According to The Telegraph, The Eve Appeal, a UK gynecological charity, conducted a survey for Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month, and found that 1 in 2 men had a hard time finding the vagina.
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But Weiss has a more holistic view of gynecological care.
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"Breast tissue tends to be fairly symmetrical," says gynecological nurse Danielle Benedek.
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They perform gynecological exams and provide family planning services and prenatal care.
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Mark Rettenmaier, is a gynecological oncologist who lives in Orange County, California.
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At her mother's insistence, Robotti found herself reclining in a gynecological chair.
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I then received two consultations on separate occasions from the gynecological clinic.
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In Dr. Larch's opinion, Homer has near-perfect obstetrical and gynecological procedure.
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A gynecological exam "is such an intimate type of appointment," she explained.
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The doctor gave me my first gynecological exam while I was still paralyzed.
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Soon, the company will expand to include mental health, nutrition and gynecological services.
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So beyond gynecological exams, she's talking to them about advances in birth control.
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At that time there were four experts treating patients with gynecological cancers there.
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Similar robots could also help doctors train for other procedures, like gynecological exams.
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They provide gynecological services as well as overall health assessments, acupuncture and seminars.
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Gynecological exams are crucial in preventing disease, diagnosing cervical cancer and protecting reproductive health.
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Many of the rest had major general, orthopedic, urological, gynecological, vascular or neurological operations.
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Two on the right proffer feet first, gynecological perspectives that verge on the sadomasochistic.
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But it provides other gynecological services as well as birth control and breast examinations.
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The da Vinci system is cleared for some urological and gynecological procedures, among others.
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They took me to Planned Parenthood in Boston where I had my first gynecological exam.
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"Some of them had never had a gynecological exam before," one chaperone told the Times.
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For every woman who dies, at least 20 more suffer severe gynecological problems following childbirth.
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The goal is to create a longterm study focused on menstrual cycles and gynecological conditions.
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The women's study will focus on menstrual cycles and gynecological conditions, according to the statement.
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The women were humiliated on trial, their most intimate gynecological history revealed to the public.
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"The gynecological exam can be triggering if you've just gone through an assault," she explained.
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She suggested that Dr. Mitra meet with the members of my gynecological cancer support group.
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One of its central messages is that dismantling gynecological taboos is not a gendered issue.
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STRASS negotiated for better reimbursement of gynecological and psychological care, and even obtained sick leave coverage.
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In the early '80s, Parton developed gynecological problems that had plagued her for about three years .
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For more information on all the signs and symptoms of the five gynecological cancers, visit eveappeal.org.uk.
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Chand also underwent a chromosome analysis, an M.R.I. and a gynecological exam that she found mortifying.
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I felt embarrassed explaining that I wasn't hiding anything; I just really didn't like gynecological exams.
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Smaller community hospitals that offer obstetrics and gynecological services are temporarily closed because of staff shortages.
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The first record of cannabis being used for gynecological purposes dates back 4000 years to ancient Egypt.
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The partner snapped his glove, Erica says, and asked if she was ready for her gynecological exam.
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That's according to a survey of 2,000 people, published by UK gynecological cancer charity The Eve Appeal.
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I suffered through all the greatest gynecological hits: cramps, extra-long PMS and periods and excessive bleeding.
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The good news is that ovarian torsion is relatively uncommon, accounting for less than 3% of gynecological complaints.
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And on the other, the common speculum—the device used in routine gynecological exams to inspect the cervix.
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The 39-year-old entrepreneur is getting ready to tell a funny story involving her annual gynecological exam.
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Chung said she had never received a gynecological exam before, and was seeing her doctor for birth control.
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Johnson & Johnson has not yet returned inquiries about whether it is reevaluating its overall approach to gynecological health.
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In great detail, the veteran news anchor detailed how her doctor sexually assaulted her during a gynecological examination.
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It happens not only during gynecological surgeries, but also in the midst of unrelated procedures like stomach surgery.
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Here's what women should know about gynecological exams, including what to expect and what is out of bounds.
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Most campus health centers now provide gynecological exams and contraception, but refer students seeking abortions to outside clinics.
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"Hysteroscopic sterilization was associated with lower procedural complications and increased gynecological complications compared with laparoscopic sterilization," he said.
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Trans men need gynecological care and many do not get it because we face this sort of discrimination.
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Thrown into jail, Ms. Méndez, now 38, was denied gynecological attention even after she reported the sexual assault.
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A similar robotic device, the Senhance Surgical System, was approved for gynecological and colorectal surgery, among other procedures.
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"From a gynecological perspective, there is no gap in medical knowledge in Ireland," she says over the phone.
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On Saturday, she said, the clinic had about 100 gynecological patients and 26 who came in regarding an abortion.
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There is a need to develop more conservative strategies to address gynecological symptoms in the absence of clear pathology.
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Gynecological visits cover a wide range of topics, especially because many women do not regularly see any other physicians.
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Gynecological, on the other hand, means that the cramping is specific to your uterus, fallopian tubes, vagina, or ovaries.
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The world's first institution dedicated to gynecological anatomy is more of a public health project than a historical tour.
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More than half of men polled said they would not feel comfortable discussing gynecological health issues with a female partner.
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Treating women who had suffered from a common condition called pelvic organ prolapse used to require somewhat complicated gynecological surgery.
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A lack of open and frank communication regarding sexual health can also lead to disparities in access to gynecological healthcare.
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Suddenly, the GynePunks mission to make gynecological care widely available to anyone with internet access seemed a lot more urgent.
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The SAI then subjected Chand to more procedures, including blood tests, another ultrasound, clinical gynecological tests, and an MRI exam.
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Once I was transferred to the San Saba Unit, my gynecological health slipped my mind, as it had for years.
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It was with Dr. Premal Thaker, a gynecological cancer specialist who judged the earlier pathology report incorrect: Jan had cancer.
