Apr 19, 2016 | Contraception, Dr. Bob Hatcher
A: 2/1/2016 A. Nyuyen, MD Mentor: Gavin Jacobson, MD Editor: Paul Hillard, MD. Approved 11/3/15 Combined hormonal contraceptives (CHC) including combined oral contraceptives (COC) inhibit ovulation through hypothalamic-pituitary inhibition of gonadotropin...
Jun 1, 2015 | Contraception
Q: How did you become an ardent feminist? A: This is how I became an ardent feminist. For 15 years I have given lectures to different classes of students from Georgia Tech (several a year). Each class had 250 to 300 students. I told them...
Jun 1, 2015 | Contraception
Q Why are actions so much more important than words? A: For family planning fellows, nurse practitioners, doctors, medical and nursing students… Ralph Waldo Emerson made a wise observation when he said “What you do in your life thunders so...
May 28, 2015 | Contraception
Q: Good afternoon! I am a 23 year old female in graduate school who has recently entered into a monogamous, sexually active relationship, both of us negative for STDs/STIs. In the past, I never had sex enough to feel I needed to utilize birth control other than...
May 28, 2015 | Contraception
Q: I am a clinician and my patient today asked a question regarding her 11 year-old developmentally delayed daughter. She has decision making skills at a 4 or 5 year level and is very interested in boys. The mother wants to place her on birth control once she...
May 14, 2015 | Contraception
Q: I am a clinician and my patient today asked a question regarding her 11 year-old developmentally delayed daughter. She has decision making skills at a 4 or 5 year level and is very interested in boys. The mother wants to place her on birth control once she...
Apr 26, 2015 | Contraception
Q: Good afternoon! I am a 23 year old female in graduate school who has recently entered into a monogamous, sexually active relationship, both of us negative for STDs/STIs. In the past, I never had sex enough to feel I needed to utilize birth control other than...
Apr 19, 2015 | Contraception
Q: DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 40 years old. After having a period that lasted nearly two months, I had tests done that showed a small, hyperechoic lesion within the endometrium. What exactly does this mean? My primary care doctor suggested a hysterectomy as...
Apr 19, 2015 | Contraception, IUD
Q: Hello, I have a question about postpartum birth control. My patient is a 29 year old who just had her first baby (vaginal birth). She is exclusively breastfeeding. Her pre-pregnant BMI was 45. Because of her weight, one of my partners thought it would be...
Mar 18, 2015 | Barrier Methods, Contraception
Q I have been on YAZ for about 6 months since stopping Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo. I usually start my period around the day or day after I start a new pack of pills. My periods last for a day or two. This month I am 12 days late so far. I am assuming I won’t be...
Mar 15, 2015 | Contraception, Sterilization
Q Can you please educate me abut why a cervix would be left in place during a partial hysterectomy? Is there a medical benefit? Why not just do a total hysterectomy? Great website! Keep up the good work. Women’s health NP A: I have asked Dr. Miriam...
Mar 9, 2015 | Contraception
Endometriosis is a common cause of secondary dysmenorrhea. It consists of endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterus. CONTRACEPTION: Treatments that eliminate menses often successfully reduce symptoms of dysmenorrhea caused by endometriosis. The LNG IUD...
Feb 21, 2015 | Contraception
Q Please provide me with an outline of the 4 most important benefits a woman on contraceptives receives ABOVE AND BEYOND CONTRACEPTION. A: Message: Women receiving contraceptives receives SO MUCH MORE!!!I have almost heard it one time too often: “I...
Nov 15, 2014 | Contraception
My girlfriend and I had sex with a condom on April 29th. Long story short, the condom disappeared into her vagina for a few minutes and we couldn’t find it. She found it a few minutes later, when she went to the bathroom and removed it. She blew it up and said...
Aug 10, 2014 | Contraception
I still have a few patients who want the diaphragm. Multiple pharmacies have told me this is not available. Are there other sources for diaphragms? Are there other companies making diaphrams? I know that Ortho no longer makes this.J. Canaday Didn’t we figure out...
