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Media Outlets Examine Report On Risks, Benefits Of Breast, Prostate Screening
On Wednesday, the American Cancer Society and several health experts reacted to a report in the New York Times that ACS is developing a plan to modify its message about the risks and benefits of breast and prostate cancer screenings. The plan is spurred in part by an
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Bleeding Is Rare In IVF Patients Who Become Pregnant When Treated With A Combination Of Vaginal Progesterone Gel And Estrogen
A prospective, multi-center study demonstrated that in IVF (in vitro fertilization) cycles supplemented with once-daily dosing of Crinone® vaginal progesterone gel and Estrace® oral estrogen, vaginal bleeding is rare in patients who become pregnant. Bleeding does occur in approximately one-quarter of patients who do not become pregnant. These data were presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) annual meeting in Atlanta.
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Impact Of Stress On Male Fertility Highlighted By Fetal Study
Exposure to a combination of excess stress hormones and chemicals while in the womb could affect a man's fertility in later life, a study suggests. Researchers looked at the effect of stress hormones - glucocorticoids - combined with a common chemical used in glues, paints and plastics. They found that the combination strikingly increased the likelihood of reproductive birth defects.
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CRINONE(R) 8% Is Equally Effective And Significantly Better Tolerated Than Intramuscular Progesterone; Similar Pregnancy Rates And Outcomes Reported
Researchers from Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston presented data from the largest, prospective, randomized clinical study to date comparing any vaginal progesterone to intramuscular injections of progesterone (IM progesterone) for infertility treatment.
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Use Of Omega-3 With Treatment For Depression In Patients With Heart Disease Does Not Appear To Provide Benefit
Contrary to the findings of some studies, new research indicates that augmenting antidepressant therapy with an omega-3 fatty acid supplement does not result in improvement in levels of depression in patients with coronary heart disease, according to a study in the October 21 issue of JAMA.
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Identifying The Metabolism Of A Healthy Embryo Could Improve Infertility Treatment
Embryos that are most likely to result in a pregnancy are crucial to the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) but are difficult to identify. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine, led by Emre Seli, M.D., are developing a fast, non-invasive test to help assess embryo viability for IVF.
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In Vitro Fertilization Insurance Coverage Yields Fewer Multiple Births, Yale Researchers Find
The proportion of in vitro fertilization (IVF) multiple births was lower in the eight states that provide insurance coverage for couples seeking IVF treatment, primarily due to fewer embryos transferred per cycle, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in an abstract presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-21. IVF remains an expensive treatment option for those with infertility, and many cannot afford it.
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Improving Infertility Treatment By Identifying The Metabolism Of A Healthy Embryo
Embryos that are most likely to result in a pregnancy are crucial to the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) but are difficult to identify. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine, led by Emre Seli, M.D., are developing a fast, non-invasive test to help assess embryo viability for IVF.
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Fewer Multiple Births With IVF Insurance Coverage
The proportion of in vitro fertilization (IVF) multiple births was lower in the eight states that provide insurance coverage for couples seeking IVF treatment, primarily due to fewer embryos transferred per cycle, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in an abstract presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-21. IVF remains an expensive treatment option for those with infertility, and many cannot afford it.
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Doctor Who Transferred Embryos For Octuplets Expelled From Fertility Organization
The doctor who performed the in vitro fertilization procedure that led to the birth of octuplets to a California woman in January has been expelled from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the nation's main professional organization for fertility specialists, USA Today reports.
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Research Compares MENOPUR(R) With RFSH In GnRH Antagonist IVF Cycles
Ferring Pharmaceuticals presented an interim study analysis indicating that MENOPUR® (menotropins for injection, USP) is effective in in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles using a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist. The results were presented in a poster at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in Atlanta, October 17-21, 2009. MENOPUR® vs.
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Children With Brain-Damage Often Have Cold Feet
Many wheelchair-using children with neurological disorders have much colder hands and feet than other children, and most receive no special help even though they have had these problems for a long time, is revealed in at thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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$860K Challenge Grant Supports NJ Study On Prostate Cancer
Grace Lu-Yao, PhD, MPH, cancer epidemiologist at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and associate professor of medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has been awarded an $860,173 research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CINJ is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
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Integrative Medicine Program Achieves Center Status
The Program for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist has been renamed the Center for Integrative Medicine, reflecting the program's growth and increasing significance at the Medical Center. The program began in 2005 under the direction of Kathi J. Kemper, M.D., M.P.H., professor of pediatrics, social sciences and health policy, and family and community medicine, and the Caryl J. Guth Chair for Integrative Medicine.
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Prostate Cancer Screening: New Technology 300 Times More Sensitive Than Commercial Tests, Defines New PSA 'Zero'
A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive tool based on nanotechnology, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy. The researchers found measureable PSA levels in each post-operative patient in its study, thanks to the power of the nanoparticle-based bio-barcode assay developed at Northwestern.
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For Patients With Erectile Dysfunction (ED) , Treatment With Oral Medications Demonstrates Significant Improvements In Sexual Intercourse And ED
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued recommendations for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). ACP, the nation's largest medical specialty organization and second-largest physician group, strongly recommends that physicians initiate therapy with an oral phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitor in men who seek treatment for ED unless they have a contraindication to PDE-5 inhibitors, such as nitrate therapy.
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Magnetic And Copper Bracelets Ineffective Against Pain Of Arthritis, Controlled Study
After carrying out the first randomized placebo-controlled study on the use of magnetic and copper bracelets and wrist straps for relieving the pain of arthritis, researchers in the UK concluded that they were ineffective. The study was led by Stewart Richmond, a Research Fellow in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York, and was published online on 12 October in the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine.
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Avoiding Infertility And Cancer With New Therapy For Vasculitis
Researchers have identified that Rituxan, a drug previously approved for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's B cell lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis, can treat severe ANCA-associated vasculitis as effectively as cyclophosphamide, the current standard therapy. The news was presented October 18 at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Philadelphia.
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Many Fertility Clinic Web Sites Do Not Disclose Risks Of Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis, According To Study
Many fertility clinic Web sites do not fully disclose the risks associated with pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, a procedure offered in conjunction with in vitro fertilization that can screen embryos for 5,000 genetic disorders and indicate the sex of the embryo, according to a study published in the journal Fertility and Sterility,
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High Dose Folate And B Vitamin Supplements Increase Uterine Cancer Risk
Women who take large amounts of folate, vitamin B2, B6 or B12 supplements may be increasing their risk of uterine cancer, according to research presented at the 16th International Meeting of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) in Belgrade, Serbia, 11-14 October 2009.
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