News tagged with fallopian tube
Bayer to pay $1.1B for California firm Conceptus
(AP)—German drug company Bayer AG says it has agreed to buy California-based Conceptus for around $1.1 billion to expand the kinds of birth control it offers.
Medications
Apr 29, 2013 |
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Study examines methods, procedures for improved diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy
For women with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding during early pregnancy, patient history and clinical examination alone are insufficient to indicate or eliminate the possibility of ectopic pregnancy, while transvaginal sonography ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Apr 23, 2013 |
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Fertility after ectopic pregnancy: Study finds reassuring evidence on different treatments
The first randomised trial to compare treatments for ectopic pregnancies has found no significant differences in subsequent fertility between medical treatment and conservative surgery on one hand, and conservative or radical ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Mar 12, 2013 |
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Use of morning-after pill on the rise: CDC
(HealthDay)—The number of U.S. women using the "morning-after" contraception pill has risen dramatically in the last decade, federal health officials report.
Health
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Research makes connetion between tubal ligation and increase in cervical cancer rates
the surgical tying or severing of fallopian tubes to prohibit pregnancy – have less frequent Pap smears, which puts them at an increased risk for cervical cancer, according to research recently released by a team that included ...
Cancer
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Strict ovarian CA screening adherence called for in high-risk
(HealthDay)—For women at higher risk for ovarian and/or fallopian tube cancer (OC/FTC), annual screening offers high sensitivity for detection of incident cancers, but few of these cancers are stage I or ...
Cancer
Dec 05, 2012 |
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Semen concentration and quality fell in French men between 1989 and 2005
New research shows that the concentration of sperm in men's semen has been in steady decline between 1989 and 2005 in France. In addition, there has been a decrease in the number of normally formed sperm. The study is published ...
Medical research
Dec 04, 2012 |
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New research gives fresh hope to couples with 'unexplained infertility'
New research from Queen's University Belfast has uncovered the cause of infertility for 80 per cent of couples previously diagnosed with 'unexplained infertility'.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Nov 14, 2012 |
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Women whose first pregnancy was ectopic have fewer children
Women whose first pregnancy is ectopic are likely to have fewer children in the following 20-30 years than women whose first pregnancy ends in a delivery, miscarriage or abortion, according to results from a study of nearly ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Is Ovarian Cancer Linked to Ovulation?
(Medical Xpress) -- Could ovulation be the link to ovarian cancer? Joanna Burdette of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy thinks it might be, and she's working to find out.
Cancer
Jul 24, 2012 |
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Study shows appendectomies not a threat to fertility
(Medical Xpress) -- Having the appendix removed does not affect a woman's chance of having a baby, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Dundee.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jul 04, 2012 |
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Why smoking is 'BAD' for the Fallopian tube -- and increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy
Cigarette smoke reduces the production of a Fallopian tube gene known as "BAD", which helps explain the link between smoking and ectopic pregnancy. The finding, from scientists led by Drs Andrew Horne and Colin Duncan at ...
Health
Jul 03, 2012 |
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Hormone may help predict tubal ectopic pregnancy
Tubal ectopic pregnancy (TEP) is currently the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths during the first trimester and a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
May 03, 2012 |
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The end of the 'Lily of the Valley phenomenon' in sperm research?
According to a 2003 study by German and American scientists, a component of the Lily of the Valley scent known as Bourgeonal alters the calcium balance of human sperm and attracts the sperm. The "Lily of the Valley phenomenon" ...
Medical research
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Ovarian cancer arises in fallopian tube of knockout mice
(Medical Xpress) -- The most deadly form of "ovarian" cancer arises in the fallopian tubes – not the ovaries – of knockout mice that lack two genes associated with the disease, said researchers led by Baylor College ...
Cancer
Feb 13, 2012 |
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