If there's no cancer present, why remove a woman's ovaries during hysterectomy? Does the reduced risk of ovarian cancer outweigh the consequences of eliminating the protective hormones secreted by a healthy pair of ovaries? A team of researchers offers some thought-provoking conclusions.
Mary is a 26-year-old G1,P0 who is 34 weeks' pregnant with an uncomplicated, singleton gestation. She's in for a routine prenatal visit and asks, "When do I have to quit working?"
Two separate obstetrician/gynecologists reviewed the case and both had difficulty defending the case. It was not clear why the defendant performed the TAH.
I started skipping periods about two years ago at the age of 40. I have not had a period now for about 4 months and I am having what I believe to be hot flashes.
New research presented today on treatments, causes and risks associated with Polycistic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a disease that effects between five and 10 percent of reproductive aged women, offers a glimmer of hope to the millions of women who suffer from the painful and debilitating disease.
Are these symptoms of Menopause?Am I experiencing Perimenopause?What should I expect from HRT?
Over 300 therapies have been proposed for premenstrual syndrome. To date there has been only one survey conducted in the UK of PMS treatments prescribed by GPs, a questionnaire-based study by the National Association of Premenstrual Syndrome in 1989.
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It is in your best health interest to see your gynecologist or primary care physician regarding specific medical problems or concerns.
It is in your best health interest to see your gynecologist or primary care physician regarding specific medical problems or concerns.
It is in your best health interest to see your gynecologist or primary care physician regarding specific medical problems or concerns.
I started to take Femhrt one month ago. Since them I got a regular period and some spot bleedings. My concern besides the bleeding that according to my GYN is normal, is that I am hungry all they.
I would really appreciate some advice. For the last 8 years I have experience pain during sex, from at best sore to simply excruciating. The pain is worst on entry but leaves me sore afterwards.
The widespread use of the Internet is the greatest revolution in mass communication since the invention of the printing press.
In general, ISAs have not been studied for long term use. The only studies in women with PCOS have related to helping those women ovulate (i.e. short term use).
Effect of Electro-acupuncture on Ovarian Expression of α (1)- and β (2)-adrenoceptors, and p75 Neurotrophin Receptors in Rats with Steroid-induced Polycystic Ovaries
Although clomiphene citrate and FSH remain the mainstay of therapy for ovarian stimulation among women with unexplained infertility, both drugs have their shortcomings. Two experts present the evidence supporting the value of AIs in this patient population.
A leading expert helps you educate yourself-and your patients-about putting combined HPV-Pap testing into practice. Patient education should stress how common HPV is and explain the high level of reassurance testing negative on both tests affords.
These experts urge meticulous wound closure, as they share their own protocols and tips and review your incision options for complicated open pelvic surgery-especially in obese women.
While managing menopausal patients can be difficult, the real challenge comes in treating perimenopause. This case-based approach offers several practical tips.
Using a risk assessment score that incorporates CA 125 values, prealbumin, and menopausal status may help predict which women presenting with a pelvic mass are most likely to have ovarian cancer, according to this prize-winning paper presented at the 2006 ACOG clinical meeting in Washington, D.C.
You can accurately test for Neisseria gonorrheae (NG) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) using the same liquid Pap specimens collected for cervical cytology, researchers from University of Oklahoma college of Medicine in Tulsa have concluded.
While oral misoprostol isn't superior to vaginal dinoprostone for induction of labor at term, it isn't inferior either. It doesn't lead to poorer health outcomes for women or their infants and offers a preferred route of administration.
Despite all the negative reports in the lay press claiming the latest WHI study proved that calcium/vitamin D supplements do not prevent fractures in postmenopausal women, a closer look at the results clearly shows that they do.
Patient- or partner-administered perineal massage during the last 4 or 5 weeks of pregnancy reduces the number of episiotomies by about 15%, according to a review of trials in the Cochrane Library.
Reserving full karyotyping for the 10% of fetuses with first trimester nuchal translucency (NT) measurements of 4 mm or more and using quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (qf-PCR) for less suspicious samples may be an effective screening strategy that provides rapid results at significant cost savings, according to a recent observational study.
Some studies have indicated that statins inhibit colorectal carcinogenesis in rodents. And one large case–control study from Israel-the Molecular Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer (MECC) Trial-found that people who took statins for 5 years or more cut their risk of colorectal cancer in half.