maintain Their Health and Stay Connected
Carbon nanotubes. Bio-medical applications of plants. Medicinal chemistry. The properties of polymers in solution. The self-organizing properties of large molecules. These are the fields of study in which five women scientists have distinguished themselves"”women from five continents who today received the prestigious 2007 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Award For Women in Science at UNESCO House in Paris, France.
The Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research is launching one of the largest research projects in the United States to examine the genetic and environmental factors that influence common diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, Alzheimer's disease, asthma and many others.
AstraZeneca and the American Cancer Society announced a collaboration to significantly extend the reach the ACS Patient Navigator Program, an initiative to assist cancer patients in negotiating the health care system. AstraZeneca has pledged $10 million to help fund 50 new sites over the next five years throughout the U.S. in primarily underserved areas.
Boca Raton Community Hospital will receive the largest gift ever given to a community hospital and the third-largest among all hospitals and health systems in the United States (based upon information from the Advisory Board for the latest year available, 2005) to help build a new academic medical center that will serve as a national model of hospital safety while educating a new generation of medical professionals.
American Heart Association challenges one million women to know their heart disease risk at GoRedForWomen.org! Too few women realize that heart disease is their No. 1 killer and are taking action to prevent it. But the good news is that heart disease can largely be prevented. For that reason, the Go Red For Women movement encourages women to improve their heart health while taking action to fight women's heart disease.
The Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID) was announced today in a Correspondence letter that appeared online in the journal Nature (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/442981a.html). The 70 signatories to the Nature letter represent more than 40 countries and include six Nobel laureates. GISAID's policies for rapid and complete data releases are modeled upon those established for other initiatives, such as data on DNA sequence variations in the human genome.
AIDS Vaccine Blueprint 2006 Highlights Important Progress Being Made Against Substantial Challenges, Describes Innovative Ways to Conduct Research and Vaccine Trials, and Supports Stronger Policy Action
The Blueprint includes an assessment of vaccine candidates in the pipeline; highlights key scientific obstacles to the discovery and development of a preventive HIV vaccine; addresses financial and political challenges that are impeding the AIDS vaccine search; and provides new recommendations for overcoming these challenges.
L'Oréal USA announced today the recipients of its esteemed 2006 Fellowships for Women In Science at an awards ceremony at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Five young women, all on the cutting-edge of scientific advances, were awarded $20,000 each to carry out research projects.
Go Red for Women's website has been selected as one of the top online destinations for women to visit this summer, according to Michelle Madhok founder of SheFinds.com and widely known online shopping expert. Madhok combed through the Internet in search of the best online deals for the summer and found www.GoRedforWomen.org, which provides a one-stop destination for women to access important heart health information, celebrity stories, recipes and a gift store.
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