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You are invited to download and print the Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Patient Education Booklet - Michael Wenof, MD and C. Paul Perry, MD

Edited excerpts from  "A Gynecologist's Second Opinion"  - William H. Parker, MD

About Uterine Fibroids

If You Have Pelvic Pain

What are Uterine Fibroids?

Symptoms of Uterine Fibroids

Types of Surgery for Fibroids

If You Are Facing Surgery 

A Patient's Guide to PCOS - W. Futterweit, MD, FACE, FACP  

Vulvodynia and Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome FAQ's - Howard I. Glazer, PhD,   

Vulvodynia.com The website of Howard Glazer, Ph.D, sponsors surveys conducted - experts in the field of vulvovaginal pain disorders. We are hopeful that this means of data collection can lead to high quality research that will give professionals and sufferers greater insight into this class of disorders.  

Treatment of Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome with Electromyographic Biofeedback of Pelvic Floor Musculature  - Howard I. Glazer, PhD,  Gae Rodke, MD, Charles Swencionis, PhD, Ronny Hertz, D.D.S., MD, Alexander W. Young, MD  

A Patient's Guide to Adhesions and Related Pain or...You Are Not Alone - David Wiseman, PhD, MR, Pharm S  

Do you have Chronic Pelvic Pain? Have you been referred to a Physical Therapist? and do you wonder why? What can a Physical Therapist do for you? - Susan Parker, PT  

Pelvic Pain:  The True Emergencies - Paul D. Indman, MD  

Pelvic Pain - Paul D. Indman, M.D  

HOW DO I GET A FLAT TUMMY? - Susan Parker, PT Kegel Exercises - J. Glenn Bradley, MD  

I would like to know more about treatment for pelvic adhesions - J. Glenn Bradley, MD   

Chronic Pelvic Pain Diagnosis and Management - James E. Carter, MD, Ph.D

Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain  - James E. Carter, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Clinical Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine
24^th Annual Review Course on Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, October 19, 2001 

Possible Causes and Treatments of Episiotomy Pain - D. Ashley Hill, MD  

Painful Intercourse After Delivery - D. Ashley Hill, MD  

What is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)? Read the fact sheet from The Center For Applied Reproductive Science - Samuel S. Thatcher, MD   Reprinted with Permission of Gynlaparoscopy.com  
The site of Resad Pasic, MD, PhD

What is a Laparoscopy?
What procedures can gynecologists perform laparoscopically? 
What is a Hysteroscopy?

Yeast Infections, Candida Allergy, and Vulvodynia  - Marjorie Crandall PhD

Taking the Shame out of Pudendal Neuralgia! -  V. Matthews

Comfort Tips from the EndoZone
Alternative Pain Relief Ideas – Includes a few tried and true measures as well as a link to Ellen’s instructions for making your own comforting “rice pillow” and an endo-friendly (and delicious) Mushroom Chicken recipe

Articles from the EndoZone.org require a Free one-time registration
Endometriosis - When others don't understand - - Ellen Johnson in this issue of the Endometriosis Coping Zone - The Endometriosis Zone newsletter - read it on-line or subscribe.

The Endometriosis Coping Zone
Your Initial Endometriosis Appointment: Questions the Doctor May Ask You - Ellen T. Johnson, with contributions from Professor Philippe Koninckx, Prim. Univ. Professor Dr. Jörg Keckstein, and Professor Jacques Donnez

Putting Women's Health First Aims to Educate Women About HPV and Cervical Cancer Prevention
Recent Study Shows Many Women Lack the Right Information to Help Protect Their Health

HPV and Cervical Cancer: Key Things Women Should Know
HPV Testing and Cervical Cancer Screening: Questions Women Should Ask Their Doctor

Some Useful Hints to Help You Survive Chronic Pain - Belle Browne  

Stress Reduction for Relief of Fibroids & Endometriosis - Susan M. Lark, M.D.
(Excerpted from The Fibroid Tumors & Endometriosis Self Help Book)  

Choosing A Doctor
"The doctors at OBGYN.net are posed the question: How to pick a 'good doctor'. Not surprising, most of the doctors responded with the same 'method'."  

Fibroid-like conditions: Adenomyosis
Reprinted with permission from The Center for Uterine Fibroids, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Departments of  Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pathology  

Yes…It’s Possible to Have PCOS and Still Be Trim - S. Gullo  

From National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Questions and Answers on Lichen Sclerosus  

Living with Endometriosis and Vulvodynia - Kristy Sokoloski  

ICS Feature Articles: Dr. Robert Moldwin on IC and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction  

Hormone Suppression in the Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Pelvic Pain - Gary A. Fields, MD Reprinted from The Female Patient  

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Don't Let It Sneak Up on You - Deborah Breeding, RN  Reprinted with permission from The Female Patient  

InSightec To Exhibit ExAblate® 2000 Technology at Two Upcoming OB/GYN Conferences - ExAblate 2000 offers women the only non-invasive option for treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids  

From American Academy of Family Physicians

Bacterial Vaginosis

Bartholin's Gland Cyst

A Patient Education Handouts from The American Family Physician

What is Endometriosis? 

Vulvodynia - What is vulvodynia?