Laparoscopic Excision Surgery For Endometriosis Frees Patients From Chronic Pain And Complications
November 5, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Almost 10 million American women of childbearing age are affected by chronic pelvic pain, gastrointestinal and urinary tract difficulties and infertility due to endometriosis, a strange condition, in which cells normally forming the lining of the uterus (endometrium) start colonizing other organs and tissues beyond the uterus…
420,000 Women Die From Cardiovascular Disease In USA Each Year
July 11, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Diseases of the heart or blood vessels, known as cardiovascular diseases, cause more deaths among American women than any other condition or disease, a new report issued by Women Heart, entitled “2011 – 10Q Report. Advancing Women’s Heart Health through Improved Research, Diagnosis and Treatment” announced today. Cardiovascular diseases kill over 420,000 American women annually…
AHRQ News And Numbers: Most American Women Experience Complications During Delivery
May 20, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Over 9 out of every 10 women giving birth in the United States had some complication in 2008, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality…
Women's Advocates Call On The IOM To "Seize This Historic Opportunity" To Help Millions Of Women Suffering From Neglected Chronic Pain Disorders
May 19, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Today, leading women’s health advocates called on the Institute of Medicine (IOM), through the release of the first Congressionally-mandated report on the state of our nation’s effort to eradicate chronic pain, to “seize this historic opportunity” to help the millions of afflicted American women suffering from prevalent, longtime neglected pain disorders. In a letter sent today to Dr…
Study Indicates Guided Therapeutics' LuViva Advanced Cervical Scan Has Potential To Detect Disease Early And Reduce Unnecessary Biopsies For Women
May 5, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
As many as one million American women could avoid painful and unnecessary biopsies of the cervix and another estimated 170,000 could potentially be identified with cervical disease up to two years earlier, if technology developed by Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB & OTCQB: GTHP) was widely used, according to a presentation made by Dr. Leo B…
