A women’s health and wellness blog about gynecologic health and common gynecologic concerns and conditions such as sex, contraception, menstrual periods, hormones, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, and PCOS. The latest women’s health research, breaking health news, fascinating facts, curious gynecologic history, current therapies, our guy’s health, fitness, nutrition, weight management, and advanced medical testing discussed by a Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist: Dr. Suzanne Trupin.
When you begin to approach menopause you may not have as much progesterone as estrogen and bioidentical progesterone may be just what you need.
In this time leading into menopause, called, perimenoapsue if you want to get on bioidentical estrogen, you may have some benefits, yet without progesterone added in to the therap...
WHP is currently enrolling clinical trials for treatments of uterine fibroids in women with heavy menstrual periods. If you are interested please call WHP Clinical Research at 217-356-3736. Or look on line for more information.
1. 80% of women will have a uterine fibroid by age 50, although many are asymptomatic and will...
Cancer prediction is an entire science of it's own, and you need a personal consultation to determine your real risks. For decades we mainly were quoting your cancer risk of any particular cancer by keeping track the major female reproductive cancers in the United states. The most basic risks of cancer was then able to b...
Classically it has been taught that estrogen excess, particularly what has been known as 'unopposed estrogen' (or hormone therapy with estrogen alone) is the cause of uterine cancer.
The theory that estrogen causes uterine cancer is being challenged. Inflammation, either in the body or in the uterus itself is now thought t...
Most uterine cancer is preventable. At www.womenshealthpractice.com we are committed to helping your prevention efforts.
Irregular bleeding is the first sign of uterine cancer, and irregular cycles should always be evaluated. Thickening of the uterine lining and/or endometrial polyps can be precancerous conditions of the u...
If you have had an endometrial ablation and have developed symptoms of pelvic pain you might have post endometrial ablation syndrome. What is post-endometrial ablation syndrome? It is a constellation of symptoms due to entrapped blood or tissue within a uterus that has previously undergone an endometrial ablation.
