NIH's Fauci Discusses Research On Microbicidal Gel, HIV Prevention

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, hailed the development of a microbicidal gel that has shown promise in combating HIV infection in clinical tests, but said that scientists “must continue to pursue a range of HIV prevention modalitites,” CQ HealthBeat reports…

Brain Estrogen Shows Promise As Schizophrenia Treatment

An estrogenic drug that influences neurotransmitter and neuronal systems in the brain is showing promise as an effective therapy for women who suffer from schizophrenia…

New Chemotherapy Combination Shows Promise In Endometrial Cancer

Researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report that in a small study of women with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, gemcitabine and cisplatin, when used in combination, produced a response rate in fifty percent of patients. Jubilee Brown, M.D., associate professor in M. D…

Women Community Support Groups Can Reduce Neonatal Mortality

Two articles published Online First in The Lancet report that community support groups can reduce neonatal mortality. In addition, they can lower rates of maternal depression, provided that the population coverage is wide enough and the programs are suitably designed. In trials in Nepal, participatory women’s groups have shown promise. Neonatal mortality was reduced by about one-third…

Experimental Vaccine Shows Promise In Treating Precancerous Vulvar Growths, Study Says

An experimental vaccine to treat precancerous vulvar growths eliminated the growths in nine of 20 women participating in a small trial, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters reports.

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