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Reporting from the North American Menopause Society - San Diego, Calf. 2009
Roberta Speyer, OBGYN.net President, interviewing Margery Gass, MD, incoming director of the North American Menopause Society

Understanding Surgical Techniques in the Treatment of Endometriosis Andrew Cook, MD

 

Women's Secrets, Men's Muscles, Unveiled: A Gynecologist's Exploration of Body, Mind, and Spirit
Introduction: The Inside Story
Women’s secrets are delicious, mysterious, and intriguing and most arise from the biological imperative to attract a mate to and make a baby. Nature has created a powerful seductress, and men have contributed to the allure of women’s secrets by their bemoaning that women are a mystery and impossible to understand. Continue

Prenatal Learning – What Is It and When Does It Begin? - Lisa Jarrett, President, BabyPlus Prenatal, LLC and mother of seven

Building Irish Families Through Surrogacy: Medical and Judicial Issues for the Advanced Reproductive Technologies - E. S. Sills & C. M. Healy

Prospective Randomized Trial of Iliohypogastric-ilioinguinal Nerve Block on Post-operative Morphine Use After Inpatient Surgery of the Female Reproductive Tract - S. A. Wehbe, L. M. Ghulmiyyah, El-Khawand H. Dominique, S. L. Hosford, C. M. Ehleben, S. L. Saltzman & E. S. Sills

Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome and Prophylactic Human Embryo Cryopreservation: Analysis of Reproductive Outcome Following Thawed Embryo Transfer - E. S. Sills, L. J. McLoughlin, M. G. Genton, D. J. Walsh, G. D. Coull & A. PH Walsh

Endometriosis educational videos by Dr. Tamer Seckin, New York City: http://www.endometriosistreatmentnewyork.com/videos.htm

A series of articles by D. Ashley Hill, MD

• Endometrial Polyps
• Cesarean Section
• Endometriosis

Watch the movie Know Your Hysterectomy Options.  There are many different options.  Find out which option is right for you.

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