Obstetrics and gynaecology

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Are surgeries for vaginal vault prolapse and hysterectomy performed using different techniques to treat the same condition? Does the Use of robotic instruments help surgeons perform minimally invasive gynecologic procedures...

Down syndrome advocates praise new law

Sen. John Loudon laughs as his son Sam (foreground) and Bo (not pictured) jump up and down while running around in the back of a utility trailer at their home in Chesterfield. (Elie Gardner/P-D) CHESTERFIELD — When Missouri...

Eat this, don't eat that: What's a mother-to-be to do?

DOMINIC BRACCO II Washington Post Mom-to-be Moira McLaughlin wonders who made all the new rules about what pregnant women should and shouldn't eat.I am a bad mother. Granted, at six months pregnant with my first child, I am not...

Expert Available To Discuss Recent Prevalence Of Female Sexual Dysfunction Study

According to a recent study of over 30,000 women in the U.S. published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, over 40% of women report having some sort of sexual dysfunction, and 12% reported distress and that these problems...

Bauchi Sponsors 23 to Study Gynaecology in Egypt

Bauchi State government has sponsored 23 female students to study Gynecology in Egypt in an effort to promote girl-child education and improve attendance of hospitals by the womenfolk which is presently poor as a result of...

Muslim men 'think they have God-given right to beat wives', claims female Muslim medic

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Nov 7, 2008 1:41 PM EST Fatima Husain, a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology, has told how she sees Muslim women coming for treatment with strangle marks around their necks and bruises on...

Health briefs

From staff reports • November 9, 2008 Sleep disorder group to meet Tuesday West Florida Hospital's Sleep Disorders Center will present a support group meeting from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Community Rooms A & B of the West...

Wanbury launches urinary infection drug in India

Our News Bureau - Mumbai Wanbury has launched its New Drug Delivery System (NDDS) product Nitrofur (nitrofurantoin-100mg) which is targeted at urinary tract infections (UTI) in India. Wanbury is the third company in India, to...

Taking the pulse of a sick system

Peter Garling is due to report this month on an exhaustive, unprecedented statewide hospital inquiry. Her father, Warren Anderson, read an email to the Garling inquiry which he had received from a former neurosurgeon who had...

Pre-eclampsia a sign of heart risk later

Published: Nov. 6, 2008 at 2:32 PM People who read this also read ... KINGSTON, Ontario, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- High blood pressure during pregnancy could be a woman's earliest warning that she is at risk of developing heart disease,...