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Miscarriage: Why It Happens And How Best To Reduce Your RisksA conversation with Dr. Henry Lerner
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Curing Fibroids Without HysterectomyMore than 99 percent of fibroid tumors of the uterus are benign, and most require no treatment. However, if these growths get very large, they can become uncomfortable, enlarge the abdomen and bring on loner, heavier menstrual periods. Even some tiny fibroids can cause abnormal bleeding. Until recently, a woman with troublesome fibroids almost always ended up with a hysterectomy.
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EndometriosisDownload a presentation by Hima Kandimalla of Mount Hope Women's Hospital in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Test Your Knowledge: Can you Diagnose these Vulvar Diseases?Vulvovaginal disease is common, but often difficult to diagnose. Yeast infections, vulvodynia, and contact dermatitis may be easy to identify, but chronic or overlapping conditions can be difficult to spot. Can you accurately diagnose these patients?
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The Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and How It Is Used to Diagnose Uterine FibroidsWilliam Parker, MD discusses the use of MRI in diagnosing and managing uterine fibroids. Dr. Parker's upcoming Clinical Opinion article, “The utility of MRI for the surgical treatment of women with uterine fibroid tumors”, will be published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2012.
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Chronic Pelvic PainChronic pelvic pain can be defined as cyclic or non-cyclic pain of six or more months in duration that localises to the anatomical pelvis and is severe enough to cause functional disability and require medical or surgical treatment.
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Twins and Multiple BirthsOBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom First Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility Prague CZECH REPUBLIC - October, 1999
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Total Laparoscopic HysterectomyIn the following Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy, Dr. Howard Hall, Morganton, N.C. is utilizing the PKS Cutting Forceps for transection of the large infundibular pelvic ligaments along with dissection, grasping, and coagulation during the procedure.
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Vulvodynia FAQ'sVulvodynia is a general term which means, simply and literally, "pain in the vulva." It is not the name of a disease, but a symptom, just like "headache." Vulvar vestibulitis is a syndrome in which there is pain at specific points in the vulvar vestibule (the portion surrounding the entrance to the vagina).
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Assessing Bone Resorption Levels to Predict Skeletal Responses to HRTOsteoporosis is recognized as a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality in postmenopausal women. Several effective strategies, including calcium supplementation, weight-bearing exercise, and, most importantly, hormone replacement, have been developed to prevent or at least delay clinically significant bone loss.
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3D Ultrasound – Part 2OBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom FIGO 2000 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION of GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS: Washington DC, USA
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Transvaginal Anatomy ScanOBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom AIUM 44th Conference held in San Francisco, California - April, 2000
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The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine consult series #49 on cesarean scar pregnancyCesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is a complication in which an early pregnancy implants in the scar from a prior cesarean delivery. Incidence and recognition of this condition appear to have increased over the past two decades, perhaps due to high worldwide cesarean delivery rates. The clinical presentation is variable, and many women are asymptomatic at presentation. CSP can be difficult to diagnose in a timely fashion. Ultrasound is the primary imaging modality for CSP diagnosis. Expectantly managed CSP is associated with high rates of severe maternal morbidity such as hemorrhage, placenta accreta spectrum (PAS), and uterine rupture. Given these substantial risks, pregnancy termination is recommended after CSP diagnosis. Several surgical and medical treatments have been described for this disorder, but at this time, optimal management remains uncertain.
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International Pelvic Pain SocietyOBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom American Association of Gynecological LaparoscopistsOrlando, Florida, November 2000
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VBAC: Obstetrical Murphy's LawI would like to share with you my most recent experience with a VBAC case and give some of my own reactions and comments. A 26 y/ G3P2 is admitted at term in dyskinetic labor to the hospital with ruptured membranes.
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Cesarean Section for All Twins?According to B. Russell’s “bad luck” mathematical paradox, a decision is bound to be false if based on the probability of success of another decision. Thus, a decision to perform a cesarean section (CS) based on the probability of a successful vaginal delivery (VD) is likely to be wrong.
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Iatrogenic Multiple PregnancyFrom American Association of Gynecological LaparoscopistsOrlando, Florida, November 2000
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Virtual Colonoscopy and Rectal-Vaginal DissectionCoverage of 36th AAGL Congress November 2007, Washington, DC
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Kegel ExercisesFor many years I too had advised that the proper way to perform Kegel exercises was to activate those pelvic floor muscles that would allow the patient to stop and then start the urinary stream.
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A New Contraceptive Option: A Focus on the Transdermal Contraceptive SystemAnd my task for this afternoon is to review for you a new contraceptive option and what I’d like to do first is show you my disclosure statement and then I will go into the first part of discussion, talk about why I think there’s a need for this new contraception option and then go in much greater depth in discussing it.
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The First World Congress On: Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & InfertilityLaparoscopic hysterectomy was first described in 1989 (Reich) and rapidly thereafter in 1991 laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy was also described (Querleu). During the 1990s the role of pelvic and latterly para aortic lymphadenectomy has been extended and is now an integral part of best practice Gynaecological Oncology Departments.
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Melatonin Effects on Luteinizing Hormone in Postmenopausal Women: A Pilot Clinical Trial NCT00288262In many mammals, the duration of the nocturnal melatonin elevation regulates seasonal changes in reproductive hormones such as luteinizing hormone (LH). Melatonin's effects on human reproductive endocrinology are uncertain.
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Using a Lactation AidA lactation aid is a device which allows a breastfeeding mother to supplement her baby with expressed breastmilk, formula or glucose water with added colostrum (glucose water alone should only be used, in general, in the first day or two after birth) without using an artificial nipple.
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Emergency Contraception: An Option To RememberIn an ideal world, contraceptives would be 100% effective, and they would be used correctly every time. But, like most things in life, birth control isn't perfect. Pills are missed; condoms break, are put on improperly, and sometimes are not used at all. And, unfortunately, situations occur in which women are forced to have intercourse against their will.
