Fertility & Reproductive Health: Living With

  • Simple Steps You Can Take Yourself

    01/01/03, PDR.net

    After you've been able to document the cyclical nature of your symptoms and their severity, you and your doctor can develop a treatment plan. Your doctor may first recommend simple lifestyle changes, since PMS often responds remarkably well to modif

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  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) - When To Call a Doctor

    01/23/08, Healthwise

    Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a long-term (chronic) condition. Symptoms tend to start gradually. It is common for PCOS symptoms to be mistaken for some other medical problem.

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  • Endometriosis - Surgery

    08/01/07, Healthwise

    Although surgery does not cure endometriosis, it does offer short-term results for most women and long-term relief for a few.

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  • Should I have a hysterectomy and oophorectomy to treat endometriosis?

    08/01/07, Healthwise

    The endometrium is the tissue that lines the uterus. During each menstrual cycle, a new endometrium grows, getting ready for a possible pregnancy. If you don't become pregnant during that cycle, the endometrium sheds, which you know a

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  • Heavy Bleeding

    01/01/03, PDR.net

    Occasionally menstrual flow seems heavier than usual, or a period lasts longer than normal. In general, there is little cause for concern unless you find it necessary to use at least two extra sanitary pads or tampons a day. That means you have lost

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  • PMS - Taking Control

    01/01/03, PDR.net

    If left undiagnosed or untreated, PMS can have a major impact on a woman's life. Whether at home or on the job, you may have to struggle to function normally when symptoms occur. Emotional distress caused by PMS may trigger marital or family conflic

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  • If not Hormones, Then What for Menopause Symptoms?

    07/03/06, Johns Hopkins University

    Many women have stopped taking estrogen on the advice of their doctor or on their own, based on frightening media reports.

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  • Should I consider adoption as an alternative to infertility treatment?

    03/21/08, Healthwise

    Information helps you feel more in control when faced with complex adoption and infertility decisions. First orient yourself with the following basics about adoption.

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  • Fertility Problems - When To Call a Doctor

    03/21/08, Healthwise

    Consult with your doctor about infertility concerns if you:

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  • Endometriosis - What Happens

    08/01/07, Healthwise

    Endometriosis is usually a long-lasting (chronic) disease. Some women have no symptoms or problems. Others develop mild to severe symptoms or infertility. There is no way to predict whether endometriosis will get worse, will improve,

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