Monthly Archives May 2006

Laparcospic treatment of endometriosis

Video Highlight:
Laparoscopic Treatment of Endometriosis by Professor Jinhua Leng, MD.

Interactive educational presentation on Endometriosis by Professor Ingemar Joelsson and Professor Agneta Bergqvist of Sweden:
Part I - Introduction
Part II - Clinical Manifestation
Part III - Diagnosis
* Access to the above presentations may require registration.

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At any age, prevention is key to women’s health

What's so different about women? Just a sampling:
Women wake from anesthesia more quickly than men.
Medications, such as antihistamines and antibiotics, cause different side effects in women, partly due to women's hormonal cycles.
Women are more susceptible to immunity diseases like multiple sclerosis and lupus.
Women who are the same weight and consume the same amount of alcohol [...]

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Couples wanting baby get new hope

There is new hope for couples desperate to have a family.
Auckland University and KODE Biotech are developing a new technology they hope could increase the success rate of IVF treatments.
KODE Biotech chief Peter Bradley says the treatment is still in its very early stages.
But he says the idea is to make test tube embryos sticky, [...]

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Fertility treatments - the alternatives to IVF

1. Ovulation induction
If a woman has difficulty ovulating, doctors may recommend one of several hormonal drug treatments which help to stimulate ovulation (the release of an egg).
2. Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
Recommended when the male partner has very few sperm or his sperm is unhealthy.
3. Artificial insemination
This type of treatment is less intrusive and tends [...]

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Hot flashes worse after surgery-induced menopause

Women who undergo surgical removal of both ovaries, a procedure called bilateral oophorectomy — and who do not received hormone replacement therapy - have a significantly increased risk of experiencing moderate to severe hot flashes compared with women who have natural menopause, according to new report published in the journal Fertility and Sterility.
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Helping Women with the Pain of Endometriosis

Doctors at the University of Rochester are conducting a new study comparing birth control pills to the standard treatment drug lupron which comes in the form of a painful shot.
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Study Shows Laparoscopic Patients Achieve Pregnancy After Failed IVF

A study published last December shows that although a large number of fertility patients opt to proceed with In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), surgical evaluation and treatment of endometriosis with laparoscopic surgery should be considered for reversing infertility. The study may offer hope to many couples since IVF can be perceived as the last hope in [...]

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