Researchers in Australia suggest that small nerve fibres detected in the functional layer in all women with endometriosis may have important implications for understanding why pain occurs in these patients. Tokushige et al prepared histological sections of endometrial tissue from endometrial curettings and hysterectomies performed on women with endometriosis (n=25 and n=10, respectively) and without [...]
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Posted 22 March 2006
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Mike Waites More than a million women suffer from endometriosis but it remains a condition which is misdiagnosed and misunderstood, according to campaigners. A poll of more than 3,500 sufferers by the National Endometriosis Society found the delay between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis is a staggering 11 years while the time between consulting [...]
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Posted 15 March 2006
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By Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writer Imagine going to the doctor for your regular checkup, giving a blood sample, and having it tested for 100 diseases – cancer, mental illness, even “mad cow” – long before you ever have detectable tumors or other symptoms. That future might be as little as a decade away, according [...]
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Posted 15 March 2006
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New methods for making babies raise eyebrows as well as business and ethical issues By DAVID PLOTZ Infertility in America has become a string of titillating anecdotes, one long episode of Oprah: “The surrogate took our baby.” “Our baby has three mothers: Which is the real one?” “I used my dead son’s frozen sperm to [...]
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Posted 05 March 2006
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Studies discover that women between 35 and 39 have higher odds of producing twins due to their hormonal fluctuations at that age. ‘Health’ also provides FAQs on Infertility. Hormones are responsible for older pregnant women’s higher odds for producing twins. Hormonal fluctuations trigger release of multiple eggs. Thanks to hormone fluctuations, the ovaries of older [...]
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Posted 03 March 2006
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MAASTRICHT, 15 SEPTEMBER 2005 Attendees at the 9th World Congress on Endometriosis heard more about the challenge, which endometriosis presents for the millions of women worldwide, who live with this chronic disease. The results of a global survey, completed by 7,025 women with endometriosis [1], were announced today by Lone Hummelshøj, co-founder of the Danish [...]
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Posted 22 February 2006
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Endometriosis Awareness Week in Europe is 6 – 12 March 2006, and in the United States it is for the entire month of March. Activities have been planned in many countries to raise awareness of endometriosis in 2006. Read more from… Endo Center Endometriosis.Org
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Posted 22 February 2006
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By Katrina Woznicki, MedPage Today Staff Writer LONDON, Sept. 16 – The vast number of women who have postponed childbearing into early middle age has led to a public health threat that physicians need to address, say three prominent British obstetrician-gynecologists here. Women who delay childbearing into their late 30s and 40s risk infertility, miscarriage, [...]
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Posted 17 February 2006
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AMHERST, Mass., June 13 – High dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D-rich foods may help prevent premenstrual syndrome, a study finds. The investigators, using food questionnaires from women in the Nurses Health Study II, found that milk, in particular, proved significantly beneficial. Women with the highest intake of total vitamin D (median, 706 IU/d) [...]
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Posted 17 February 2006
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There are several options in seeking treatment for infertility. If couples are unable to conceive after one year of trying, experts say you should consider seeking treatment. You may want to receive a thorough diagnostic evaluation to determine the best course of action. This can be done by an infertility specialist. There are several infertility [...]
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Posted 09 February 2006
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