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Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological conditions, affecting as many as one in 10 women of reproductive age.
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After that, the concept we know as menopause became a dominant subject in gynecological literature and also in popular culture.
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In the gallery, Buckman has placed a pile of gynecological instruments painted white on a pedestal; stood a 19th-century, vintage, cast iron gynecological chair, "The Oxford," in a corner; hung a neon rendering of a chastity belt; and suspended from chains piles of boxing gloves, decorated as if for a warrior's wedding party.
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And while a gynecological application might not seem sexy, our reproductive health is the basis for our sexual health and happiness.
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Negative side effects of cycling for women include common gynecological issues such as urinary tract infections, genital numbness, and saddle sores.
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Ankit's parents are in their seventies — he has four stents in his heart and she suffers from breathing and gynecological problems.
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Nine percent of those surveyed had breast cancer, 21 percent had suffered from gynecological illnesses, and 2000 percent had experienced miscarriages.
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The device, a cheery attendant said, used shortwave diathermy to produce heat and treat a variety of gynecological and urological diseases.
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If you're seeing an internist or a family physician, go ahead and ask whether she'll do your gynecological and contraceptive care.
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More than once I've had a male partner ask to have his female partner's clitoris pointed out during a gynecological exam.
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Period Party, an event held in celebration of Menstrual Hygiene Day, turned gynecological realities into an open, and often humorous, dialogue.
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Dr. Sims developed important advances in gynecological surgeries in the 19th century by operating on black female slaves, sometimes without anesthesia.
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"Awareness is the first step to change, and women advocating for themselves can and will transform healthcare," said Liu, the gynecological surgeon.
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PHS provides referral services—not abortions—as well as gynecological exams, prenatal care, birth control, STI testing, and other reproductive health care.
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It leaves women like this patient, who suffered through nearly 20 collapses without knowing they could be tied to a gynecological disorder.
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"These racial disparities are not inevitable," said Carol E. DeSantis, director of breast and gynecological cancer surveillance at the American Cancer Society.
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Here's to hoping "gynecological UFO" is a term we can soon abandon once and for all in the field of sex research.
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If at-home testing like the kind being done in her study becomes widespread, might women feel more comfortable skipping regular gynecological exams?
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I'm fortunate because I have always prioritized getting my annual gynecological exam, so my cancer was detected early enough to be treated effectively.
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And if your partner can't talk about gynecological issues without wincing, it's definitely time to introduce the word "vagina" to your romantic vocabulary.
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Some transformed cells from the fallopian tubes can spread to the ovaries, giving rise to ovarian carcinoma—a dangerous form of gynecological cancer.
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American general surgery residents are critically deficient in exposure to obstetrical, gynecological and orthopedic care - essential skills in humanitarian operations, the study found.
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Yin Ling Woo, a gynecological oncologist, recently had to decline when three cancer patients asked her to inject them with liquid B17 vials.
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The study wasn't a controlled experiment designed to prove whether or how cycling might influence whether women develop gynecological problems or sexual dysfunction.
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The details: Grants are used to fund services such as STD testing, affordable breast cancer screenings and gynecological care to low-income patients.
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Gynecological resources are few and far between, she said, and financial pressures force patients to put off checkups, pap smears, and cancer screenings.
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Jones says that whenever someone is complaining about pelvic pain and cramping, the two main suspects are typically gynecological issues or gastrointestinal issues.
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Stage 1 breast and gynecological cancers can generally be cured, whereas at stages 3 and 4 they tend to metastasize until they kill.
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William smiled as he chatted to staff members and patients in the hospital's Ellis Ward, which specializes in breast, gynecological, urological and gastrointestinal cancers.
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These results are unsurprising to Signey Olson, a nurse practitioner in Washington, D.C., who specializes in gynecological care and family planning for LGBTQ patients.
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That's alarming, say the folks at The Eve Appeal, since abnormal bleeding can be a key symptom of all five types of gynecological cancers.
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As a consequence, even basic equipment for gynecological care is missing - from no disability-specific beds in hospitals to information booklets produced in braille.
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While medical scientists are discovering the determinants that drive gynecologic tumor growth, clinical trials in gynecological cancer — translating that knowledge into specific strategies — dwindle.
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A judge signed the order in Joanna's defamation case against Brandi, which says she has to release her gynecological records from 2000 to 2005.
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Eventually, she began doing fistula repairs herself and became a leading gynecological surgeon — even though she had never attended so much as elementary school.
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The resource, which is searchable by major city, outlines where to go for reproductive health care, including gynecological exams, emergency contraception and STI tests.
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It is a notoriously tough undertaking, involving weeks of hormone injections, blood tests, transvaginal ultrasounds, and other gynecological hijinks with no guarantee of success.
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Lenihan said she pays closer attention to the bracelet lines in women, as the first line can sometimes indicate the state of your gynecological health.
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It added that states may not defund family planning providers solely because they offer a "full range" of legal gynecological and obstetric care, including abortions.
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Take Kesha, whose psychiatric, gynecological, and rehab records were nearly released to shame her during the singer's ongoing legal battle with alleged abuser Dr. Luke.
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The paper's investigation, Mohazab's attorneys said, was the moment many of Tyndall's former patients realized what they went through was not a normal gynecological exam.
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The paper's investigation, said Mohazab's attorneys, was the moment many of Tyndall's former patients realized what they went through was not a normal gynecological exam.
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There was the lawmaker in Idaho who asked at a legislative hearing whether a woman could get a gynecological exam by swallowing a tiny camera.
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The event, hosted by Sara Radin, a writer and community organizer, was intended to celebrate aspects of gynecological health that are often spoken in whispers.
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Though she had seen nurse practitioners at Planned Parenthood, Chambers had never had a gynecological exam when she first stepped into Hadden's office in 2004.
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"I am 22012 years old and have had numerous gynecological exams in the past," says the 22016 letter to Columbia, written by Dian Saderup Monson.
