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Men who use the Pill can expect to regain fertility

Posted in Fertility, Men on 30 April 2006 | Leave a Comment »

By Nigel Hawkes, Health Editor
THE effects of the male equivalent of the Pill should be easily reversible, a study shows.
The contraceptive will never be widely used unless men can be sure that once they stop taking it their sperm counts will return to normal. To test that this is true of the combinations of implants [...]

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EU health ministers meet on diabetes prevention, women’s health

Posted in Endometriosis on 30 April 2006 | Leave a Comment »

On women's health, the ministers specified four killers of women's health: cardiovascular diseases, gender-specific consequences of smoking/lung cancer, osteoporosis and endometriosis.
Source: China View

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Hands off our ovaries

Posted in Menstruation on 30 April 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Susan Maushart
29apr06
OOOPS. Looks like the Creator messed up again. Lucky for Him the medical establishment is there to pick up the pieces. It was bad enough putting the mango pit in sideways. But giving women ovaries when He could have put something useful in there – well, that goes beyond incompetence. It verges on malpractice.
That’s [...]

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CA 125

Posted in Diagnostics, Endometriosis on 27 April 2006 | Leave a Comment »

What is CA 125?
CA 125 is a protein made by certain cells in the body which include those of the uterine tubes, uterus, cervix, and the lining of the abdominal and chest cavities (peritoneum and pleura). Its function is not currently understood. CA stands for cancer antigen.
How is CA 125 measured?
CA 125 is usually measured [...]

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Chinese Medicine and Infertility

Posted in Alternative Medicine, Infertility on 26 April 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Chinese medicine, which consists primarily of acupuncture and herbal medicine, can treat infertility in women due to its effects on progesterone, FSH, LH, and estrogen levels. For female patients, an acupuncturist will ask detailed questions about your menstrual cycle, such as whether it is typically early, late, or alternates between being early and late, as [...]

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Eating Disorders, a Hidden Cause of Infertility

Posted in Infertility, Lifestyle on 24 April 2006 | Leave a Comment »

PHOENIX, April 20 /PRNewswire/ — Recent studies have suggested as many as one out of five patients treated at fertility clinics has an eating disorder. As both eating disorders and infertility rates are on the rise, women should be more carefully screened by their health care professionals.
"Many times a woman will enter treatment for infertility [...]

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