IUD System Benefits Women with Bleeding Disorders
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NEW YORK  - Women with inherited bleeding  disorders often find menstruation troublesome. For them, a UK  team reports, an intrauterine device that releases the hormone  levonorgestrel seems helpful.
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Discounting fears that contraceptive pills adversely affect the health of women, a new research claims that the tablets, on the contrary, reduce chances of heart attacks.
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NEW YORK  - Women undergoing a treatment  called thermal balloon ablation for excessive menstrual  bleeding can be safely treated on an outpatient basis, UK  researchers.
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NEW YORK  - The lining of the uterus or "endometrium" appears to play a small but significant role in reducing fertility among women who are overweight, Spanish researchers report.
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A spray has been shown to boost sex drive in women with a low libido due to hormone problems.
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One of the newest treatments for fibroids, a procedure called uterine artery embolization (UAE) that cuts off blood to the benign tumors, is usually considered only suitable for women who have finished having babies. However, women can conceive and carry a child to term following UAE, a Canadian team reports.
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A new device to treat uterine fibroids -- fibrous clumps that can cause miscarriages, painful menstruation and other related problems in women -- won US regulatory approval on Friday.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Insulin-sensitizing drugs help both thin and heavy women with polycystic ovary syndrome, says a Virginia Commonwealth University study in the October issue of Fertility and Sterility.
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NEW YORK  - The benefits of the standard  drugs used to treat pain caused by endometriosis are improved  when the woman is also treated with estrogen and progestin  hormone therapy, Italian researchers report.
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A drug normally used to treat ulcers was effective in preventing excessive postpartum bleeding for women in poor areas &#151; a discovery that may save the lives of thousands who die annually from complications of childbirth, a British medical journal reported Friday.
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Experiments in mice show that treating uterine fibroids with gene therapy that inactivates the fibroid's estrogen receptors causes them to shrink. This might lead to a way to deal with fibroids without impairing a woman's fertility, researchers say.
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The benefits of the standard drugs used to treat pain caused by endometriosis are improved when the woman is also treated with estrogen and progestin hormone therapy, Italian researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - For women who need surgery for abnormal vaginal bleeding, both hysterectomy and a less-extensive alternative seem to be similarly effective, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Women who use a contraceptive patch appear to be more than twice as likely to develop a dangerous blood clot in their veins as those who use an oral contraceptive, new research shows.
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Women undergoing a treatment called thermal balloon ablation for excessive menstrual bleeding can be safely treated on an outpatient basis, UK researchers.
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NEW YORK  - Among women who complain of heavy periods, it's often the pain that accompanies menstruation -- not the heaviness itself -- that bothers them the most, UK researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Continuous treatment with an oral contraceptive combination of levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol (LNG/EE) can safely eliminate menstruation in most women, according to study results appearing in the medical journal Contraception.