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Sims is known as the father of American gynecological medicine, and he pioneered a surgical procedure to repair tears that some women suffer during childbirth.
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It now has ambitions to work with women ages 25-45 and offer mental health services, wellness and nutrition, and gynecological care like annual exams.
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Even if my guides have been around for 28 generations, I prefer to get my gynecological advice from someone certified and with a medical degree.
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The British survey was carried out this summer on behalf of the Eve Appeal, a UK charity raising awareness and funding research into gynecological cancers.
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A seemingly strange thing happens when Tosin Goje, MD, an Ob/Gyn specializing in infectious gynecological diseases at Cleveland Clinic, gives a patient an STI diagnosis.
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The rule applies even if the funding would be earmarked for other health services often provided alongside abortions, such as gynecological check-ups or birth control.
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She got right on it, heading into the private room where a girl, no older than 13 or so, was waiting in a gynecological exam chair.
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Some of the women in my support group were alone, groggy from anesthesia, and in pain when a poorly articulated diagnosis of gynecological cancer unhinged them.
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Initially the app was focused on providing advice to women around sexual health and gynecological issues, eventually expanding to include a period tracker and other tools.
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When he finished massaging my rib cage, he massaged each breast, one at a time, mimicking a gynecological breast exam, but in a less clinical way.
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Jaquemet says around 90 percent of the medical equipment received damage, and now women and children in the area struggle to receive gynecological and other care.
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In fact, the American College of Physicians recommended in 2014 that pelvic exams not be done on nonpregnant women who show no symptoms of gynecological problems.
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The data excluded obstetric and gynecological procedures and facilities, where women may be more comfortable seeking care, said Stewart, who was not involved in the study.
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) advises against gynecological cosmetic procedures that are not supported by adequate studies evaluating risks and long-term satisfaction.
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Sims, who has been lauded as the "father of American gynecology," is credited with the invention of the speculum, which is still used in gynecological exams today.
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Queenie opens at a gynecological appointment, our protagonist with her legs splayed, making the kind of awkward conversation anyone who's been in the stirrups knows too well.
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Enlarged ovaries are at a greater risk of a gynecological emergency called "ovarian torsion," in which the ovary twists around its "stalk" and cuts off blood flow.
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Sexual violence survivors face acute treatment needs in the aftermath of an assault such as care for gynecological injuries, other physical trauma, sexually-transmitted diseases, and pregnancy.
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Consultant gynecological surgeon and Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology associate editor Dr Ayman Ewies has written several studies about the hormonal Mirena, the most widely used coil.
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For many people living in these areas, making it to a gynecological specialist or abortion doctor means buying a plane ticket and missing several days of work.
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The pair devised a plan: He would show up late for each day's gynecological operation, conveniently missing the introductory portion when a pelvic exam might be performed.
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The pair devised a plan: He would show up late for each day's gynecological operation, conveniently missing the introductory portion when a pelvic exam might be performed.
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"At this time, there's nothing to back the idea that [marijuana] helps control menstrual cramps or really any kind of pain associated with gynecological conditions," he concluded.
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In Europe, the procedure is recommended for high-risk women only, beginning at age 40, according to Murat Gultekin, vice president of the European Society of Gynecological Oncology.
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CMR Surgical raised $100 million in a series B round of funding to develop robotics for use in minimal access surgeries, including upper gastrointestinal, gynecological and other applications.
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"I am just seeing patients, make a diagnosis and send them away to die," said gynecological oncologist Bothwell Guzha, adding that the hospital had no cancer drugs left.
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A gynecological oncologist who worked at a University of California, Los Angeles, student health center has been charged with two counts of sexual battery, according to his lawyer.
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They were also more likely to have had a gynecological exam in the last year and to have performed genital self-examination during the month before the study.
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As an obstetrician and gynecologist, I get a lot of panicked calls and direct messages on social media — sometimes from acquaintances, sometimes from complete strangers — about gynecological matters.
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As an obstetrician and gynecologist, I get a lot of panicked calls and direct messages on social media — sometimes from acquaintances, sometimes from complete strangers — about gynecological matters.
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They were also more likely to have had a gynecological exam in the last year and to have performed genital self-examination during the month before the study.
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A South Carolina slave-owner and physician, Sims did pioneering work in gynecological surgery, but performed many of his experiments on black female slaves, and using no anesthesia.
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"These survey results show shockingly low levels of awareness about the symptoms of gynecological cancer among both men and women," Athena Lamnisos, the charity's chief executive, told The Telegraph.
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There was a female pelvis, a number of medical skulls, gynecological instruments, tribal decorations, and then, right at the end, three tiny, alien-looking skeletons all in a row.
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"It's an age-old taboo, but boyfriends and husbands are really well-placed to help identify early warning signs of gynecological cancers and other sexual health issues," she adds.
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It's already an example of sexist bias in our medical system that so much gynecological care is considered specialized, that women are so much more vulnerable to 'preexisting conditions.
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For women suffering from endometriosis, hysterectomy is generally considered a "last resort," says Sawsan As-Sanie, MD, a gynecological surgeon at the University of Michigan's Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital.
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On Monday, New York City's Public Design Commission voted to remove the statue of J. Marion Sims, a 19th century doctor who conducted experimental gynecological surgeries on female slaves.
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During a recent episode of the podcast Ladies Like Us, T.I. said he accompanies his daughter Deyjah to yearly gynecological exams to make sure her hymen is still intact.
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Alchemy also promotes rectal ozone for "hemorrhoids, prostate and gynecological illnesses," not to mention cancer and metastases, reassuringly spelled "metastosis" on the clinic's leaflet and "metasis" on the website.
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Playboy began showing pubic hair on its models, while the others doubled the dare with features on kinkier sexual tastes and close-up photos that bordered on the gynecological.
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The bill also includes a provision that would prohibit insurers from discriminating against patients based on gender identity — for example, by refusing to cover gynecological exams for transgender women.
