They hope this research will lead to better ways to detect the disease. His team has duplicated an equivalent estrogen deficient status that also results in infertility and most of the symptoms of menopause in women. This research could lead to a better understanding of infertility and menopause in future. However, none of them is designed to be used in mass immunizations or to boost local immunity at the entry site of the viral infection. Dr. Yotov Wagner and a team at Sainte-Justine Hospital are developing an HPV16 vaccine that they hope will be suitable for both purposes.
Many women sleep better or more poorly at different times during their menstrual cycle.
Dr. Diane Boivin and her team at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre are studying nine women with PMDD and nine other women to determine whether melatonin pills help the women with PMDD sleep better. The team will monitor sleep patterns, core body temperatures and blood to determine how sleep quality varies across the menstrual cycle, and how melatonin affects these factors. This research could lead to new treatments for women with insomnia. Those with severe PMDD are also at higher risk for other major behavioural problems or psychiatric disorders, such as major depression, anxiety disorders and alcoholism. Dr. Hannu Larjava and a team at the University of British Columbia are studying mice to gain insight into the way human wounds heal.