More Uterine & Ovarian Health News

• Scientists ID Uterine Muscle Switch for Contractions

  November 21 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've found the switch that activates the uterine ...

• Freezing Ovaries Preserves Fertility, Scientists Report

  November 10 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists are reporting the ability to freeze and transplant ovaries, ...

• Uterus Size May Predict Risk for Premature Twins After IVF

  July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Measuring the height of the uterus of a women pregnant ...

• Gleevec May Disrupt Ovarian Function

  March 6 (HealthDay News) -- Although it's a much more targeted treatment than standard chemotherapy, ...

• Satisfaction After Fibroid Embolization Similar to Hysterectomy

  Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Women with fibroids face a myriad of choices for treatment, ...

• New Guidelines Should Improve Ovarian Cancer Detection

  Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Ovarian cancer has long had a reputation as a silent ...

• Hysterectomy May Boost Incontinence Risk

  Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women who undergo hysterectomies for benign conditions more than double ...

• Pelvic Exams Can Help Spot Ovarian Cancer

  Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Ovarian cancer, the "silent killer," may not always be so ...

• New Guidelines Should Improve Ovarian Cancer Detection

  Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Ovarian cancer has long had a reputation as a silent ...

• Removing Ovaries Before Menopause Leads to Memory, Movement Troubles

  Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Removing one or both ovaries before a woman reaches natural ...

• Cranberry Could Juice Up Ovarian Cancer Treatment

  August 22 (HealthDay News) -- Gulping down a glass of cranberry juice might greatly boost ...

• Medical Abortion Won't Affect Future Pregnancies

  August 16 (HealthDay News) -- A medical abortion is unlikely to affect a woman's future ...

• New Uterine Fibroid Treatment Shows Promise

  August 10 (HealthDay News) -- A noninvasive, outpatient technique called MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) ...

• New Uterine Fibroid Treatment Shows Promise

  August 9 (HealthDay News) -- A noninvasive, outpatient technique called MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) ...

• Ovarian Tissue Successfully Transplanted in Sisters

  August 3 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, a woman whose ovaries were damaged ...

• Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Might Extend Survival

  July 24 (HealthDay News) -- A vaccine to ward off recurrences of ovarian cancer shows ...

• Medical Tourism Takes Flight

  July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Soaring U.S. medical costs are causing many Americans to take ...

• Computerized Ordering Cuts Medication Errors

  June 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. hospitals that switched from using doctors' handwritten prescriptions to ...

• Baby Boom Women Confronting Pelvic Health Conditions

  June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Baby boomer women still have hysterectomies at nearly the same ...