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The policy she had was from the same insurer that covers her now, but it did not pay for doctor visits, except for a yearly checkup and gynecological exam.
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"The lack of basic knowledge about the female body is extremely worrying," Tracie Miles, a specialist gynecological cancer information Nurse at the Eve Appeal, said in a press release.
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Oguttu founded the organization after discovering that half of the women in her gynecological ward in a Nairobi teaching hospital were there because of the damage done by backstreet abortions.
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This move comes on the heels of a judge ordering Joanna to hand over her gynecological records to help prove or disprove the smell at the heart of this case.
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Even now, half of the counties in the state do not have a single practicing obstetrician/gynecologist — or a hospital where women can give birth and access basic gynecological services.
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Unimpressed with her doctor's response, she sought out specialists, but even when approaching gynecological surgeons, it took her six tries to find one who'd seen a case like hers before.
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Going back as far as the 1990s, patients and medical staff had accused Dr. Tyndall of inappropriately touching young women — many of whom had never had a gynecological exam before.
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Even in a gynecological visit, there is rarely any reason to do an internal pelvic exam on girls younger than 21, the age when screening for cervical cancer is recommended.
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And she has peppered the script not only with her own sardonic songs but also stretches of dialogue in a foreign language she invented for the discussion of matters gynecological.
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According to the NHS, it is estimated that 1 in 5 women in the UK have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a gynecological condition that prevents the ovaries from working properly.
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Three months after my uterus and fallopian tubes were removed, along with what was left of my cervix, I went to see the senior gynecological oncologist at a prestigious institution.
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On Saturday, during its grand opening, the humble brick space — dedicated to understanding and appreciating the vagina, vulva and gynecological anatomy — was packed, mostly with women but from all generations.
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Senhance on Friday was approved for use in colorectal and gynecological surgery, helped by features including eye-sensing camera control and haptic feedback which surgeons have long-sought from robots.
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Dr. Blau's enthusiasm sparks my realization that the sort of networking available to myeloma patients through All4Cure would transform the lives of the women in my gynecological cancer support group.
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The US has a horrific history of using minority groups in unfair medical experimentation, from performing gynecological surgeries without anesthesia to injecting people with diseases just to see what would happen.
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Orban said if current levels of uncertainty around Esmya persist, Richter, which makes gynecological, cardiovascular and central nervous system drugs, may not issue earnings guidance next month, as it usually does.
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But the mere existence of the vaginal detox market makes it clear that there's still an overarching ignorance when it comes to gynecological health that's a lot more difficult to address.
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"This review should reassure people that HPV vaccination is effective," Jo Morrison, a consultant in gynecological oncology at Britain's Musgrove Park Hospital, told reporters at a briefing about the review's findings.
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While such gynecological symptoms usually self-correct when normal eating habits and body weight are restored, certain effects of eating disorders, especially when longstanding, can have serious and lasting health consequences.
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This diva deluxe filmed her 2015 Comedy Central special, "Gynecological Wonder," at this cozy space within the Public Theater, and she returns for a series of limited musical engagements this spring.
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Following up on her hit live show "Rock Bottom" and her Comedy Central special "Gynecological Wonder," she returns with a bottle of chardonnay and a whole new batch of lurid tales.
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Currently, public universities offer gynecological exams, birth control, pregnancy counseling, and other healthcare, but student health centers refer students to off-campus facilities for abortion services, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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And this month, Texas announced plans to distribute $18 million in the form of 2013 grants to support low-income women's health care, including gynecological exams, birth control and cancer screenings.
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But the groups retained the right to test an athlete's chromosomes when questions about her sex arose and to follow that with a hormone test, a gynecological exam and a psychological evaluation.
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It was ultimately decided that she was too young, but she wrote her own experience into it, in the form of Ms. Garner's character's gynecological problems, which are recited in operatic detail.
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The other vet went off to the urgent care clinic to get stitches, leaving Dr. Pilny to do an enormously messy piece of gynecological surgery on a duck without an assisting doctor.
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"My concern is that there will be a whole lot of people or doctors recommending this vaccine," said Debbie Saslow, managing director of HPV and gynecological cancers for the American Cancer Society.
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In light of this, some researchers have referred to the G-spot as a "gynecological UFO," by which they mean there have been many sightings, but its existence is not yet confirmed.
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During my first gynecological exam, the OB-GYN who delivered me tried to determine the cause of my pain while I tried not to think about how she was my classmate's mom.
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Brandi filed docs saying the court ordered Joanna back in January to hand over her gynecological records but Joanna hasn't done it yet ... and Brandi says she's had more than enough time.
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The most noticeable difference between the original Sims device and the one you can find in gynecological offices today is that instead of pewter, modern specula are made of stainless steel or plastic.
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Earlier this month, the leader of an Italian gynecological association warned that the shortage of abortion providers was reaching crisis levels because so many universities were now refusing to even teach the procedure.
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Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC. The rule prevents Title X funding from going to organizations that offer nonabortion services, like contraception or gynecological exams, in the same facilities where they perform abortions.
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Potentially the largest disclosed acquisition was Teleflex's purchase of NeoTract, a developer of surgical devices for urological and gynecological disorders, for $725 million up front and up to $375 million in milestone payments.
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Irv Gotti says he would NOT rip a page outta T.I.'s parenting handbook, but quickly adds ... that doesn't mean Tip deserves to be bashed for keeping gynecological tabs on his daughter's virginity.
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In May, Ms. Ryles will graduate from medical school and begin applying for obstetrician/gynecological residency programs, while Mr. Lee completes his Ph.D. in genomics and computational biology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Now, he splits his time between training new clinicians and seeing patients for everything from STI screenings and gynecological exams to administering medication abortions — a career move that he says his military friends support.
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While federal law prevents federal funding from paying for abortions themselves, many clinics that receive family planning funding for services like contraception, cancer screenings, and gynecological exams also provide abortions on the same premises.
