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SOURCE: International Journal of Cancer, September, 30, 1992;52:351-354. Parity appears to be directly related to the risk of hepatocellular cancer in women, and this relationship lasts until old age, according [...]

AUTHORS: P. Msellati, V. Leroy, P. Lepage, D. Hitimana, B. Muakamabano, C. Van Geothem, P. Van de Perre and F. Dabis. INSERM U 330, Bordeaux, France; Department of Pediatrics, Centre [...]

AUTHORS: Italian Seroconversion Study, AIDS Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the VIII International Conference on AIDS, held in Amsterdam, [...]

U.S. CDC The U.S. Centers of Disease Control (CDC) was criticized during an open meeting on September 2, 1992, for not redefining AIDS to include certain infections common to women [...]

It is generally assumed that coronary risk factors have the same effects in women as in men, and that recommendations for the prevention of coronary disease should be the same [...]

Although venereal disease (VD) poses special problems for both sexes, it should be of special concern to women, both because of social attitudes and the nature of the female anatomy. […]

Dr. Robert C. Young, president of Fox Chase Cancer Center, co-chaired a workshop dealing with cancer and women at the Opportunities for Research on Women's Health conference sponsored by the [...]

Detroit, Michigan Researchers in Detroit have shown for the first time that the amount of fat in a woman's diet may determine whether she gets breast cancer. A two-year Harper [...]

DATELINE: VII International Conference on AIDS Women are underrepresented in AIDS clinical trials, Harvard researcher Deborah Cotton reported at the VII International Conference on AIDS. Not only are women underrepresented [...]

Rural Residence: A Risk Factor For Non-Hodgkin's AUTHORS: D. White, H.H. McDuffie, P. Pahwa, S. Gomez, R. Parker and J.A. Dosman. Saskatoon Cancer Clinic, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. According [...]

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the VII International Conference on AIDS, Florence, Italy, June 16-21, 1991: "Objective: To examine the relationship between HIV-1 serostatus, cervical or [...]

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute may pull its support of a joint trial with the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) aimed at assessing the preventive roles of beta-carotene [...]

The Centers for Disease Control has recently published its findings on a national survey to detect the incidence of HIV infection in childbearing women. This monumental project, started in 1988, [...]

Human papilloma virus, HPV, a sexually transmitted virus causing genital warts and potentially increasing the risk of cancer, is highly common among women, according to a report in the Journal [...]

University of California, Berkeley Human papilloma virus, HPV, a sexually transmitted virus causing genital warts and potentially increasing the risk of cancer, is highly common among women, according to a [...]

Emotions Can Lead to Second Heart Attack, Study Says Anxiety and fear are likely to cause women to have second heart attacks, according to Carl Thoresen, PhD, professor and health [...]

Washington About 130 protestors blocked traffic in front of the Health and Human Services Department to call attention to their claim that the government is denying disability payments to HIV-infected [...]

Dr. Thomas Wronski of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine says diphosphonates may help prevent osteoporosis in women without increasing their cancer risk. Normally, osteoporosis (a brittle bone [...]

Two companies demonstrated condoms for women at the VI International Conference on AIDS. M.D. Personal Products, Hayward, California, and Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Company, Jackson, Wisconsin, both hope to have the condoms [...]

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association A special survey of medicines in development for cancers affecting women, conducted by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, shows that 51 medicines are in human clinical trials or [...]

Indiana Mary McKee, Marion County, Indiana, Health Department AIDS coordinator, says the state may begin an AIDS education program targeting women. 'The very first issue is that all women need [...]

SOURCE: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, April 18, 1990; 82(8):693-696. The rising incidence of breast cancer in the United States among women over the age of 60 cannot be [...]

Sweden Females may have lower death rates from some cancers than men because of their sex hormones, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. A [...]

American Cancer Society A new nationwide survey by the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that significant gains have been made to convince primary care physicians to screen their asymptomatic patients [...]

Michigan The Michigan Breast Cancer Task Force has released a report after almost two years of study that urges women to seek breast examinations. 'Our strongest message today is that [...]

Kentucky The Kentucky Senate has approved legislation which would establish a breast cancer screening program in the Department of Health Services. It would also establish a state cancer registry. A [...]

The American Cancer Society, in its annual Cancer Facts and Figures, predicts that more women will die from lung cancer this year, while the lung cancer mortality among men will [...]

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has issued a report indicating that lung and breast cancers in women and skin cancer in men have risen the most between 1982 and [...]

Nichols Institute Nichols Institute, San Juan Capistrano, California, has announced the release of a test for Cathepsin D, a new prognostic indicator for breast cancer. Performed on breast cancer tissue, [...]

Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima, Director-General of the World Health Organization has announced formally that the theme for World AIDS Day 1990 will be Women and AIDS. Addressing the 85th session of [...]

SOURCE: Cancer, January 15, 1990; 65(2):221-223. Women who have received mantle irradiation for Hodgkin's disease are at greater risk of developing breast cancer and should undergo routine mammograms, according to [...]

University of Washington Women infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) may transmit the infection without showing clinical signs of the disease, says a report in the Journal of the American [...]

Cancer, January 15, 1990; 65(2):200-207. The addition of either prednisone or prednisone and tamoxifen to the drug combination of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF) did not appear to increase survival [...]

Missouri The Missouri Department of Health reports that breast cancer increased in the 1980s among women in the state. Using Missouri Cancer Registry data from 1980 to 1987, the department [...]

Lifeshield Foundation Women are three times as likely as men to become HIV-infected through sexual intercourse, according to a review of studies conducted in Great Britain and the United States [...]

AUTHORS: B. Norrild, A. Sebbelov and A. Iversen. The Danish Cancer Society, Arhus C., Denmark. According to the authors' abstract from the second annual meeting of the Danish Society for [...]

AUTHORS: Hans Skovgaard Poulsen and Jorn Andersen. Department of Oncology, The Finsen Institute, Copenhagen and The Danish Cancer Society, Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, University Hospital, Arhus, Denmark. According to [...]

Great Britain There will be an investigation of the National Health Service's $40 million breast cancer screening program, following criticism that the program is inadequately staffed and funded. The government [...]

London Dr. Tom Bourne, research fellow at King's College Hospital, London, says screening for ovarian cancer in Great Britain would cost about the same as an existing program for detection [...]

University of Miami A series of studies appear to confirm that psycho-social factors play a role in the development of cervical cancer in women, according to Dr. Karl Goodkin, one [...]