Diabetic Tendency in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Frederick R. Jelovsek MD Diabetes Both gestational diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome are disorders that are associated with developing non-insulin-dependent diabetes later in life. All pregnancies show some degree of resistance to insulin but about 5-8%...

Pelvic Masses: Ovary, Tube and Uterine Growths

Ovary - (mostly) cystic Background - importance and magnitude of problem Diagnostic goals - for overall category follicle(s) functional ovarian cyst - simple persistent corpus luteum hemorrhagic corpus luteum endometrioma polycystic ovary Background Most ovarian enlargement is discovered either on...

Ovarian Cysts

Think you might be having symptoms related to ovarian cysts? Troubled by painful ovarian cysts? Worried about treatments for your ovarian cysts?  Welcome to our section devoted to ovarian cysts--the causes, the symptoms and...

Profile on Uterine Leiomyomata

Woman's Diagnostic Cyber Disease Profile Name: fibroids of the uterus Synonyms: uterine leiomyomata, leiomyoma, myomas, myoma General description: These are benign muscle growths of smooth muscle cells along with fibrous tissue from the main body of the uterus. The muscle...

How Acupuncture Can Help Treat Fibroids

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that sickness results from a blockage in the flow of energy among the channels of the body. Disease is thought to occur when there is a blockage or too...

FAQs: Uterine Fibroids and Leiomyomata

From the Woman's Diagnostic Cyber - Frederick R. Jelovsek MD Fibroids - Uterine Leiomyomata Click on the below questions to find out the correct answers about uterine fibroids. Want a pregnancy but I have large submucosal...

How Acupuncture Can Help Treat Fibroids

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that sickness results from a blockage in the flow of energy among the channels of the body. Disease is thought to occur when there is a blockage or too...

Non Hysterectomy Fibroid Treatments Including Embolization

Frederick R. Jelovsek MD Questions About Fibroid Treatments "I have heard that there is a new technique for removing uterine fibroids by injecting something into the blood. Can you tell me something about this? I'm not...