Sentences with phrase «professor of obstetrics»

She is an associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University, has detailed her findings on TV and is regularly cited in national magazines.

«Women want accurate reproductive health information, and those with weight concerns are no different,» said Dr. Melissa Gilliam, board president of the Society of Family Planning and professor of obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics at the University of Chicago.

Back pain, arthritis, and depression become more common with age — and that can make sex challenging, says Mary Jane Minkin, a clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at the Yale School of Medicine.

«The period can be the canary in the coalmine,» said Dr. Katharine White, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University's School of Medicine.

According to Dr. Daniel Cramer, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, the answer is yes.

The collaborating oncologic surgeon, Janos Tanyi, MD, PhD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, has already collected samples from 31 cancer patients and 30 healthy individuals for a control group.

For Dr. Daniel Grossman, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of California at San Francisco and director of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, if lawmakers want to curb abortion at a later stage, they should make it easier for women to access care in the early stages of the pregnancy.

Excuse yourself as soon as you feel the urge, says Melissa Goist, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at The Ohio State University Medical Center.

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«Your contraceptive should fit your health, lifestyle, and values,» says Michele Curtis, MD, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.

«There isnt a day that goes by when I do nt get questions about periods,» says Mary Jane Minkin, MD, co-author of A Womans Guide to Sexual Health and a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Yale School of Medicine.

«We think the rate is going to go up even more,» says Hope Ricciotti, MD, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

But that ebb and flow is completely natural, says Lauren Streicher, MD, clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago: «All women go through periods when they feel especially frisky, as well as times when they just seem to have lost their mojo.»

She is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology.

But gynecologists such as Lauren Streicher, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern Universitys Feinberg School of Medicine, feel that any sexually active woman who's not in a monogamous relationship could benefit from it.

«We know that Colorado has urban areas and frontier areas and rural areas, and we wanted to know if access would be different in different parts of the state,» says study co-author Carol Stamm, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Colorado Anchutz.

But popping a pill isn't enough to fight the decline, stresses JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, executive director of the North American Menopause Society and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Virginia Health System.

But I did call up sexual medicine expert Lauren Streicher, MD, associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, for her take.

Do a little detective work When youre planning to get pregnant, your first move should be a careful prepregnancy checkup to reveal potential risk factors like diabetes - related problems, high blood pressure, polycstic ovary syndrome, fibroids, or thyroid abnormalities — all of which are mostly treatable, says Mary Stephenson, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the recurrent - pregnancy - loss program at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Dr. Minkin is a Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine, and practices at her company, Mary Jane Minkin, MD LLC in New Haven and Guilford, Connecticut.

If youve had a miscarriage in the past, says Jonathan Scher, MD, assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York, its probably best to skip nookie during your first trimester, when a hormone in semen may stimulate contractions.

MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford School of Medicine, also tells me that, «General anesthesia can be used (during pregnancy), but a local block may be better if it allows the surgeon to perform the surgery adequately.»

She is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.

Diedre Lyell, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford School of Medicine, also tells me that, «General anesthesia can be used (during pregnancy), but a local block may be better if it allows the surgeon to perform the surgery adequately.»

So I called Joshua Copel, MD, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology, reproductive sciences, and pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine, and asked him whether a woman with such a debilitating condition should undergo or avoid the curative surgery.

SOURCES: Cecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York City; Alexander Sanger, chair, International Planned Parenthood Council, New York City; John Preston Parry, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison; Steven Goldstein, M.D., professor, obstetrics and gynecology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York City

«We do not suggest treating women with medications, since earlier studies have not shown that this is beneficial to the mother or unborn child,» said lead researcher Dr. Anna - Karin Wikstrom, an associate professor of obstetrics at Uppsala University in Sweden.

«With cramps, you're not really suffering an injury,» says Mary Jane Minkin, MD, clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale University School of Medicine.

«Physicians have come to understand that, in many respects, suppressing the ovarian cycle with birth control pills is more natural than having 500 ovulations in a lifetime,» said Dr. Steven Goldstein, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City.

But it's still a very real possibility, cautions Colleen McNicholas, DO, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

«I hear embarrassing questions all day long,» says Lauren Streicher, MD, associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University and author of Sex Rx.

Dr. John Preston Parry, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, added: «No medication has come close to the birth control pill in terms of social, political and medical impact.

Even if you've got barely - there periods and think you're perimenopausal, you can still conceive: «I see this happen often: A woman is over 40, goes a few months without her period, stops using birth control and then, whoops, she's pregnant,» says Shannon Clark, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas - Galveston.

By this point, you probably know what's normal and what isn't when it comes to your own flow and cycle — and that can be helpful, says Taraneh Shirazian, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at NYU Langone Medical Center: «Changes in your period can provide clues to your overall health.»

Dr. Noel Strong, an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive science with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, said the new study is «not going to make me change my current practice.»

In real life, «there is no normal barometer for sexual activity,» says Jan Shifren, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

«People can get multiple symptoms for multiple reasons,» says Karen Carlson, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Mary Jane Minkin, MD, clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale University, falls in that camp.

«It's not that birth control pills aren't effective, because they are — when they're used perfectly,» says Jeffery Peipert, M.D., a study author and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University Medical School, in St. Louis.

When a friend tried this approach at home in July — and the garlic sprouted inside her — we asked ob - gyn Lauren Streicher, MD, associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University and author of Sex Rx: Hormones, Health and Your Best Sex Ever, if it could offer any relief.

«UTIs are most often caused when bacteria gets into the urethra,» which is the tube that allows urine to pass out of the body, explains Daniela Carusi, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

According to Professor Bill Ledger, a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at The Royal Hospital for Women and advisor to Clearblue, we mustn't confuse the medical guidelines about when it's best to have a baby from a health and fertility point of view, with the social phenomenon referred to as the «biological clock».

Anne Ford, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Duke University School of Medicine, takes a slightly more moderate view: «Very rarely do I test.

«In most circumstances, breast - feeding can be continued during an uncomplicated pregnancy,» says Pamela Berens, MD, an associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center, at Houston, who researches lactation and breast milk.

«The test for hepatitis C virus is usually not done until 18 months of age, because it can be falsely positive before then,» explained Chappell, an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences.

«The difference is that women with coverage were more likely to come back and try again if they were initially unsuccessful,» said Jungheim, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology.

«About 50 percent of menopausal women experience declining testosterone,» says JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, medical director of the Midlife Health Center and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Virginia.

Another explanation: «Postmenopausal women may use less protection because they're no longer worried about getting pregnant,» says Paula Castaño, MD, assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at New York — Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Medical Center.

Thanks to shifts in your hormones, your cycle gets shorter before it gets longer, explains Samantha Butts, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Penn Medicine.

As a result of the boost in estrogen levels, women retain more fluid in the days leading up to their period; most will gain a pound or two, says Mary Jane Minkin, MD, clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine.