UIC awarded $7M NIH grant for infertility research
...- occurs when endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus and results in bleeding, scarring, and pain. "During the first five years of the grant, we focused on the causes and pathophysiology of endometriosis and began to hone in on some of the mechanisms that might be involved in infertility," said Asgi F...Both minor and major ECG abnormalities linked with increased risk of cardiovascular events in women
...,749 postmenopausal asymptomatic women with intact uterus who received 1 daily tablet containing 0.625 mg of oral conjugated equine estrogen and 2.5 mg of medroxyprogesterone acetate or a matching placebo. Participants were enrolled from 1993 to 1998. The researchers found that among women with absent (n...Steroid use fails to boost pregnancy rates in infertility treatments
...rescribe them in hopes of making the lining of the uterus more receptive to embryo implantation. But lead review author Carolien Boomsma says that routine practice should stop. This meta-analysis shows that empirical use of glucocorticoids is not supported by evidence from studies, she said. Moreover, we ...Updated guidelines advise focusing on women's lifetime heart risk
..., cancer of reproductive organs (breasts, ovaries, uterus and prostate), and hip fracture among the different groups, according to their ESR1 gene type. In the general population, 21 percent of people were CC, 50 percent were CT and 29 percent were TT. The researchers found that differences in the ESR1 rec...New data supports a non-invasive approach to routine prenatal genetic testing
...ling amniotic fluid that surrounds the baby in the uterus or tissue sampling of the placenta. Sequenom's proprietary Fetal Nucleic Acid Technology, currently being developed, may be applicable to a range of non-invasive prenatal tests that use a mother's blood sample for fetal genetic screening. Sequenom's...Aging population is causing major increase in the cancer burden warn experts
...er (195,400, 13.1% of the total) and cancer of the uterus (149,300, 10%) were the most commonly diagnosed ca... an estimated 23,600 women died from cancer of the uterus in 2006 and 46,600 died in the whole of Europe.. "The number of years of life lost could be reduced ...Link found between muscle damage during childbirth, condition causing fallen bladder, uterus
... birth vaginally will lead to a fallen bladder and uterus in later life, and the issue has been hotly debated in the medical community. New research from the University of Michigan Health System establishes one of the strongest connections yet discovered between muscle damage that can occur during vaginal...Young women unfamiliar with safety, effectiveness of IUD
... a small T-shaped device that is inserted into the uterus by a health care provider. It provides long-term birth control by preventing sperm from fertilizing eggs. "Modern IUDs are safe, effective, and reversible, but only about 2 percent of U.S. women use them," said Nancy L. Stanwood, M.D., M.P.H., assis...Mayo Clinic researchers recommend embryo transfer delay for at-risk women
...lation syndrome. Embryo transfer into the mother's uterus is delayed after the fertilization of the mother's...nts were frozen, delaying transfer to the mother's uterus until the symptoms of risk subsided; and in the remaining 135 patients, with no other risk factors f...Drug prevents postpartum hemorrhage in resource poor settings
...rth. The condition can result from failure of the uterus to contract after detachment of the placenta or from ruptures or tears in the uterus and other tissues. The study, conducted with women in rural India, appeared in the October 7 Lancet...Web tool helps gauge risk of having genetic mutation linked to colon cancer
...ctic surgeries such as removal of the colon and/or uterus and ovaries may be recommended. For the current study, Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc., of Salt Lake City, provided Syngal and her colleagues with genetic test results from blood samples of 898 patients at risk for colon cancer, along with inform...M. D. Anderson teaches the art of aromatherapy to soothe and heal
...g should avoid a number of oils that stimulate the uterus including star anise, basil and juniper to name a few and should use with caution peppermint, rose and rosemary in the first trimester. According to Perez, pediatric patients can use aromatherapy essential oils in very low concentrations. [See Sideba...Largest review of Loeys-Dietz Syndrome to date
...er risk of tear or rupture of blood vessels or the uterus during pregnancy. When compared to people with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome do much better with cardiovascular surgery, highlighting the importance of aggressive surgical intervention for this disorder." "Bec...Gene expression in labor; and more -- press release from PLoS Medicine
... profiles in the top, lower part and cervix of the uterus and describe networks of co-regulated and co-expressed genes. In an accompanying Perspective (Insights into the Physiology of Childbirth Using Transcriptomics), Roberto Romero from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development -- one o...Study uncovers 'significant' functional differences of novel estrogen receptor
...g role in other estrogen target tissues, including uterus and prostate tissues. These new findings could significantly advance the understanding of the effects of estrogen in breast cancer and point the way towards new and potentially more effective treatments of the disease. The new study was published th...Penn researchers start new clinical trial to examine ways to improve treatment of uterine fibroids
... fibroids are benign (non-cancerous) tumors of the uterus that affect an estimated 20-40% of women, and for ... of eliminating fibroids? And two -- What does the uterus look like immediately after the UFE procedure and then later, after three months?" This is a randomi...Hysterectomy type makes little difference in later sexual function
...ho undergo a total hysterectomy, in which both the uterus and the cervix are removed, are no more likely to ...blems after surgery than women who have only their uterus removed, a new review has found. This finding contradicts perceptions among some women and physicia...WHI updated analysis: No increased risk of breast cancer with estrogen-alone
...commended for women without a uterus; women with a uterus who take estrogen have an increased risk of endome...w is that, overall, postmenopausal women without a uterus who choose to take estrogen-alone do not have an increased breast cancer risk, at least over the fir...Postmenopausal hormone therapy appears to increase risk of blood clots in veins
...ins, among postmenopausal women who have had their uterus removed, according to a study in the April 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Venous thromboembolism (VT), which includes the conditions deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in a deep vein) and pulmonary embol...UC Berkeley team helps win approval for life-saving drug for African women
...mely fashion and start the process of reducing the uterus back to its normal size. If this process is delayed or fails, the bleeding that accompanies childbirth becomes excessive. By stimulating contractions, misoprostol can both prevent the bleeding before it starts, or stop it after it has started. Altho...