By Tamara McLean
A DRUG famed for smoothing women’s wrinkles may soon be soothing their period pain too.
In a world-first trial at Sydney’s Royal Hospital for Women, doctors have begun injecting Botox into the womb of women with severe and prolonged monthly cramps.
Up to 10 per cent of fertile women suffer from period pain, when the [...]
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If endometriosis signs start early, it typically takes more than four exams to figure it out.
Historically, endometriosis — in which tissue from the lining of the uterus, called the endometrium, escapes and lodges in other areas — has been thought of as a problem of adult women. According to the National Institutes of Health, 5.5 [...]
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by Roland Piquepaille
An American doctor has developed a new surgery technique that enables surgeons to see tumors and other pathologies invisible with previous methods. This new ‘x-ray vision’ laparoscopic technology received the first prize for technical achievement at the 62nd annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). This new method incorporates specific [...]
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Researchers have identified a protein in women that destroys unfertilized eggs with genetic damage, an important step in discovering how to treat infertility, according to a study in the journal Nature.
The protein, p63, guards against irregularities that could cause diseases in children by detecting and killing eggs with genetic mutations - the first mechanism found [...]
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Habit Has Opposite Effect For Few
Women who light up may extinguish their chances of getting pregnant, according to a new study that finds smoking hurts fertility. It’s even worse for women who aren’t using their own eggs to conceive, the study outlined.
Smoking is a habit that not only affects the health of an unborn child, [...]
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Description
Danazol ( DA-na-zole) may be used for a number of different medical problems. These include treatment of:
Pain and/or infertility due to endometriosis;
A tendency for females to develop cysts in the breasts (fibrocystic breast disease); or
Hereditary angioedema, which causes swelling of the face, arms, legs, throat, windpipe, bowels, or sexual organs.
Danazol may also be used for [...]
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News Author: Laurie Barclay, MD
Evaluation of the menstrual cycle is a viable tool to assess healthy development of teen girls’ menstrual patterns, according to new guidelines published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in the November issue of Pediatrics.
“Young patients and their parents often are unsure about what represents normal menstrual patterns, and clinicians [...]
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Welcome to the new and improved Endometriosis and Fertility Resource Page! It was once known as the EndoPhil Resource Page, but we have taken steps to make it even better, now on our very own website.
This resource page has been set up to collate the latest news on endometriosis, fertility, infertility, medications and medical procedures. It is also a source of basic facts and hopes to bust myths of human reproduction.
DISCLAIMER: It is not the intent of this blog to replace the medical advice of physicians and other health professionals.
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