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Y! Health Women's Health News
Y! Health Women's Health News, updated continuously.

• "Better treatment" seen needed for endometriosis (Reuters)

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 10:19 am
  Reuters - Key-hole surgery to treat endometriosis is associated with good short-term outcomes but has a high reoperation rate in the long run, research suggests. Hysterectomy, on the other hand, while "too radical," is associated with a low reoperation rate, the study team found, and preservation of the ovaries is a "viable option."
  

• New targeted treatment promising in breast cancer (Reuters)

  Posted on 1 Jul 2008 at 12:19 pm
  Reuters - An novel investigational chemotherapy regimen targeting both a mutated protein called p53 and tumor blood vessels "has complementary and potent antitumor activity and could define a new strategy for suppression of advanced breast cancers," Dr. Yayun Liang reported at the Department of Defense's annual Era of Hope breast cancer meeting that just wrapped in Baltimore, Maryland.
  

• 3-D mammograms, cameras may improve breast exams (AP)

  Posted on 30 Jun 2008 at 9:18 pm
  AP - Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids' toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D.
  

• New breast imaging technique seen promising (Reuters)

  Posted on 30 Jun 2008 at 4:25 pm
  Reuters - A technique called molecular breast imaging appears to be about as accurate as MRI for detecting breast cancers, but is less costly.
  

• Shorter time between periods can signal menopause (Reuters)

  Posted on 30 Jun 2008 at 11:16 am
  Reuters - A shorter-than-normal time between menstrual periods may be the first sign of menopause for many women, while heavy bleeding may have other causes, a new study shows.
  

• Breast Cancer Vaccines Look Promising (HealthDay)

  Posted on 26 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women with metastatic breast cancer who developed an immune response to an investigational vaccine lived twice as long as those who didn't have an immune response, new research shows.
  

• Experimental Imaging System Helps Detect Breast Cancer (HealthDay)

  Posted on 26 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have devised a new breast-imaging technology that appears to be as accurate as MRI scans but several times cheaper.
  

• Outreach Programs Help African American Breast Cancer Patients (American Canc...

  Posted on 25 Jun 2008 at 8:00 pm
  American Cancer Society - Emory University researchers have developed a two-pronged outreach program that appears to significantly improve early-stage breast cancer detection among African American women. The program, which emphasizes health education and patient support, owes its success in large part to the work of specially-trained Community Health Advocates, who encourage women to get screened for breast cancer, and Patient Navigators, who help women if they're diagnosed.
  

• Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost Ovarian Cancer Detection (HealthDay)

  Posted on 23 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers boosted the level of early-stage ovarian cancer detection by 20 percent through use of a blood test to detect a tumor marker as well as a woman's report of new-onset symptoms.
  

• Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis (HealthDay)

  Posted on 23 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Low socioeconomic status increases a cancer patient's risk of dying, say U.S. researchers who analyzed data on almost 14,000 breast, prostate and colorectal patients in seven states.