Here’s a study that investigated the need for additional surgery after laparoscopy or hysterectomy in the treatment of endometriosis. The information gathered may want you to think twice before you go under the knife to treat your condition. Women treated with hysterectomy had significantly fewer postsurgical reoperations than women treated with “conservative” surgery, the team [...]
Here is some uplifting news for those on their IVF journeys. It looks like there is still hope after all. The US and Dutch study, published at BMJ online, looked at the effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation. Jennie Longbottom, one of a small number [...]
A surgical gel – containing a drug untested on humans – has caused excruciating internal scarring in dozens of women that could lead to infertility, claims a leading gynaecologist.Many of the endometriosis patients have already forked out thousands of dollars for repeat surgery. Some are now pursuing compensation from ACC.Endometriosis is a condition where abnormal [...]
Operative procedures for endometriosis by Ros Wood Hormonal treatments have no long-term effect on endometriosis, so you may have to undergo surgery in order to treat your disease. Surgery for endometriosis can be very complex, in particular if you also have fibroids and/or adenomyosis, and extensive disease may mean that surgery will involve repair to [...]
In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is apt to be more successful in white women than in Asian women, a study suggests. Women of Asian descent were 29 percent less likely than their Caucasian counterparts to become pregnant after IVF, Dr. Karen Purcell of Fertility Physicians of Northern California in San Jose and her colleagues found. Read more [...]
A less aggressive approach to in vitro fertilization is easier on the patient, carries far less risk of multiple births, and is virtually as effective over time as the approach favored in the U.S., a study from Holland reports. In the study, 92 of the 205 women undergoing a so-called “mild IVF” gave birth; vs. [...]
Babies conceived with the aid of fertility treatments are more likely to suffer birth defects, according to a study conducted by Ottawa researchers. In an examination of 61,208 Ontario births from 2005, researchers found that 2.6 per cent of those babies conceived through assisted reproduction had birth defects, compared to 1.9 per cent of those [...]
Laparoscopic hysterectomy, which is offered at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital, has many advantages and is less invasive than the traditional hysterectomy, which involves removal of the uterus and cervix through an abdominal incision, according to the Aberdeen-based hospital. “LSH was developed to reduce pain and trauma to the body, minimize scarring and shorten recovery time,” [...]
A New York hospital plans to offer the nation’s first uterus transplants to enable women who lack a womb because of cancer treatment or other problems to bear children. The wombs would come from donors, just as other organs do. Once a uterus is transplanted, it would be removed after the recipient gives birth so [...]
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 [...]
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