Gynecological in Biological News

Olympus advances technology for laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery

... includes the technology and devices necessary to perform procedures such as gallbladder removal, hernia repair, appendectomy, and urological or gynecological surgery through just one incision in the belly button. In Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site surgery (LESS), the TriPort access system is placed into ...

NIH funds research center for women's reproductive health at Einstein

... endometriosis, and endometrial cancer." Endometriosis, the abnormal growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, is one of the most common gynecological diseases, affecting more than 5.5 million women in North America. According to the NICHD, an estimated 2 to 10 percent of women of reproductive age ...

TGen and Washington University researchers discover new approach to treating endometrial cancer

... us to rapidly take our findings from the lab to patients.'' Endometrial cancer, which invades the inner wall of the uterus, is the most common gynecological cancer in the United States. This year more than 40,000 women will be diagnosed and nearly 7,500 women will die of the disease, according to the ...

Gene therapy anti-cancer research featured in Scientific American

... chemotherapies. Curiel and Alvarez have been testing this concept with a virus compound called adenovirus in women with recurrent ovarian or other gynecological cancers. The clinical trial is still in the early stages, yet the compound has shown anti-tumor effects that appear safe to most patients, Curiel ...

NHLBI issues first US von Willebrand Disease clinical practice guidelines

... during their first year of life. Since heavy menstrual bleeding is the most common symptom of VWD in women, the guidelines suggest that a full gynecological exam be performed before diagnosis of VWD is made. In addition, the guidelines address the challenges that pregnancy and childbirth present for women ...

Risk of common vaginal infection linked to preterm birth appears higher for blacks

... for bacterial vaginosis is not as simple as just looking at the woman. We also should consider her partner. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common gynecological infection that affects up to 50 percent of women in some populations. BV is characterized by an increase in vaginal alkalinity and an overgrowth of ...

FDA: 'Highly Unlikely' Green Tea Lowers Cancer Risk

... by Intuitive Surgical. UNC currently is the only gynecological oncology program in the Southeast that is using ... system gained federal government approval for gynecological use in April. "We've found the robotic ... fewer complications," said Dr. John F. Boggess, gynecological oncologist, assistant professor of obstetrics and ...

Screen all at risk for HIV, plus pregnant women

... by Intuitive Surgical. UNC currently is the only gynecological oncology program in the Southeast that is using ... system gained federal government approval for gynecological use in April. "We've found the robotic ... fewer complications," said Dr. John F. Boggess, gynecological oncologist, assistant professor of obstetrics and ...

Surgical Robot 'Scrubs In' At UNC, May Be More Precise Than Conventional Surgery

... by Intuitive Surgical. UNC currently is the only gynecological oncology program in the Southeast that is using ... system gained federal government approval for gynecological use in April. "We've found the robotic ... fewer complications," said Dr. John F. Boggess, gynecological oncologist, assistant professor of obstetrics and ...

RNA splicing factor implicated in ovarian tumor cell growth

... were 20,180 new cases of ovarian cancer; 15,310 women were expected to die from the disease. "Ovarian cancer is the deadliest disease among all gynecological cancers," said He. "Two factors account for the dismal mortality outcomes. One is the absence of reliable early detection markers, and the other is ...

Scientists sequence genome of parasite responsible for common sexually transmitted infection

... infection, it has not received the attention given to other STIs," says Carlton. "Women are the population most affected by it, yet routine gynecological check-ups do not test for this particular infection, and it's not an STI that generally requires public health notification under state statutes. By ...

3-D ultrasound scanner could guide robotic surgeries

... surgeons only a view of organs' outer surfaces. "Two-dimensional laparoscopic ultrasound has seen increased use as a surgical aide in general, gynecological and urological procedures," Pua added. "Our results show that the application of real-time 3-D ultrasound to these surgical procedures may increase ...

Survey reveals women and doctors aren't talking about HPV

... Eighty-eight percent of women rely on their healthcare providers to learn about gynecological issues, yet only 19 percent said their doctor has talked to them about cervical cancer and its cause - the human papillomavirus (HPV) - according to ...

First frozen egg baby born in Canada

... fertility before undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which can cause infertility and premature menopause," says Dr. Lucy Gilbert, Director of gynecological Oncology at the MUHC. Over the past two years, 16 cancer patients have had their eggs frozen at the MUHC. "Egg freezing also allows young women who ...