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Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) refers to the surgical specialty dealing with health of the female reproductive system (uterus, vagina and ovaries). Literally, outside medicine, it means "the science of women". Almost all modern gynaecologists are also obstetricians; see Obstetrics and gynaecology.

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Fertility procedures need not delay breast cancer treatment for younger women

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that breast cancer patients under 40 years old who undergo fertility preservation do not face a significant delay in the ...


Teen girls diagnosed with STI more likely to seek treatment for partners after watching video

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study at Johns Hopkins Children's Center found that girls diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) who watched a short educational video were three times more likely to discuss their condition with their partners ...


Identifying the Metabolism of a Healthy Embryo Could Improve Infertility Treatment

Identifying the Metabolism of a Healthy Embryo Could Improve Infertility Treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Embryos that are most likely to result in a pregnancy are crucial to the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) but are difficult to identify. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine, led ...


Hormone mix could cut breast cancer risk and treat symptoms of menopause

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The right combination of estrogen and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), which blocks the effects of estrogen in breast tissue, could relieve menopause symptoms and cut breast cancer risk, Yale researchers report ...


Researchers develop new lab-on-a-chip technique

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a new "lab-on-a-chip" technique that analyses tiny samples of blood and breast tissue to identify women at risk of breast cancer much more quickly than ever before.


Researchers identify gene with possible link to infertility in mice

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified the role of a gene in regulating molecular signals involved with ovarian follicle development, which may one day help shed light on some of the causes of fertility ...


When a Twin is not a Twin

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A woman in Fort Worth, Arkansas is carrying two babies that may not be twins, and which may have been conceived two and a half weeks apart. The two babies may be the result of superfetation, a rare phenomenon ...


Where physician completed obstetrical residency may provide quality-of-care indicator

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A ranking of obstetrics and gynecology training programs based on the maternal complication rates of their graduates' patients found these rankings consistent across individual types of complications, suggesting that these ...


Childbearing increases chance of developing the metabolic syndrome

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Childbearing is associated directly with future development of the metabolic syndrome — abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular disease risk factors — and for women who have had ...


Possible genetic factor for male infertility identified

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a gene involved with the production of sperm that may contribute to male infertility and lead to new approaches to male contraception.


Planned home birth with registered midwife as safe as hospital birth

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The risk of infant death following planned home birth attended by a registered midwife does not differ from that of a planned hospital birth, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).


New method for neonatal ICUs reduces infection and lung distress in premature infants

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new method for improving quality of care can reduce hospital-acquired infections and chronic respiratory distress with oxygen dependency in premature infants in neonatal ICUs, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Me ...


Botanicals have no effect on hot flashes or cognition: Study (w/ Podcast)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two studies conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University have found that commonly used botanicals do not have an effect on hot flashes or on cognitive function in menopausal ...


UB start-up provides innovative digital sperm analysis to infertile couples worldwide

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Couples struggling with fertility problems have a new option for assessing their ability to have a child with the start-up of a new Buffalo-based company called LifeCell Dx, Inc. (LCDX).


Better tools needed to detect ovarian cancer, report concludes

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Numerous times after Amy Brannock was diagnosed and treated for ovarian cancer, a screening test showed her illness remained in remission.