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YWCA USA released a new report that reveals the impact of idealized, airbrushed beauty and body image obsession on the economic well-being, health and interpersonal relationships of American women and girls. The report, Beauty at Any Cost, shows alarming new trends and money spent on cosmetic surgery alterations, including dramatic increases among young women, and other serious health risks.

Ashok Hemal, M.D., a urologic surgeon from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and colleagues have reported success using robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to repair abnormal openings between the bladder and vagina known as fistulas. Reporting on their experience with seven patients, Hemal and colleagues have the world's largest known success with the procedure. Their report appears online in the Journal of Urology and will be included in a future print issue.

The recent report from the LIFT study1, a large, randomized, controlled trial of the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) tibolone in older postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, provides some good news and some bad news. The primary aim of the study was to confirm that tibolone reduces the risk of osteoporotic vertebral fracture.

PregLem SA, a Swiss biopharmaceutical company specialized in reproductive medicine, announced the start of an international Phase III clinical trial program for PGL4001 (ulipristal) in symptomatic uterine myoma, a common benign solid tumor of the genital tract in women of reproductive age.

About 400,000 no-cost condoms and 250,000 HIV/AIDS prevention pamphlets recently were distributed by Beijing's health Bureau to 119 hotels that contracted with the Olympic Games, as well as other hotels in the city, Xinhuanet reports.

Title: Low Vitamin D Raises Women's Hip Fracture RiskCategory: health newscreated: 8/19/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 8/19/2008

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Zoledronic acid prevents bone loss in breast cancer patients undergoing endocrine therapy and improves bone mineral density after treatment, according to an Austrian study.