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BACKGROUND
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) defined as abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of underlying structural abnormalities. Recently, obesity has been suggested as a main underling risk factor for DUB; however, evidences on the role of this predisposing factor are not adequate. The
BACKGROUND Obesity is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally and challenging to treat because of the multifactorial etiology and presentation. Individualized homeopathy takes into account factors that led to a patient's health condition and hence may have a role in the
OBJECTIVE
To review the impacts of obesity on women's reproductive health and fertility.
METHODS
Literature review.
METHODS
Academic medical center.
METHODS
Forty articles are referenced. The number of patients evaluated in each of the studies varies from 33 to 213,208.
METHODS
Articles were
Obesity poses a serious threat for health, being a risk factor for development of heart diseases, diabetes type II, tumors, and reproductive function failure. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of orlistat (xenical) on the character of menstrual cycle and some metabolic indicators in
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the association of breakthrough bleeding with circulating estradiol levels and obesity in postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy.
METHODS
Fifty postmenopausal women receiving 0.625 mg conjugated estrogen with 2.5
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is classified by the character of the menstrual cycle: ovulatory or anovulatory. Anovulation can occur at any age and is physiologic in the first year or two after menarche and for several years before menopause. Anovulatory cycles are characteristically irregular and
Treatment of metrorrhagia has recently been modified because of the use of the hysteroscope which allows two methods to be used: diathermy and endometrial ablation or laser destruction of the endometrium. This retrospective study of ablation of the endometrium was carried out on 45 cases: the
BACKGROUND
Pelvic irradiation was once a common treatment for dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB). Today the majority of women with DUB are successfully treated with hormonal therapy; patients unresponsive to hormonal therapy may require endometrial ablation or hysterectomy. We present a patient
The authors report the incidence of endometrial adenocarcinoma and atypical hyperplasia in 245 women who had undergone uterine curettage for post-menopausal bleeding. In 4 cases a stenosis of the cervix precluded the curettage. Of the remaining 241 patients, 71.3% had negative histology; in 24.4%
Twelve cases of endometrial carcinoma admitted to the I-st Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Iaşi in the interval 1983-1988 are presented. The patients' age ranged between 33 years (1 case) and 45 years (1 case) with a mean age of 41.3 years. This study was underwent given the increased
The incidence of ultrasonically diagnosed polycystic ovaries (PCO) was studied in 389 Arab patients with different types of menstrual dysfunction and 100 normal women with regular menstruation. Two-hundred-and-forty-six patients (63.2%) were found to have PCO but only 206 (53.0%) were confirmed as
Three sisters with benign intracranial hypertension are reported. This is the first documentation of benign intracranial hypertension in three family members. Obesity is a striking feature in these patients as well as five of the six previously reported patients with familial benign intracranial
FVII deficiency is a rather rare inherited hemocoagulation disorder that predisposes to hemorrhagic events, especially from mucous membranes, that are not predictable and severe as in hemophilia A. This defect produces prolonged prothrombin time (PT), reduced activity of FVII and normal activated
A 38 year old patient with multiple known risk factors for endometrial carcinoma (monophasic cycles, obesity, familial prediabetes, nulliparity, polycystic ovaries with diffuse thecal hyperplasia) presented with metrorrhagia caused by an endometrial lesion for which the diagnosis hesitated between
A case of a 73-year obese female with arterial hypertension, periodical metrorrhagia, polydipsia, and polyuria is presented. The patient was admitted to the hospital because of increasing dyspnea, cough, subfebrile body temperature, and decreasing exercise tolerance. Physical examination and