Computed Tomography

Also known as CT, CT scan, CAT (computerized axial tomography) scan. What is CT scan? Computed tomography is an examination that uses X-Rays...

High-frequency Coagulation Method

Description Many women suffer from vaginal bleeding and leukorrhea due to cervical erosion and vaginitis. Vaginitis can be treated by proper...

Hysterectomy

Description # Hysterectomy is the second most frequent major surgery performed on women in the United States, with about half a million proc...

Hysterosalpingogram

Also Known as 'Tubogram' or 'Hysterosalpingography' Description An hysterosalpingogram (HSG) is an X-ray test performed to e...

Laser Laparoscopic Surgery

Description Video laparoscopic surgery and laser laparoscopic surgery are the latest gynecological surgical techniques. Until these procedur...

Dilation, Suction or Curettage

Also known as D&C Description Dilation and suction and/or curettage are often referred to as a D&C because the name was used before ...

Mammography

Also Known As Mammogram, mammography exam Description Mammography is an X-ray examination of the breasts. It differs from a general X-ray ex...

Pap Smear

Description # In the 1940s Dr. George Papanicolaou proposed that a trained observer could detect cancer of the cervix by scraping cells from...

Pelvic Ultrasound

Also Known As Pelvic ultrasound (US) scanning, pelvic US imaging, pelvic ultrasonography or sonography. Description Ultrasound scans are hig...

Perineorrhaphy

Also known as Episiotomy repair Description # Perineorrhaphy is the surgical repair of the perineum, usually after an episiotomy has been ma...

Prenatal Ultrasound

Description More than any other diagnostic tool, the introduction of ultrasound has been most effective and revolutionary in the field of ob...

Tuboplasty

Description Fallopian tubes are pipe-like structures about 12 cm long that extend both ways from the uterus toward the ovaries and flare out...

Vasectomy and Reverse Vasectomy

Vasectomy There are many types of contraceptives available for both men and women. However, many are only temporary measures that require pr...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Also known as MRI Description MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is an imaging technique used to get cross-sectional images of the body using ...

Causes of Obesity

Genetic Factors # There's a close connection between the obesity in parents and the obesity in their children. Oftentimes, the children ...

Cigarettes and Dieting

Description Cigarettes contain nicotine and tar, and nicotine from cigarettes stimulates ganglion receptors, making nerve transmission matte...

Controlling Bodyweight

Description When we think of controlling one's bodyweight, we tend to think of it as a method solely for losing weight. However, someone...

Dietetic Treatment

Low-calorie Diet A low-calorie diet is a diet that maintains calorie intake between 1200-1500 kcal for men and 1000-1200 kcal for women. Con...

Dieting Side Effects

Description To follow, a discussion of some of the common pitfalls and side effects of dieting. Dizziness Sudden dizziness, and ear noises (...