Archive for May, 2010
The WHO estimates that up to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone some form of FGC, usually between infancy and 15 years of age. In the United States, nearly 228,000 female immigrants or refugees have been cut or are at risk for being cut because they come from ethnic communities where FCG is… Read More
Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Tags: Cutting, effects, Egypt, female, FGC, Genital, Kenya, Middle East, Reality, sexual, United States, without, women
Category: News & Education, Our Blog, Sexual Dysfunction No Comments
Labiaplasty or Labioplasty is a plastic surgery procedure of the female external genitalia folds – the Labia Minora and/or the Labia Majora. Labiaplasty reduces the size and reshapes the inner lips of the outside of the vagina or the Labia Minora, or the outer lips, called Labia Majora.
Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Tags: Anesthesia, Complications, dallas, Does Labiaplasty, Dr. Mathews, frisco, labia majora, labia minora, Labiaplasty, large labia, natural, natural childbirth, plano, plastic surgery procedure, Rejuvenation, surgery, Vaginal, women
Category: Cosmetic Gynecology, News & Education No Comments
Recovery time from a vaginal delivery is usually shorter than the recovery time from a Cesarean section. But sometimes it can take a while, especially if you’ve experienced any lacerations or tears.
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Tags: cesarean section, Deliveries, delivery technique, doctors, Fox News, Jennifer Wider, medical, problem, right, surgery, Vaginal, vaginal deliveries, vaginal delivery, woman, women
Category: News & Education, Obstetrics No Comments
A new ovarian cancer screening approach appears to be effective for women at average risk of developing the disease. The Risk of Ovarian Cancer Algorithm (ROCA), which is based on patient age and trends in CA-125 blood testing, demonstrated very few false positives and had a specificity of 99.9%.
Monday, May 24th, 2010 Tags: CA 125, cancer, disease, gynecologic, Gynecology, kyle mathews, New Ovarian Cancer Screening Approach, Oncology, ovarian, Ovarian Cancer, Overall, ROCA, TVS, Ultrasound, women
Category: Gynecology, Menopause, News & Education No Comments
The definition of what “standard testing” consists of is not agreed upon by all experts. Unexplained infertility is also referred to as idiopathic infertility. Medical studies have reported that 0-26% of infertile couples have unexplained infertility. The most commonly reported figures are between 10-20% of infertile couples. However, those percentages are from studies in which all the women had laparoscopy surgery to investigate the no longer done as part of the routine fertility workup. Therefore, we are not finding all of the causes of infertility that we used to – leaving more couples in the unexplained category. The current rate of unexplained infertility is probably about 50% for couples with a female partner under age 35 and about 80% by age 40 (see discussion below about female age issues).
Friday, May 21st, 2010 Tags: clomid, female, fertility, FSH, infertile couples, Infertility, IUI, together, Treatment, Unexplained, unexplained infertility, women
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One of the great things about technology today, with regard to women’s health, is obstetric ultrasound. This technological wonder allows doctors to determine what is going on inside a person’s body without the use of invasive procedures or x-rays.
Obstetric ultrasound can help identify health, or the lack there of, in blood flow, organs and their function, and if you’re pregnant, it allows them and you to see the incredible wonder going on inside your body. This is a magnificent event and gives you your first look at your baby. Generally, you can see almost everything from the formation of body parts to the baby’s little heart beat
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 Tags: About, Chona Mcnally, different, doctors, free, healthy, Know, little, medical, Need, Obstetric, Things, together, Ultrasound, without, women
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Gynecologic cancer: Gynecologic cancer occurs in the reproductive system of woman. This Gynecologic cancer consists of other cancers like fallopian tube, cervix, ovaries, and uterus, vagina and vulva. The risk factors for this cancer are increasing day by day. The most common type of gynecologic cancer is uterus cancer. Nearly 40 percent of cancer cases… Read More
Monday, May 17th, 2010 Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer cells, Causes, effects, gynecologic, Risk, surgery, symptoms, Treatment, treatments
Category: Our Blog 5 Comments
According to a new study, small doses of chocolate every day could decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke by nearly 40 percent. German researchers followed nearly 20,000 people over eight years, sending them several questionnaires about their diet and exercise habits. They found people who had an average of six grams… Read More
Monday, May 17th, 2010 Tags: About, blood pressure, chocolate, dark chocolate, effects, European Heart Journal, heart attack, kyle mathews, new, Plano Urogynecology Associates
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Go Nuts! Eating Almonds, Walnuts, Pecans, and Other Nuts Improves…… A recently published study in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that the consumption of nuts of nearly any type improved blood lipid levels, lowering total and LDL-cholesterol levels thus improving lipid ratios. The study goes on to state that nut consumption lowers coronary heart… Read More
Friday, May 14th, 2010 Tags: Cholesterol, coronary, different, disease, heart disease, kyle mathews, LDL, lipids, nuts, offers, Plano Urogynecology Associates, women
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