Reproductive Endocrinology
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Low-molecular-weight heparin improves fertility treatment outcomes
Major finding: Implantation (22.2% vs. 10%, P =.0136), pregnancy (47% vs. 20.6%, P = .0026), and live birth rates (30% vs.
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Pregnancy in Turner’s syndrome carries high hypertensive risk
Major finding: Hypertensive complications were seen in 35% of women, with preeclampsia in 20%.
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Adequate hypothyroid treatment aids assisted fertility success
Major finding: Implantation (28% vs. 22%, P = .11), clinical pregnancy (36% vs. 34%, P = .93), and live delivery (30% vs.
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Analysis: Estrogen therapy after hysterectomy may have saved lives
Major finding: A minimum of 18,600 and as many as 91,600 excess deaths occurred between 2002 and 2011 among hysterectomized women aged 50-59 years...
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Surgery improves pregnancy rates in women with ovarian cysts
Major finding: 63% of women became pregnant after assisted conception methods; before surgery only 7% conceived.Data source: A 10-year,...
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No short-term serious side effects from hormones for transsexuals
Major finding: Hormonal therapy for transgender patients did not adversely affect bone density in adolescents and caused no serious unwanted side...
Conference Coverage
Slight cognition benefit found for testosterone gel after menopause
Major finding: After 6 months of daily testosterone gel, women scored 1.57 points better on the 48-point International Shopping List Task test....
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Ten steps reduce dangerous chemicals in pregnancy
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Endometriomas do not negatively affect ability to conceive
Major finding: Spontaneous ovulation occurred in 50.3% of affected ovaries and 49.7% of healthy ovaries over the course of six ovulatory cycles....
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Testosterone gel's pain relief modest in opioid-induced androgen deficiency
Major finding: Men treated with testosterone gel for 14 weeks had about a 5-W improvement in their toleration of a blunted pressure pin applied to...