Current organ donor networks appear able to supply human wombs, or uteruses, for transplantation as a possible approach to treating infertility, researchers report in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Estrogen regulates the brain’s energy metabolism in the same way as the hormone leptin, leading the way to a viable approach to tackling obesity in people resistant to leptin, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the Dec_31 online issue of Nature Medicine.
All pregnant women should be offered screening for Down syndrome in their first trimester, according to new practice guidelines to be issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. This is applicable to younger pregnant women regardless of their age.
The herbal supplement black cohosh does not relieve hot flashes among women going through menopause. In this double-blinded randomized controlled trial of 351 women, researchers found no significant difference between the numbers of hot flashes in women taking various forms of black cohosh compared to women taking a placebo. Hormone therapy, on the other hand, significantly reduced the frequency of hot flashes.
The IUD might be one of the best-kept birth control secrets for young women, according to researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Health Minister Lord Warner today confirmed that over 18,000 additional specialty training opportunities will be available in England in 2007 to accompany the introduction of the new specialty training structure under Modernising Medical Careers.
Many people believe nanotechnology will be the key to solving many of the world’s most pressing medical problems, while others believe it could lead to a potential disaster. The current issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics addresses this issue in all its aspects.
Low doses of the drug mifepristone shrink uterine fibroid tumors and greatly improve the quality of life in women who suffer from pain and heavy bleeding, according to a University of Rochester study published in the December Obstetrics and Gynecology journal.
Although fibroids?benign tumors that grow in the uterus?can cause pelvic pain, abnormal vaginal bleeding and infertility, women of childbearing age often choose to forego treatment because the available treatment options don?t guarantee fertility.
A reproductive medicine specialist at the University at Buffalo has shown that a new compound may improve the fertility of tobacco smokers who have low sperm count and low percentage sperm motility.