Treatment with chemotherapy and bevacizumab, an anticancer drug, is associated with a greater risk of blood clots in patients’ arteries compared with treatment with chemotherapy only, according to a study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. [click link for full article]

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A new US study suggests that women who have migraines with aura (seeing spots and flashing lights), particularly those who smoke or use oral contraceptives, are at increased risk of having a stroke compared with women who do not have migraines. [click link for full article]

Few older women were interested in being tested for the virus that causes AIDS despite having significant risk factors for lifetime exposure, according to a study published in the July/August edition of the Journal of Women’s Health. The risk is especially great among African-American women, who represent 73 percent of new HIV cases in women over age 50. [click link for full article]

An intense form of ultrasound that shakes a tumor until its cells start to leak can trigger an ‘alarm’ that enlists immune defenses against the cancerous invasion, according to a study led by researchers at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. [click link for full article]

Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) last week introduced a bill (S 1947) under which Medicare quality improvement organizations could not conduct investigations of beneficiary complaints about health care providers when they serve as consultants for those providers, [click link for full article]

A new study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology suggests that wireless capsule endoscopy is a useful and safe technique to study small bowel health in children. While the technology has become widely used in adult treatment, this is the first study to examine its use in pediatrics.”The small bowel has always been difficult to evaluate, due to its size and many convolutions,” says study author Gian Luigi de Angelis, a professor with the University of Parma, Italy. [click link for full article]

Focused ultrasound can be an effective treatment for uterine fibroid symptoms and might limit the need for subsequent procedures for at least two years, according to a study published in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reuters Health reports (Reuters Health, 8/6). [click link for full article]

Bright future for new drug delivery system intended to minimize side effects Journal of the American Chemical SocietyIn an advance toward the long-sought ability to deliver medication directly to diseased tissue, while minimizing side effects and damage to healthy parts of the body, scientists are reporting development of a new dosing system that is controlled by light. [click link for full article]

Obesity among women residing in the U.S. has become more socially acceptable, likely in part because more than one-third of women ages 20 and older are obese, according to a study published in the July issue of Economic Inquiry, the Washington Times reports. [click link for full article]