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FDA Approves First Ever Inhaled Insulin Combination Product for Treatment of Diabetes
Fetal Brain Growth Slows If Pregnant Women Drink  (CME/CE)
Folate Overload Linked to Birth of Twins After IVF  (CME/CE)
History of Gestational Diabetes Raises Lifelong Diabetes Risk in Mother and Child
American Society for Reproductive Medicine Comments on Latest Hormone Replacement Findings
Women Low on Testosterone Get Boost from Patch  (CME/CE)

PCOStrategies is hitting the road! 
In the next few weeks we will be conducting Syndrome O Survival Strategies seminars at practices and hospitals in the West, Midwest and Eastern regions.

Painkiller Study Aims to Answer Safety Questions 
Kellogg Replaces Trans Fat With Genetically Modified Soybean Oil  
Women’s High Blood Pressure Linked to Cola, but Not Coffee - J. Wider

Charity Auction to Benefit Millions of Women with Prevalent Hormonal
Disorder The Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association (PCOSA) announced they will host the PCOSA Online Auction for Aid, Awareness & Advancement, conducted through eBay, from November 23-30, 2002

Women Prone To Repeated Miscarriages Show Increased Prevalence Of Insulin Resistance

Childhood Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes At An All Time High
American Council on Exercise Addresses Growing Epidemic

• International Diabetes Federation Highlights Serious Health Risks Presented by Impaired Glucose Tolerance

• Early Treatment with Bayer Drug Can Drastically Lower the Risk of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, First international study on the prevention of diabetes better and more cost-effective treatment possible.

The IAS Initiates Discussions with the U.S. Surgeon General Regarding Surgical Adhesions

US researchers sound warning note over postponing fatherhood - new findings confirm male fertility declines with age

US researchers find first conclusive evidence that lead is linked to male infertility

News from ASRM

• Overcoming The Wall of Infertility ASRM, ESHRE and Serono Symposia International Join Forces to Launch FertiQoL, the first global Quality of Life Initiative in Reproductive Medicine
• Using Genetic Technology to Identify Healthy Sperm, Eggs and Embryos:
  Increasing Patients' Chances of Successful Pregnancy
• The American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting
  "Health, Hope and Humanity in a Brave New World"
• Women More Likely to Disclose Use of Egg Donors
• Studies Show Children of ART Develop Normally
• Egg Donors' Mental States: From Recruitment to After the Retrieval
• Women Prone To Repeated Miscarriages Show Increased Prevalence Of Insulin Resistance

HIGHLIGHTS FROM FERTILITY AND STERILITY
Volume 78, Number 5, November 2002

• Success of Donor Egg Therapy is Unaffected by the Recipient's Age from the Twenties Through  Forties
• ASRM Ethics Committee Reports on Donating Spare Embryos for Embryonic Stem-Cell Research
• The Use and Effectiveness of Assisted Reproductive Technologies have Increased Steadily Since its Beginnings

Society of Gynecologic Oncologists Endorses American Cancer Society's New Guidelines Significant Step in Cervical Cancer Screening

ASRM Launches Second Year of Controversial National Public Health Campaign on Infertility Prevention, National Infertility Awareness Week is September 21-29