July 6th, 2007
For the first time, doctors have shown that although endometriosis is associated with an increased risk of various cancers, this risk does not depend on the number of times women with the condition have given birth.
Dr Anna-Sofia Melin, a specialist doctor in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Karolinska University Hospital (Stockholm, Sweden) […]
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January 11th, 2007
A fitness program for survivors of endometrial cancer (cancer of the uterus) has been developed by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to help them not only shed pounds but also keep cancer at bay.
Led by Karen Basen-Engquist, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Behavioral Science, the five-year “Steps […]
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September 5th, 2006
Naturally produced by the cells lining the female reproductive organs, prostaglandins would usually help regulate cell growth.
However, the concentration of prostaglandin in seminal fluid is 1000 times higher than what is normally found in these cells.
A study from the Medical Research Council’s Human Reproductive Sciences Unit at The University of Edinburgh found that the high […]
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