Zooming in on female pain
We know that men don’t suffer menstrual pain, but that’s not the only fun they’re missing. “Research is uncovering very dramatic differences in how the genders experience pain,” says Mark Allen Young, a professor at New York College of Podiatric Medicine and author of “Women and Pain: Why It Hurts and [...]
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by Shelley Ross
Although menopause has its own host of unpleasant symptoms that a woman is forced to deal with as her body adapts to change, it has been known to have one positive side effect for endometriosis sufferers – It often puts an end to painful endometriosis symptoms.
To help you fully understand the positive [...]
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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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Women who delay starting a family may be putting their daughters at risk of fertility problems, say US researchers.
A study of women at a fertility clinic found that those who failed to become pregnant after treatment had older mothers than those who were successful.
The researchers from Atlanta, warned that postponing childbirth had implications for [...]
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By Doreen Nagle
Gannett News Service
How conception occurs:
1. Healthy eggs are produced from the ovaries.
2. The fallopian tubes must be free of blockages in order for the egg to go through them where it meets healthy sperm. The sperm merges with one or more eggs in the fallopian tubes.
3. The lining of the uterus is prepared, [...]
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Video Highlight:
Laparoscopic Treatment of Endometriosis by Professor Jinhua Leng, MD.
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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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Ovarian cysts are found in nearly all pre-menopausal women, and up to fifteen percent of those who are postmenopausal. What makes them occur, what is the chance that a cyst is or will become cancerous and how aggressively should it be treated?
Functional cysts rarely become larger than six centimeters and should resolve and dissolve after [...]
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