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Fertility Preservation for Women
Advances in cancer detection and treatment have progressed greatly throughout the past 40 years enabling more people to live longer lives. However, for survivors who had cancer before or during their reproductive years, infertility may be an unfortunate reality, as all of the standard therapies for cancer, including surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy can have a negative affect on fertility.
Fertility Care at Pennsylvania Hospital
Penn Fertility Care offers a comprehensive range of advanced reproductive services at multiple locations in the greater Philadelphia area. We provide a full range of services in an environment of compassionate intervention, sophisticated technology, clinical research, and goaloriented reproductive care.
Mammosite®: Treatment for Early Stage Breast Cancer
Women diagnosed with breast cancer have a lot to consider regarding treatment options. Treatment plans vary based on the stage of cancer, the size of the tumor, a patient’s age, their current health condition and other considerations. If you have been diagnosed with an early-stage breast cancer (Stage 0, 1 or 2), with limited or no lymph node involvement, and a tumor size smaller than 3 cm (about the size of a walnut), you may be eligible to receive a newer treatment option called Mammosite®.
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Baltimore Sun Examines Use Of Blogs In Helping Couples Discuss Struggles With Infertility
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0700
The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday examined the increasing popularity of blogs that detail the experiences of attempting to have children among the more than seven million people in the U.S. affected by infertility. The blog "
Pelosi, Clinton, Murray Respond To Potential Federal Rule That Could Limit Birth Control Access
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:00:00 -0700
Several Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday responded to a proposed regulation being developed by the Bush administration that would effectively allow abortion to be defined to include commonly used contraceptive methods and would protect the rights of medical providers who refused to offer them, the
Study Finds Foreign Brides In Taiwan Unfairly Treated
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0700
More than a quarter of a million women have been sold as wives and baby-makers in South East Asia, but they are getting a raw deal in health care and social inclusion. A PhD study undertaken by Queensland University of Technology nursing researcher Yung-Mei Yang has found that foreign wives often suffer low mental and physical health, and may suffer domestic violence or enter prostitution to make money.
Meditrina Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Opens Investigational New Drug (IND) Application For Phase IIb Clinical Trial With MPI-676 In Endometriosis
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:00:00 -0700
Meditrina Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the approval of its second investigational new drug (IND) application for a Phase IIb dose ranging clinical trial to study MPI-676, the Company's aromatase inhibitor (AI), in combination with estrogen and progestin for the treatment of endometriosis.
Researchers Discover A Gene That Regulates And Blocks Ovulation - Canadian And European Scientists Collaborate To Unlock Mysteries Of Lrh1 Gene
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0700
A group of Canadian and European researchers have unlocked the mystery of a gene with the potential to regulate and block ovulation. The new study - a collaboration between the Universite de Montreal in Canada and the Institut de génetique et biologie moléculaire et cellulaire of the Université de Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France - is published in the current issue of the journal Genes & Development.
Group Of Women In Cameroon Pledges To Fight HIV/AIDS, Address Other Issues At Workshop
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0700
A group of women at a recent workshop organized by the Cameroon Grassroots Women Educational, Economic and Social Advancement network resolved to address issues such as HIV/AIDS, reproductive and family health, and other women's rights issues, Cameroon's The Post reports.
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