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She has studied cranberries and UTI rates in college-age women (no reduction) as well as in a specialized group: post-gynecological surgery patients with urinary catheters, who had a 50 percent reduction rate.
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We provide sensitive and holistic gynecological care, including abortion services, to thousands of women each year who are making very personal decisions about their lives, their futures, their families and their reproductive health care.
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Something about a complete stranger's pointing out even more gynecological issues forced me to admit that in fact I was not O.K. I did not feel good, and I needed to fix it, desperately.
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"The risk of so-called 'gynecological complications' -- predominantly a need for another sterilization procedure within a year -- is well known to be higher with hysteroscopic sterilization compared to laparoscopic sterilization," according to Bayer's statement.
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While pressure to orgasm, body image, and shame around sex can contribute to anorgasmia, there are a variety of other possible causes, including medications such as SSRIs, illnesses such as Parkinson's disease, and gynecological surgeries.
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The company now expects procedures using da Vinci robots to increase 12 percent to 14 percent in 2016, helped also by a favorable outlook for prostate and gynecological surgeries, executives said on a conference call.
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However, despite their ideal vantage point, only one in five men feels confident enough to mention a change in their partner's vagina, and more than half of them aren't comfortable discussing gynecological health at all.
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The question always comes to: Why do we have to have a special course on human sexuality when we can cover this as part of the reproductive health system or in urinary or gynecological issues?
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The women's health study will track menstrual cycles and gynecological conditionsThe women's health study will be conducted with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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At the newly launched Tia clinic, which opens today at its first location in New York near Madison Square Park, the company is providing full-stack care delivery, including gynecological exams, primary care and wellness.
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Living With Cancer As an ovarian cancer patient whose life is being extended by a clinical trial, I was delighted to learn this summer that research on gynecological cancers is undergoing an unusually productive period.
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Nobody told her anything about how dilated she was (nor did they tell her the score), but they did put her on the gynecological table, where two nurses covered her knees with a blue cloth.
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This will be true whether or not the Republicans' health care plan ever passes — though that plan, with its multifaceted attack on obstetric and gynecological care, is a particularly bald expression of contempt for women.
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Faced with increasingly hostile attitudes from particular groups towards women as Syria descended into a civil war, Zaina Erhaim took her camera into gynecological clinics and other areas that were completely off limits to men.
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The results from these surveys, conducted by British gynecological health organization The Eve Appeal, may make you laugh, roll your eyes, even shed a tear or two for the sad state of female sexual health awareness.
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It's likely you can use the school's health resources for things like check-ups or gynecological exams, STI screenings, treatment for illnesses, sleep issues, lab work/X-rays, regardless of having a student plan or not.
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Now a new clinical trial is under way, by New York's Mount Sinai, to test a vaccine to combat recurrence in some of the most deadly forms of cancer, including lung, breast, gynecological and bladder cancers.
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Chung went on to say that her doctor had her remove her clothes below the waist, spread her legs and dig her heels into "cold iron stirrups," noting that she had never had a gynecological examination.
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In "Pretending the Bed Is a Raft," a story by Nanci Kincaid that was made into the movie "My Life Without Me," 23-year-old Belinda realizes that she will soon die from a gynecological cancer.
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When a Somali woman become inexplicably upset during a gynecological examination, her doctor called Longa, who learned from the woman that she was concerned about revealing she had undergone female genital mutilation in her home country.
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THE MAN WHO MENDS WOMEN This documentary follows the work of Denis Mukwege, the Congolese gynecological surgeon who won the Nobel Peace Prize this year and has become internationally known for "repairing" women who were raped.
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Like its core of heroines — plantation slave women used as gynecological guinea pigs in the South of the 1840s — "Behind the Sheet," which opened on Thursday night, resists the natural urge to shout in righteous defiance.
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One strength, however, is the inclusion of people with different types of cancer, including blood malignancies, breast tumors and gynecological cancers, noted Ilia Karatsoreos of the Sleep and Performance Research Center at Washington State University in Pullman.
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The cafe wall picture is part of a new series where women will dominate, Bambi said, with the original canvas to be sold at auction to benefit the Eve Appeal charity, which supports women with gynecological cancer.
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Mukwege, a 63-year-old gynecological surgeon who has treated thousands in the Democratic Republic of Congo, called on nations to draw a "red line" against wartime mass rape by imposing sanctions on leaders who tolerated it.
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"Lichen sclerosus is a chronic inflammatory condition of the skin, commonly seen in the vulva and perineum area," explains Professor Dharani Hapangama, a spokesperson for charity Wellbeing of Women and consultant gynecological surgeon at Liverpool Women's Hospital.
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She described treating a 14-year-old girl who lost a baby and suffered gynecological complications, and a 19-year-old student who, in trying to self-abort with a stick, perforated her uterus and suffered sepsis.
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It had been a long time since there was a fact of female anatomy or health that she didn't know, though the more the years passed the more archaic the state of gynecological medicine seemed to her.
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Still, some nights, after she throws her scrubs in the laundry and puts her kids to bed, she logs onto Reddit — username "Love4Mizzou"— and carries on helping strangers navigate the infuriatingly complex world of gynecological health care.
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The new unit, equipped with lifts, movable examination tables and a modified mammography machine, is designed to make it easier for women who use wheelchairs or have other disabilities to receive mammograms and obstetric and gynecological care.
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Researchers examined data on 518 women ages 40 to 313 to see how often they had vaginal dryness during gynecological checkups and how often they reported difficulty with things like lubrication, desire, arousal, orgasm and sexual satisfaction.
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Median annual pay: $100,590Projected job growth through 2026: 21 percent These nurses provide care to women and newborns, helping with everything from delivering babies to providing surgical assistance during cesarean births to gynecological exams to family planning services.
