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Serum Progesterone Helps Stratify Ectopic Pregnancy Risk

... to an emergency department with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding. Patients were monitored until intrauterine or ectopic pregnancy was confirmed. Follow-up showed that, altogether, 61% were viable intrauterine pregnancies, 32% were nonviable intrauterine pregnancies and 7.3% were ectopic pregnancies. Using...

Contraceptives via Internet

...ines. The team found that male and female condoms, vaginal sponges and diaphragms were widely available. From Web sites based outside the US, the researchers were able to purchase oral contraceptives and levonorgestrel IUDs without a prescription. Many of the oral contraceptives arrived in the mail with li...

The phenomenon of sexual attraction

...ls she sends out. They exposed 76 men to synthetic vaginal pheromones without their knowledge. They then showed them a series of photographs of women and played tapes of their voices. The pheromones, which can be perceived by the nose even though they are odourless, were then replaced by water and the men'...

Vaginosis increases risk of miscarriage

...en conceived at the same rate as women with normal vaginal bacteria. However, 29% of those with the infection subsequently miscarried, compared to only 18% of women who were free of infection. Dr Janet Wilson, a consultant physician specialising in genito-urinary medicine, said it was possible that the infe...

Appropriate treatment for breast cancer

...gery, or tamoxifen, reported sexual discomfort and vaginal dryness. It calls into question whether it's worth having chemotherapy or tamoxifen in the case of a very small - less than one centimeter in diameter - tumour. For larger tumours, these treatments have a definite survival value that would be set off...

A hormone may decrease Menopause Symptoms

...st common being endometrial disorder, breast pain, vaginal hemorrhage and infection, the Columbia, Maryland-based company said....

Treatment for fibroids with "Abortion Pill"

...ing fibroids, side effects such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness can come with the estrogen decrease. Also Mifepristone has been shown in Eisinger's study as effective in all women, while it cannot be said so with Lupron. However, Elizabeth Ginsburg, MD, an Obstetrics/Gynecology and Fertility specialist at...

Risk of early neonatal death high in infants born in the night

...hers conducted a population based study of 694,888 vaginal deliveries in Sweden// between 1991 and 1997. Relative risks of intrapartum (death at the time of labour and delivery) and early neonatal death according to the hour, day and month of delivery was estimated. They found that approximately 1 in 650 inf...

New genital gel could empower women against the AIDS epidemic

...frica. Carraguard gums up the surface of virus and vaginal cells to create a physical barrier against infecti...und to increase HIV infection as attack and weaken vaginal cell walls, as well as the target virus. In the new study, researchers used a human antibody called...

Hormone Replacement Therapy -- What to do?

...he arms or abdomen, nasal estradiol, a patch, or a vaginal ring. ...

Hormone Replacement Therapy

...he arms or abdomen, nasal estradiol, a patch, or a vaginal ring....

Vaginal Birth After C-section Dangerous For Both Mother And Baby

Women who opt for a vaginal birth after first delivering a child via cesarean ...elivered by C-section. This study aimed to see how vaginal birth after a c-section affects mother and child. Thus researchers followed about 46,000 women who ...

The Link Between Hormone Therapy And Urinary Incontinence

...dited for relief of hot flashes, night sweats, and vaginal dryness. MHT was often prescribed specifically to improve the symptoms of urinary incontinence. Researchers conducted a study to determine the effects of MHT (estrogen and progestin or estrogen alone) and the severity of symptoms of stress, urge, a...

Epidural can affect the fetal head position

...en who have an epidural injection failed to have a vaginal birth....

Harmful chemicals change the genetic response to hormone estrogen

..., pre-term delivery, infertility, and rare form of vaginal and cervical cancer called clear-cell adenocarcinoma. These women may also be at increased risk from tumor of the uterus. Previously it was held that the harmful ingredients of the environment only cause genetic changes. The research brings into lig...

PET Scanner detects more Vaginal cancer than CT scans

PET scans can detect twice the number of vaginal cancer and cancerous lymph//nodes than CT scans. ...itron emission tomography, would make diagnosis of vaginal cancer much more accurate and allow better selection of treatment’. The vaginal cancer progresses i...

Women may not seek help for pelvic floor disorders

...ion are older age, high body mass index, number of vaginal deliveries, and if forceps were used to assist delivery or not. The symptoms of the disease may begin after the first time a woman gives birth and with age the condition may worsen, depending on the presence of other factors as well. Exercising regul...

Short term hormone replacement therapy effective

...mptoms of menopause like hot flashes, mood swings, vaginal dryness, sleeping disorders etc. The research conducted by WHI is one of the largest and most statistically valid study of HRT done till date. The data for the study reveals that for women with severe vasomotor symptoms from estrogen deficiency can ...

Women who had stopped HRT get back their symptoms

...mptoms of menopause like hot flashes, mood swings, vaginal dryness, sleeping disorders etc. According to a research funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH), postmenopausal women may get back their menopausal symptoms once they stop their hormonal therapy. The women who had participated in the study h...

Insight for Hot Flashes In Postmenopausal Women

...use a variety of health problems like hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and end of having menstruation periods. /font>...

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