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Magee-Womens Hospital Awarded For Achievements In Reducing Elective Induced Labor
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC recently won a first-place achievement award from the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) in patient safety for achievements in researching and improving the process for elective induction of a woman"s labor.
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Link Between Vitamin D Insufficiency And Bacterial Vaginosis In Pregnant Women
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection in US women of childbearing age, and is common in pregnant women. BV occurs when the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina is disrupted and replaced by an overgrowth of certain bacteria. Because having BV puts a woman at increased risk for a variety of complications, such as preterm delivery, there is great interest in understanding how it can be prevented. Vitamin D may play a role in BV because it exerts influence over a number of aspects of the immune system. This hypothesis is circumstantially supported by the fact that BV is far more common in black than white women, and vitamin D status is substantially lower in black than white women. This relation, however, has not been rigorously studied. To assess whether poor vitamin D status may play a role in predisposing a woman to BV, Bodnar and coworkers at the University of Pittsburgh and the Magee-Womens Research Institute studied 469 pregnant women. The results of their investigation are published in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition.
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START Trial Will Show Whether Therapeutic Vaccine Stimuvax Has Potential To Extend Lung Cancer Survival Beyond Five Years
Of all cancers, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents one of the greatest unmet needs for an effective and life-prolonging treatment. The condition, which accounts for 85 per cent of all lung cancers - roughly 1.4 million worldwide each year - is rarely diagnosed at its earliest and most potentially curable stage when it is amenable to surgical resection. Most patients are diagnosed when the tumour has already advanced to stage III, where it has invaded the chest tissues or mediastinal lymph nodes and is inoperable, or to stage IV where it has spread to other organ sites. Around 30 per cent are diagnosed at stage III and 40 per cent at stage IV. Both stages carry a poor prognosis. From stage III, and following chemo and radiotherapy treatment, median survival has been at best only between 13 and 18 months.
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Blood Pressure Association Comment On BMJ Research Paper

UK charity the Blood Pressure Association has responded to the BMJ research paper "Use of blood pressure lowering drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular disease": Mike Rich, Executive Director, of UK charity the Blood Pressure Association, said: "This research is another reminder that, as the major cause of strokes and heart attacks, high blood pressure is a condition that must be taken seriously. "More than half of people in their 50s have high blood pressure so the suggestion that everyone over the age of 55 should take medicine regardless of whether or not they have the condition is an interesting one. "Prevention is better than cure, but there are other proven ways to prevent high blood pressure such as healthy eating and regular exercise, which have other health benefits too. "There is a danger that these important lifestyle factors could be overlooked in favour of "popping a pill"." Blood Pressure Association


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