http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Women with a lean body shape have a greater risk of developing endometriosis than women who are morbidly obese, according to the largest prospective study to investigate the link. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-slim-women-greater-endometriosis-obese.html Health Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:01 EST news287773777 Most of us probably know at least one woman, and maybe quite a few more, with endometriosis. Despite the disease's prevalence, there is no consensus on the cause of it, the existing treatment options leave a lot to be desired, and there are too few ways for women to, at the very least, effectively numb the pain that the disease provokes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-pain-epigenetics-endometriosis-team-molecular.html Medical research Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:46:14 EST news285943567 A novel study shows women who undergo surgical treatment for endometriosis have a lower risk of developing ovarian cancer. According to results published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, a journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology, hormonal treatments for endometriosis did not lower ovarian cancer risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-endometriosis-treatments-ovarian-cancer.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:01 EST news284832948 The creation of new blood vessels in the body, called "angiogenesis," is usually discussed in connection with healing wounds and tumors. But it's also an ongoing process in the female reproductive tract, where the growth and breaking of blood vessels is a normal part of the menstrual cycle. But abnormal growth of blood vessels can have painful consequences and resultant pathologies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-relief-gynecological-disorders.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:39:11 EST news284211538 New research from Queen's University Belfast has uncovered the cause of infertility for 80 per cent of couples previously diagnosed with 'unexplained infertility'. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-fresh-couples-unexplained-infertility.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:08:54 EST news272113629 (Medical Xpress)—According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), endometriosis, a gynecological disorder in which cells from the uterus lining grow in other areas of the body, is the number one reason for a hysterectomy in women ages 18-35.  Current treatment options for endometriosis are severely limited by side effects of existing medications and surgical options have more risks.  A nationwide clinical trial is testing an investigational drug as a potential new option for patients with moderate to severe pain from this disease.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-potential-drug-pain-symptoms-endometriosis.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:30:14 EST news268993806 (Medical Xpress)—In a truly odd study undertaken by a group of OB/GYN researchers in Italy, volunteer women were judged to determine if a medical condition known as endometriosis causes those afflicted to be viewed as more attractive by other people. The team found, as they describe in their paper published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, that women with a severe form of the disorder were far more likely to be seen as attractive than women in the general population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-women-severe-endometriosis.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:30:17 EST news267686968 (Medical Xpress) -- Taking oral contraceptives continuously, rather than as traditionally prescribed for each cycle, provides earlier relief for moderate to severe menstrual cramps -- dysmenorrhea -- according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-oral-contraceptive-pills-women-earlier.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:52:43 EST news264264722 (Medical Xpress) -- Endometriosis, which can cause severe pain and even infertility in the estimated 8.5 million U.S. women it affects, is driven by one of the cell's master regulators ­ steroid receptor coactivator 1 or SRC-1, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears online today in the journal Nature Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-coactivator-stokes-endometriosis.html Cancer Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:47:42 EST news258004052 (HealthDay) -- New research suggests that combining two very different surgeries -- a hysterectomy and a tummy tuck -- is relatively safe, with no major complications seen in 65 women who had both procedures at the same time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-combining-hysterectomy-tummy-tuck-safe.html Surgery Fri, 11 May 2012 09:45:32 EST news255948326 Scientists are reporting a possible link between the use of sunscreen containing a certain ingredient that mimics the effects of the female sex hormone estrogen and an increased risk of being diagnosed with endometriosis, a painful condition in which uterine tissue grows outside the uterus. They describe the report, published in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology, as the first to examine whether such a connection may exist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-link-sunscreen-ingredient-endometriosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 09 May 2012 12:18:13 EST news255784672 Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a molecule that inhibits the action of estrogen. This female hormone plays a key role in the growth, maintenance and repair of reproductive tissues and fuels the development of endometrial and breast cancers. The molecule, discovered in animal studies, could lead to new therapies for preventing and treating estrogen-related diseases in humans. The findings were published online April 26 in the PNAS Plus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-molecule-inhibits-estrogen-key-factor.html Medical research Wed, 09 May 2012 12:16:16 EST news255784559 Women with a history of endometriosis are significantly more likely to develop three specific types of ovarian cancer (clear cell, endometrioid, and low-grade serous), according to an article published Online First in the Lancet Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-links-endometriosis-specific-ovarian-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:30:01 EST news249047515 Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have, for the first time, described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelvic pain and infertility. The researchers' discovery of a new gene mutation provides hope for new screening methods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-gene-mutation-discovery-effective-endometriosis.html Genetics Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:33:38 EST news247772006 Women with endometriosis are up to twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease as those without this reproductive disorder, suggests a large study published online in Gut. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-reproductive-disorder-linked-inflammatory-bowel.html Inflammatory disorders Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:30:01 EST news243576986 Researchers from The Netherlands have found that subfertile women whose ovaries are stimulated into producing extra eggs for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) have an increased risk of ovarian malignancies, in particular borderline ovarian tumours, later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-ovarian-ivf-treatment-borderline-tumors.html Cancer Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:00:01 EST news238905914 A new case study examining an infant's neurobehavioral abnormalities and extremely high bisphenol A (BPA) concentration of the baby's mother suggests a link between the two. The study, Environmental Health Perspectives: A Case Study of High Prenatal Bisphenol A Exposure and Infant Neonatal Neurobehavior, was led by researcher Sheela Sathyanarayana, MD of Seattle Children's Research Institute, and recently published online in Environmental Health Perspectives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-highest-bpa-pregnant-woman-abnormalities.html Health Wed, 11 May 2011 14:50:01 EST news224343458