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Along with the beginnings of trans-inclusive education about gynecological health care have come period products tailored to trans men, who have thus far been completely erased from public education about periods, as well as menstrual product marketing.
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To return to the yoni egg: Witness the public outcry over therapeutic use of polished gemstones to tone the pelvic floor, as compared with relative silence about the documented harms of gynecological devices like Essure and pelvic mesh.
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A 90-minute drive south of Vienna, I also visited the Women's Health Center of West Virginia, in Charleston, where Title X has paid for 80 percent of the patients needing birth control, cancer tests or gynecological care.
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"Since gynecological tests are conducted without consent of the victim, it can be considered sexual harassment and human rights violation," the commission concluded, noting that the tests violate the spirit of the Afghan constitution as well as international principles.
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I wasn't trying to have children and didn't think that I had any pressing gynecological concerns, so it just seemed like the path of least resistance to stick it out for the one check-up a year I needed.
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During a recent episode of the podcast Ladies Like Us, T.I. said he accompanies his daughter Deyjah to yearly gynecological exams to make sure her hymen, the thin membrane that covers the opening of the vagina, is still intact.
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Similarly, in a presentation given to the British Gynecological Society in 1891, Dr. Robert Barnes described a certain patient of his, arguing that "there is an absolute coincidence between the menstrual period and the manifestation of insanity" in her case.
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"Many people end up with a lot of guilt thinking they didn't pay enough attention to their bodies," says Roisin O'Cearbhaill, MD, a medical oncologist who specializes in gynecological cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
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Ethicon opted to stop selling mesh for pelvic organ prolapse in 272, though it never recalled the product, and Johnson & Johnson and others still sell mesh to treat other gynecological or urological conditions, such as incontinence caused by giving birth.
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The woman being examined is in fact a teacher, and she's here to show the medical student how to do a gynecological exam which is painless and stress-free for a patient—by allowing them to practise on her own body.
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"Excess estrogen can occur in post-menopausal women who are taking HRT, but being overweight is another risk factor because we carry estrogen in our fat tissue," explains Dr Tracie Miles, a specialist nurse at gynecological cancer charity The Eve Appeal.
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It took me about six months of showing up at her office doubled over before she ordered (inconclusive) tests, referred me to a GI doc (who also found nothing wrong with me), and then finally sent me to a gynecological oncologist.
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While many women report preferring male or female OB/GYNs for one reason or another, the majority, according to a study in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, have no gender preference when it comes to gynecological and obstetric care.
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As part of the implementation of Johanna's Law, the CDC created the Inside Knowledge Campaign to help women learn about gynecological cancer symptoms and the importance of listening to your body and seeking medical attention if something doesn't feel right.
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Opponents of abortion watching the women's march on their televisions last Saturday stewed as they saw the Planned Parenthood logo over the stage and the actress Scarlett Johansson praising the group for the gynecological care she received as a teenager.
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"She can crawl around on towels, but otherwise we have to carry her everywhere," said her owner, E. J. Orbe, a ballroom dance instructor from Paterson, N.J. Some people might hesitate to invest $1,200 in gynecological surgery on a lame duck.
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"These unanswered questions leave Plaintiffs unclear as to 'whether and when clinicians could face criminal prosecution' for providing comprehensive gynecological care, 'including family planning, abortion, miscarriage management, hormone therapy, and cancer screening and treatment,'" Jones continued, quoting from the plaintiff's argument.
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"We have known since hysteroscopic sterilization first became available that the procedure can be completed in a single attempt 96% of the time -- and it's the 4% rate of repeat sterilization procedures that drives the stated gynecological complication rate," she said.
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On Monday, the 29-year-old singer/songwriter had asked a Manhattan judge not to let "her most sensitive medical records including gynecological, psychiatric, and rehabilitation records going back more than 10 years" be made public, according to legal documents obtained by Billboard.
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What Title X does, however, is offer over $250 million in federal funds to health providers that can be allocated for family-planning services, such as affordable birth control, or other health services such as gynecological exams, cancer screenings, STIs testing, and more.
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While the Tumblr stories cover topics like birth control, cancer screenings, gynecological exams and testing for sexually transmitted diseases, the campaign's inaugural story, posted on July 9, featured a patient who went to Planned Parenthood for an abortion after her birth control failed.
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Another frightening section of the report details the actions of Dr. Peter Gott, the school's medical director from 1972 to 2005, who would perform seemingly unnecessary exams on students, including vaginal examinations on a student who did not come in for gynecological issues.
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Yang said that there was generally no one else present in the gynecological examinations and that Hadden "started with inappropriate questions around how intimate I was with my husband, sexual activity, just very inappropriate probing questions that were unrelated to my health."
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Like a lot of redditors who've had a doctor throw up his hands at their gynecological problems, she's become an amateur expert on How to Deal (Vargas, it's worth noting, is going to school for nursing, so she's more informed than most).
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"I remember realizing I was cornered," said Ms. Dixon, who said she rejected Mr. Simmons's sexual advances that night directly — "many ways to say no" — as well as explaining that she had just had a gynecological procedure and could not have sex.
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When she was in college in the 1960s, Chung said that she went to her longtime family doctor's home office in Washington, DC, where she asked for birth control pills, an IUD, or a diaphragm and thought she was going to get a gynecological examination.
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The new regulation from the Department of Health and Human Services prevents federal family planning money from going to clinics and organizations that offer non-abortion services — such as contraception services, gynecological exams, and cancer screenings — in the same facilities where they perform abortions.
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The Title X program is essential in helping ensure that every person regardless of their income, identity, or whether or not they have insurance — can access basic, preventative reproductive health care, such as birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, and annual gynecological exams.
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The winners are Nadia Murad, a 25-year-old Yazidi woman who escaped harrowing imprisonment by the Islamic State; and Dr. Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecological surgeon who has treated thousands of women in a country once called the rape capital of the world.
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The Nobel Peace Prize went to Dr. Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecological surgeon, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman who was forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State, for their campaigns to end the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.
