Removal And Storage Of Ovarian Tissue Enables Birth After Cancer Treatment
January 31, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
For the first time in Germany, a woman has given birth to a child after removal and preservation of tissue from one of her ovaries. This course of action was necessary to avoid infertility owing to chemo- and radiotherapy. Andreas Müller and his colleagues report the case in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; 109[1-2]: 8-13)…
Younger breast cancer patients have more adverse quality-of-life issues
January 22, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
( Journal of the National Cancer Institute ) Younger women with breast cancer experience a decrease in their health-related quality of life, associated with increased psychological distress, weight gain, a decline in their physical activity, infertility and early onset menopause, according to a study published Jan. 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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…
Fertility Treatments Maybe Enhanced By Discovery Of "Fertility Switch"
October 23, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Scientists say they have observed an enzyme that effectively forms a fertility switch and believe the finding could improve existing infertility treatments, help understand miscarriage and even lead to new types of contraceptives…
Early-Stage Endometriosis Diagnosis Possible With New Test
September 28, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
A new test has been developed by surgeons and scientists based at Southampton’s teaching hospitals, that could transform they way early-stage endometriosis is diagnosed. In an investigation funded by the Infertility Research Trust, Miss Ying Cheong, a consultant gynecologist and co-funder of the Complete Fertility Center in Southampton, together with Dr…
