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Ovarian Cancer Found Near the Left Fallopian Tube New Studies link ovarian cancer and hormone therapy published in the Lancet by the Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Ovarian Cancer. Although we know that progesterone is protective against uterine cancer, and estrogen alone may be protective against breast cancer, hormone therapy in menopause has never conclusively been linked to ovarian cancer until this study. In the study over 21,000 women were studied and the risk of ovarian cancer was an increased rate of of only one extra cancer per 1000 women (or less). It is still just an epidemiological study and more facts may come out with other types of studies. If you are taking hormone therapy, or considering hormone therapy we have a few bits of gyno advice:  First you need to establish your baseline risk of ovarian cancer with your gyno. Next you should monitor your risks. After that weigh your risks and benefits of any therapies with how they might impact on...

This is a pelvic ultrasound of what appeared to be a large pelvic cyst, probably of one of the ovaries, but no ovarian abnormality was found at surgery. All abdomens have fluid that in actuality prevents the tissues from sticking together. Some women who have had infections, surgery, endometriosis or other conditions can develop pelvic scar tissue also called adhesion.Medically there can be a number of complications from pelvic or abdominal adhesions . These adhesions act like internal passageways and entrap fluid thus a women may have a mass on examination and then found to have fluid collections that appear on ultrasound to be a cyst of the ovary. Blood tests and other test may offer a clue to diagnosis but otherwise final diagnosis has to be made at the time of surgery.

We have discussed this in several interviews, and from talking to instructors and coaches. Circulation promotes health by both reducing bloating, reducing the accumulation of any toxins in your system, and preventing pain by prevention of the lack of circulation known as ischemia. All of these poses work better to improve your balance, your posture, your mental clarity, and digestion. It's important that the right vitamins and diet be consumed so that you can maximize effectiveness. Frog Pose (Forrest Yoga Posture): Increases pelvic circulation, reduces cramping by opening the pelvic muscles and bones.  Reduces fluid retention in the lower body by allowing lymph and blood to flow better. May reduce some GI bloating as well.      Elbow to Knee Pose (Forrest Yoga Posture): Increases pelvic and abdominal circulation.  Reduces cramping and bloating and aids digestion. Particularly good at times of ovulation and the menstrual period. Bridge Pose ( Setu ...

Spiting apart of your lower abdominal muscles is a medical condition called diastasis recti . Normally the two muscles that run down the front of the abdomen have no more than a mere centimeter between the left and the right side. It can be detected by looking at your abdomen as you begin a sit up. When you perform the first part of that sit up, which is raising your head, there is enough tension to demonstrate a split in the muscles if you have one. With that split you get an elongated bulge to your abdomen where the split has occurred. Rarely there is no split, but the muscles have become so thin and weak they function as if they aren’t even present. In some women the split is only in the lower portion, but for many the split is all the way from your breast bone to the start of your pelvic bone.   Weakened muscles in already very slim individuals from carrying a child are the most common cause. Twins, triplets, many pregnancies, or a very large baby contributes to getting dia...

Conquering pain means conquering those factors which cause the pain, and factors that decrease that pain The more we learn, the more we realize that there are circulating factors in our blood and in our tissues that increase the pain we feel. And the more we understand these factors, the better we will be able to control the pain that goes along with medical conditions and treatments.   Cytokines are very ubiquitous molecules, and probably account for a lot of our issues with pain. Cytokines are like a hormone in many ways, but they exist in our blood in microscopic amounts relative to the amount of hormone we have. Cytokines figure into whether we will have a fever when we are sick, and help recruit other infection and disease fighting substances so that we can heal. It's one of those areas of medicine in which we know a lot, but cannot exactly apply much of the knowledge to the every day problems we have. But it's important to remember, you cannot heal without a health...