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Study Links Clinical Benefits of Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Urinary Urge Incontinence to Improved Quality of Life

Painful bladder condition affects about one million Americans

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Questions to help you begin the conversation about HPV and HPV testing with your doctor. These can help determine if HPV testing is right for you.

This is the exercise which, when done faithfully and correctly, can help decrease the urgency a patient may have and help with both urge incontinence and stress incontinence. The pelvic floor muscle is like a hammock that stretches from the pubic bone in the front to the tailbone in the back.

It is easier to understand uterine and vaginal wall relaxation (prolapse) if one has a working knowledge of normal anatomy. The support system of the uterus, urethra, bladder and to some degree the rectum is the vagina, specifically the "fascia".

Women may or may not be happy to know that age and anti-Mullerian hormone level can accurately predict to within a relatively small range of years when menopause will ensure, according to findings of a new study.

Myofascial pain syndrome represents the largest group of poorly recognizd and undertreated acuate and chronic medical problems in clinical practice.

Most clinicians consider communicating information to patients about risk among their most important duties; however, few have time to effectively convey all relevant information.

This list of US-based National Institutes of Health trials includes US phase III and IV clinical trials recruiting female participants.

Primary cesarean births account for most of the increasing cesarean birth rate in the US, according to recent study findings.

Analysis of data from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth reveals that use of emergency contraception in the US has more than doubled since 2002, from 4.2% to 9.7%, but remains highly dependent on whether physicians provide counseling about EC.

Although mode of delivery does not seem to influence the occurrence of postpartum depression, a number of other factors do, according to a study.

A diet high in sodium and low in potassium raises the risk of death from any cause by 50% and doubles the risk of death from heart attack, according to a new study.

A Virginia woman went to her gynecologist for an annual physical. The pap smear revealed human papillomavirus and abnormal cells. A cone biopsy was performed and the pathology report from the biopsy revealed adenoid cystic carcinoma. However, the gynecologist did not tell the patient about the cervical cancer; instead she was told to undergo a hysterectomy.

Women who don't smoke, have a body mass index lower than 25, exercise at least 30 minutes a day, and adhere to a Mediterranean-style diet, have a significantly lower risk of sudden cardiac death, a new study finds.

Over a 3-year period, exemestane reduced the relative incidence of invasive breast cancer by 65% in healthy postmenopausal women at moderately increased risk for breast cancer, according to the findings of a randomized trial.

Researchers in England have found a strong link between the number of eggs retrieved in a single cycle of in vitro fertilization and live birth rate.

Researchers have identified a gene associated with 70% of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancers, according to a new study.

More information is needed before physicians should start routinely screening pregnant women for vitamin D deficiency, according to an ACOG recently issued committee opinion statement.

Simultaneous screening with serum cancer antigen (CA)-125 and transvaginal ultrasound does not reduce the number of deaths from ovarian cancer, according to trial findings.

Use of long-acting reversible contraception - intrauterine devices and subdermal implants - in the United States more than doubled between 2002 and 2008, according to a new study.

Those who had hoped that the combination of routine screening with cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) and pelvic ultrasound would promote an earlier diagnosis and improved survival for women with ovarian cancer were dealt a harsh blow when the PLCO trail results were reported.

Ectopic pregnancy is one of the most challenging medical conditions.

This depends on the types and the severity of the prolapse. Generally, most women are not aware of the presence of mild prolapse. When prolapse is moderate or severe, symptoms may include sensation of a lump inside the vagina or disturbance in the function of the affected organs, such as: Bladder: stress incontinence, urgency, frequency, incomplete emptying, dribbling, recurrent urine infections.

Symptoms related to menopause, including insomnia, nervousness, melancholia, vertigo, weakness, fatigue, hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and urinary incontinence, denote a decline in a woman's quality of life. Further, the symptoms a woman may experience vary according to age.

With a number of clinical studies now completed, the launch of drospirenone/ethinyl estradiol (Yasmin®) in the United States and Europe is expected in the near future. An international panel of physicians involved with the development of drospirenone/ethinyl estradiol recently described the potential benefits of the new oral contraceptive (OC) to clinicians attending an industry-sponsored symposium held during the XVI FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

There has been an explosion of hormone replacement therapy research over the past few years. The task of wading through the data to determine what is best for a particular patient, however, can be daunting at best and confusing at worst, said Dr. Karen Carlson, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, to delegates at the Pri-Med East in Boston.

The topic of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) continues to emerge as a central theme that we, as clinicians to female patients, address every day. We recognize that the public is much more aware of and interested in HRT now than was the case a decade ago.

Isoflavones are gaining popularity as alternatives to hormone replacement therapy. However, few guidelines exist to inform the public as to an appropriate dose.