June 6, 2012
Abortion Qualms on Morning-After Pill May Be Unfounded
Labels inside every box of morning-after pills, drugs widely used to prevent pregnancy after sex, say they may work by blocking fertilized eggs from implanting in a woman’s uterus. Respected medical authorities, including the National Institutes of Health and the Mayo Clinic, have said the same thing on their Web sites…After The Times asked about […]
Tags: birth control, Dr. Petra M. Casey, Dr. Roger W. Harms, National institutes of Health, NY Times
May 25, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
May 25, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu […]
Tags: ABC News, Anne Issa, AskMayoExpert, ASU Health Services, Bryan Taylor, C. Difficile, Chicago Tribune, David Hayes, Digestive Disease Week 2012, Division of Gastroenterology, Dr. Michael Wallace, Dr. Rosanne Kho
May 10, 2012
Ask An OB/GYN: What’s ‘Normal’ Pregnancy Weight Gain And Post-Pregnancy Weight Loss
On behalf of women everywhere who may be feeling pressured to have the perfect body while pregnant and fit back into those skinny jeans a few weeks later, we set out to get answers from a qualified professional–instead of snarky media headlines. We consulted with Dr. Myra Wick, a OB/GYN from the Mayo Clinic to […]
March 2, 2012
Safe and Individualized Labor Analgesia
Although some women want to experience childbirth without medications, most women in the United States labor with an epidural or spinal analgesic. Epidurals provide relatively consistent pain relief, are long-lasting, can be titrated according to the analgesic needs of the mother, and can be bolused for procedures such as forceps, vacuum, or cesarean delivery. But […]
Tags: cesarean delivery, epidural, forceps, hypotension, lower-extremity motor block, puritus, spinal analgesic, urinary retention, vacuum
March 2, 2012
Recognizing and Treating Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is the fifth-leading cause of cancer-related death among women and is the deadliest gynecologic cancer. The mortality rate associated with this disease is attributed in part to the fact that it is often not diagnosed until its later stages. Although no definitive screening test for this form of cancer yet exists, a recent […]
Tags: gynecologic cancer, Ovarian Cancer
March 2, 2012
Obstetrics/gynecology struggles with the gender question. Although this employment ad doesn’t explicitly state that males need not apply, the implication of the posting is clear—the practice is looking for a female provider. “Presumably, they wouldn’t say they won’t accept men. But they list the gender of the people in the practice,” notes Daniel Breitkopf, M.D., […]
Tags: Daniel Breitkopf, gender question, obstetrics/gynecology
February 10, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
February 9, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Whitney Benedett with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu WTTW […]
Tags: : ABC News Radio, ADHD, Associated Press, Dr. David Warner, Dr. Elizabeth Stewart, Dr. Juraj Sprung, Dr. Martha Grogan, Dr. Michael Stuart, Dr. Virginia Miller, heart disease, KARE11, Mayo Clinic Healthy Heart for Life!
February 6, 2012
What Spermicide Users Should Know, But Often Don’t
When Lisa Rentz decided she’d had enough of birth control pills, she walked into her local drug store and picked up something different: a vaginal contraceptive film that contains the spermicide nonoxynol-9, or n-9…For some women, like Rentz, who have been in a monogamous relationship for years with an HIV-negative partner, there is virtually no […]
Tags: birth control, HIV-negative, nonoxynol-9, Petra Casey
February 3, 2012
New European pill works against uterine fibroids
New research offers hope for the first pill to treat a common problem in young women: fibroids in the uterus. The growths can cause pain, heavy bleeding and fertility problems, and they are the leading cause of hysterectomies. In two studies, a lower dose of a “morning after” contraceptive pill stopped the bleeding and shrank […]
Tags: contraceptive pill, Dr. Elizabeth Stewart, fertility problems, fibroids in the uterus, Hysterectomies