Fertility & Reproductive Health: Overview

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  • Fertility Problems - Related Information

    03/21/08, Healthwise

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  • Fibroids Affect 50 Percent of Women

    04/17/09, Johns Hopkins University

    About 50 percent of women have these smooth-muscle "tumors" within their uteri. I use the word "tumor" here simply to imply a mass—fibroids are most…

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  • Early Menstruation

    01/01/03, PDR.net

    Although the average age for the beginning of menstruation is between 11 and 13, a few girls develop breasts before they are eight or have their first period by nine. This condition is called precocious puberty. About 90 percent of girls who menstr

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  • Ectopic Pregnancy - Topic Overview

    06/06/07, Healthwise

    In a normal pregnancy, a fertilized egg travels through a fallopian tube to the uterus. The egg attaches in the uterus and starts to grow. But in an ectopic pregnancy, the fertilized egg attaches (or implants) someplace other than

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  • Functional Ovarian Cysts - Topic Overview

    11/10/08, Healthwise

    A functional ovarian cyst is a sac that forms on the surface of a woman’s ovary during ovulation. It holds a maturing egg. Usually the sac goes away after the egg is released. If an egg is not released, or if the sac closes up aft

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  • Functional Ovarian Cysts - What Happens

    11/10/08, Healthwise

    Most functional ovarian cysts cause no symptoms and go away without treatment in 1 to 2 months or after 1 to 2 menstrual periods. Some cysts grow as large as in diameter before they shrink or rupture. A rupturing functional cyst

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  • Uterine Fibroids - What Happens

    08/16/07, Healthwise

    Uterine fibroids can grow on the inside wall of the uterus, within the muscle wall of the uterus, or on the outer wall of the uterus. They can alter the shape of the uterus as they grow. Over time, the size, shape, location, and sympt

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  • Normal Menstrual Cycle

    04/03/07, Healthwise

    The menstrual cycle is the series of changes a woman's body goes through to prepare for a pregnancy. About once a month, the uterus grows a new lining (endometrium) to get ready for a fertilized egg. When there is no fertilized egg to

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  • Cervical Polyps

    01/05/09, Healthwise

    Cervical polyps are smooth, red, finger-shaped growths in the passage extending from the uterus to the vagina (cervical canal).

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