NICE have issued new guidance highlighting the importance of measuring high blood pressure in pregnant women. This follows news earlier in the year that compared the safety of child birth in different countries and pointed out that it was more dangerous to give birth in the United States than it was in Beirut, mostly due [...]
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Posted in Women's health on May 26th, 2010
Marie Stopes welcomes fall in abortion numbers
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Posted in Women's health on Feb 15th, 2010
Senior gynaecologists have expressed concern that older women my often be prescribed antidepressant drugs for depression that is in fact caused by a change in hormone levels and in circumstances when hormone treatment would be more appropriate. Why, then are so many women treated with anti-depressants when they really require hormone treatment? One possible reason for this is a failure by GPs to look beyond the symptoms, which is exacerbated by continuing fears surrounding the safety of HRT. However, Professor John Studd Dsc MD FRCOG points out that the latest medical evidence supports the use of HRT,
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Posted in Women's health on Nov 16th, 2009
The in Capital Health team of gynaecologists are all acknowledged and internationally respected senior consultants and between them they can provide the best possible levels of care for women.
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