Jan 3, 2014
Women who present with acute coronary events are less frequently to be properly diagnosed and often have worse outcomes than men. Part of the problem may be that women are less apt to manifest increased biomarkers or often receive less aggressive guideline-mandated care. Women also have lower reference values...
Jan 3, 2014
The January 2014 issue of Clinical Chemistry is devoted to the area of women's health. It includes a multi-center report on the application of measuring the circulating products of the proteolytic enzyme carboxypeptidase-N for the early detection of breast cancer. Accompanying that paper was an editorial by Eleftherios...
Jan 3, 2014
Until recently, much of the research in medical literature used primarily male populations. Slowly we've come to appreciate the importance of studying female populations due to the differences in normal physiology as well as disease pathology between men and women.
Jan 3, 2014
The development of in vitro fertilization in the 1970s has revolutionized the treatment of infertility. The ability to culture embryos has allowed for the development of the preimplantation genetic diagnosis. This involves removing a cell from the developing embryos for genetic testing before choosing one to implant....