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At the same time, I am deeply committed to investing in women's health and support Federal funding for programs that provide world-class services for women, such as cardiovascular care, breast and cervical cancer screenings, family planning and gynecological care, and obstetrics and prenatal care.
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By arguing that abortion should be illegal unless a doctor decided it was necessary to save the mother's life, the AMA was able to take control of the procedure away from midwives, who, as Stone notes, had previously performed most obstetrical and gynecological care.
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The details: Mukwege, a 63-year-old Congolese gynecological surgeon, treats victims of gang rape, and Nadia Murad, a 25-year-old Iraqi Yazidi who was raped and held captive by ISIS, has spoken extensively about her experience despite the cultural shame associated with doing so.
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Women who visit these clinics are told about vaccines and infectious diseases they might encounter, but it's also important to discuss contraceptive methods, emergency options and potential gynecological issues, writes Dr. Sarah Borwein of the TravelSafe Medical Centre in Hong Kong in the Journal of Travel Medicine.
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The drop, the experts at the conference said, was probably caused by the 2012 restructuring of cooperative groups sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, placing gynecological, surgical and radiation therapy under the same umbrella, and also by significant budget reductions of the National Institutes of Health.
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Doctors used black people for harmful and unethical medical experimentation, such as the use of enslaved black women for gynecological experiments without anesthesia, and the Tuskegee syphilis study, in which the federal government knowingly failed to treat hundreds of black men with syphilis from 1932 to 1972.
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A Los Angeles Times investigation on the opioid crisis found that in the 1989 a group of unsuspecting Puerto Rican women recuperating from abdominal and gynecological surgery were given opioids to test the efficacy of the narcotics, the same drugs which have caused devastation all over the USA.
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Of 53 woman and girls interviewed in a dozen provinces across Afghanistan, 48 said they had been subject to compulsory gynecological exams by government officials after being accused of adultery or escaping from home, investigators for Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commision found in a study conducted last year.
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"Previous studies that members of our research team had been involved with had shown an association between early-life abuse and both uterine fibroids (another common gynecological condition) and hypertension," said the lead author of the U.S. study, Holly Harris of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
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Katrina Karkazis, a bioethicist at Stanford University who is a leader of the international campaign against banning intersex athletes and who testified in Chand's case, says that if an athlete's androgen test shows she has high testosterone, she must undergo the same gynecological exam that has existed for decades.
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A new study, published in the journal JAMA on Tuesday, compares the risks of both and suggests that hysteroscopic sterilization was significantly associated with a higher risk of gynecological complications -- such as failure to work and requiring a subsequent second sterilization -- but there were no increased medical risks.
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Yet the new study's conclusion that hysteroscopic sterilization was significantly associated with a higher risk of gynecological complications is not as concerning as it sounds, said Dr. Rebecca Perkins, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study.
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Among the groups and doctors suing over the rule are several LGBT community centers and health groups, Medical Students for Choice, gynecological centers, and Santa Clara County, in conjunction with CRR, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, and Lambda Legal, a legal defense fund focusing on LGBT issues.
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A recent analysis of military medical research put out between 26 and 239 found that "research on the US military has until recently focused almost exclusively on the health of male service members," and that gynecological care had the highest percentage of low-quality articles and information available to service members.
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Later, when Eufinger was promoted and assigned to care for future S.S. wives in Saxony, he evaluated them for their "suitability for marriage among members of the S.S."; to his superiors, he recommended a more exacting process, including a gynecological exam and, for the prospective groom, a mandatory sperm count.
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Following its recommendations, the city relocated a statue of J. Marion Sims, who developed a surgical gynecological procedure in part by experimenting on enslaved black women who were not given anesthesia, and then held an open call for a new work to fill the void on the perimeter of Central Park.
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In the midst of a global reckoning over sexual violence, a woman who was forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State and a Congolese gynecological surgeon were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their campaigns to end the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.
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There was nothing horribly wrong with the care that I got, but having an excellent general practitioner who was extremely thorough and spent a lot of time with me during my appointments addressing my questions and concerns, I suspected that it was possible to be more satisfied with my gynecological care, too.
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Among the complaints were allegations that it had unfairly denied to provide a prisoner an abortion, failed to provide adequate gynecological care for pregnant women and new mothers, treated inmates in "tough lockup units" improperly, and discriminated against prisoners with AIDS by housing them separately under inhumane conditions, according to the LA Times.
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The Nobel Peace Prize this year was jointly awarded to Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman who was forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State, and Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynecological surgeon from the Democratic Republic of Congo who has treated thousands of women, for their efforts to end mass rape in war.
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If compelling one's teen daughter to sign a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) waiver so that he can have access to the results of a gynecological exam checking her hymen (as T.I. told the podcast hosts he has done) is not abuse disguised as love, I'm not sure what it is.
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With an abortion ruled out, the remaining options for the girl include inducing labor prematurely or letting the fetus go to term and be delivered, said Dr. Rishma Dhillon Pai, the president of the Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India, which has called for changes in the country's abortion laws.
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According to interviews and details from the lawsuit they'd eventually file against Pepperdine, the women endured meetings during which they say their coach said that "lesbianism isn't welcome on this team," months of prying personal questions from an academic coordinator about whether they were "more than BFFs," and unnecessary requests for Videckis's gynecological records.
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We talked to Shana Alex Charles, PhD, an assistant professor at UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, to learn more about what these changes may mean for your health, and especially your reproductive health, since many women rely on the free birth control and preventive care (including gynecological visits and screenings) that the ACA guarantees.
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When Colombia finally gave him permission to practice medicine again, it put strict limits on what he could do, and so he found himself at the hospital in Maicao, overseeing as many as 20 deliveries a day, and forbidden to draw on his skills as a gynecological surgeon that he was known for back home.
