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Study evaluates long-term effectiveness of surgery for pelvic organ prolapse

Results after seven years of follow-up suggest that women considering abdominal sacrocolpopexy (surgery for pelvic organ prolapse [POP]) should be counseled that this procedure effectively provides relief from POP symptoms; ...

Surgery created May 14, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Turkish womb transplant woman's pregnancy terminated

Doctors have terminated the pregnancy of a 23-year-old Turkish woman who was the first ever to receive a uterus transplant from a dead donor, a hospital in southern Turkey said on Tuesday.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The future of Plan B

The Obama administration and federal courts are wrangling over changes to the regulations governing access to emergency contraceptives. The administration supports new rules that would allow girls as young ...

Medications created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pain, epigenetics and endometriosis: Research team wants to know how molecular tweaks affect which women hurt the most

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, ...

Medical research created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worlds first womb transplant woman is pregnant

The first woman ever to receive a uterus from a deceased donor, is two-weeks pregnant following a successful embryo transplant, her doctors said on Friday.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FDA approves drug for older women experiencing painful sex

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug to treat postmenopausal women who experience pain during sex, the agency announced Tuesday.

Medications created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New tool for selecting embryos in fertility treatments

A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València and specialists from the Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe have developed a new tool, a mathematical model to be exact, to help ...

Medical research created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bayer receives FDA approval for long-term contraceptive

(HealthDay)—Bayer HealthCare has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new low-dose levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (IUS) called Skyla, according a Jan. 10 news ...

Medications created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Healthy BMI levels, physical activity linked to endometrial cancer survival

(Medical Xpress)—Higher body mass index (BMI) and physical inactivity are associated with more than a two-fold increase in risk for mortality among women with endometrial cancer, new research by the Yale ...

Cancer created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Younger women start to follow pap test guidelines: CDC

(HealthDay)—More young women are following recently revised U.S. guidelines for getting Pap tests—the standard screening for cervical cancer—but many women who have had a total hysterectomy still get ...

Cancer created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists pinpoint molecular signals that make some women prone to miscarriage

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have identified molecular signals that control whether embryos are accepted by the womb, and that appear to function abnormally in women who have suffered repeated miscarriages.

Medical research created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

EU approves Bayer's new long-term contraceptive: firm

German drug maker Bayer said on Wednesday that European Union authorities had given the go-ahead for a new contraceptive which can prevent pregnancies for up to three years.

Medications created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scatter radiation from mammography presents no cancer risk

The radiation dose to areas of the body near the breast during mammography is negligible, or very low, and does not result in an increased risk of cancer, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the ...

Cancer created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

German doctors remove 28-kilo tumour from woman

Doctors in Germany said Friday they had removed a tumour weighing 28 kilogrammes (62 pounds) from a 60-year-old woman who had previously been diagnosed as obese.

Cancer created Oct 26, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Common birth control device may be cost-effective treatment for early endometrial cancer

A common birth control device is effective in treating early-stage endometrial cancer in morbidly obese and high-risk surgery patients, said Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center researchers, and ...

Cancer created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Uterus

The uterus (Latin word for womb) is a major female hormone-responsive reproductive sex organ of most mammals, including humans. It is within the uterus that the foetus develops during gestation. The term uterus is used consistently within the medical and related professions; the Germanic term, womb is more common in everyday usage. The plural of uterus is uteruses or uteri.

One end, the cervix, opens into the vagina; the other is connected on both sides to the Fallopian tubes.

For more information about Uterus, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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