Metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes and thought to hold great promise at overcoming the infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is less useful for helping women with the condition achieve pregnancy than is the standard treatment with the infertility drug clomiphene, report researchers in an NIH research network.
This study is the largest, [...]
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by Joanne Bladd
A new gynaecological procedure may improve hormonal profile and restore fertility in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), who are resistant to treatment with clomiphene citrate.
According to clinicians in China, writing in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, about 20% of women treated for PCOS do not respond to clomiphene treatment. In recent [...]
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One of the leading causes of infertility is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood.
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome or PCOS, often leads to abnormal periods, abnormal weight gain, and hair growth. Many women with the syndrome are insulin resistant and have abnormal cholesterol levels. But with proper testing and treatment, women lose weight, return to normal insulin, and cholesterol [...]
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