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My own first gynecological visit -- a healthy step that should be taken for any girl entering puberty, says the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology -- was done in secret, as I was not only forbidden to procure birth control, but to meet with someone who could possibly prescribe it to me without parental consent.
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In fact, though, Seven's story focuses my attention on the often invisible burdens of children, adolescents, adults and seniors who undergo temporary or permanent ostomies: those born with congenital birth defects as well as those dealing with injuries or with inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, Crohn's disease, or bladder, colorectal and gynecological cancers.
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"Off-label use of misoprostol for obstetric and gynecological purposes is a very widespread practice and it has been highly studied, but the labeling has never been changed by the FDA to include any of these indications," Dr. Sarah Prager, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Washington in Seattle, told BuzzFeed News.
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"For me the thing that stuck out was this idea that the use of [Essure] was associated with higher risk of gynecological complications," said Aileen Gariepy, an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine, who is conducting an independent study of Essure using health care information from patients in California.
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But with the Affordable Care Act on rocky footing, Republicans gearing up to defund Planned Parenthood, and Ohio likely just the first of many states to enact further barriers to abortion access, that sense of security in my own bodily autonomy and access to quality gynecological care and affordable birth control started to feel a lot shakier.
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The mayor empaneled a special commission, which, after months of closed door meetings, public hearings and an online survey that drew some 3,000 responses, recommended that the city relocate just one piece of statuary: a monument to J. Marion Sims, a 19th century doctor who developed advances in gynecological surgery by conducting operations on black slave women.
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Activists there had already created a parallel system of care, encompassing the Feminist Women's Health Center, an abortion and gynecological clinic in the North Druid Hills, which grew out of a women's self-help health group, in 1976; the National Black Women's Health Project (now the Black Women's Health Imperative); and SisterLove, founded, in 1989, to tackle H.I.V./ AIDS .
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Jones and her team compared TRAP laws with laws governing all office-based surgeries and procedures, from the removal of moles to gynecological procedures and vasectomies, across the U.S. The discrepancies support the view that the laws do more to restrict access to abortion services than to safeguard patient health, Jones said in a phone interview.
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The gruesome premise of the book I was reading, "The Donor" — of body parts excised from the living — made me wonder if medically engineered, artificial organs might create better solutions for various ostomies caused by a number of maladies: birth defects, injuries, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, Crohn's disease and gynecological, bladder or colorectal cancers.
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In addition to employing focus groups to test out their product and getting feedback from their many fans, they've also hired the help of a few gynecological teaching associates—women trained to guide medical students through their first pelvic exam, in the most vulva-involved way possible—to teach them about labial diversity and help improve the mechanics of their product.
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When the offspring hatch, some may get lodged in the liver or bladder, inducing an immune responses that can lead to chronic pain, fever, organ failure, internal bleeding or a gynecological infection that many researchers believe dramatically increases the risk of being infected by H.I.V. At least two potential vaccines for "schisto" were recently approved for early stage human trials.
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When a young woman has been receiving all her routine health care from a primary care clinician for many years, they have usually established a high level of comfort and trust and have had ample opportunity not only to discuss sexual activity, sexually transmitted infections, contraception and other common gynecological concerns, but also to prepare for a first speculum examination.
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The goal is still to fit his 20-plus years into just five days, with a focus on just how to provide emergency surgical care to populations faced with conflict or natural disasters, making triage decisions based on the available resources, working with cadavers to perform a range of surgical procedures and to manage obstetric and gynecological emergencies, including when -- and how -- to perform a caesarean section.
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Federal funding of abortions has been illegal for years, but the Trump administration in February introduced a rule to bar funding of services like birth control, gynecological exams, and screenings for sexually transmitted infections at Planned Parenthood and other clinics that provide abortions as it overhauled Title X, the $286 million federal family planning grant program that serves 4 million Americans with low incomes.
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Digital and post-human explorations of the body — often merged with other creatures and species — can be seen in Oliver Laric and Aleksandra Domanovic's hybrid sculptures at Tanya Leighton (F2821) and Tabita Rezaire's wild installation at Goodman Gallery (2727, F294), where you can sit in a pink gynecological examination chair and watch a video that mixes Afrofuturism with neo-psychedelic images and musings on sexuality and reproduction.
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Women who are raped the first time they have sex are more likely to have unplanned first pregnancies and abortions; they are more likely to experience a series of gynecological issues including pelvic inflammatory disease and endometriosis; and they are more likely to carry psychological scars that carry over into the physical, reporting more illicit drug use, trouble completing tasks, and fair or poor health.
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"These patients are going to be in our practice and we need to know what (their) salient issues are," said Dr. Veronica Gomez-Lobo, a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist at Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C. Obstetricians and gynecologists need to address the gynecological needs of transgender patients in a sensitive manner, said Gomez-Lobo, who was a co-author of an ACOG committee statement published in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Other new plaintiffs included an Iranian American woman who saw Tyndall in 2015 and alleged that he told her "Persian women are child brides," a transgender man who said the doctor caused him "extreme pain" during a gynecological exam and groped his breasts in 2005, and a woman who said she begged him to stop when her pelvic exam—during which he did not wear gloves—became too painful.
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"These patients are going to be in our practice and we need to know what (their) salient issues are," said Dr. Veronica Gomez-Lobo, a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist at Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C. Obstetricians and gynecologists need to address the gynecological needs of transgender patients in a sensitive manner, said Gomez-Lobo, who was a co-author of an ACOG committee statement published December 21 in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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One yoni steam seller responded:Think of steam steam provides Moisture, people use steaming methods for skin issues all the time, steam also cleans and lifts things people have been steaming for centuries, it was through steam that once made trains move, some cleaning businesses use steam all the time because it lifts residue...Also of course some gynecologist are against Steaming for one if women learn how to take care of the gynecological needs without meds, unnecessary surgeries, etc gynecologists would be put out of business...Finally everything used to Vagina steam is 100% natural and from the earth.
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