DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've been diagnosed with endometriosis and have heavy menstrual bleeding. My health care provider said I should consider endometrial ablation. A friend told me it might be ...

If you deal with heavy periods, you might just assume they’re par for the course—and you wouldn't be alone. In a recent poll of 884 Women's Health readers, 85 percent of respondents felt their heavy ...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX), a global leader in women's health, will launch the NovaSure® V5 global endometrial ablation (GEA) device at the American Association ...

(HealthDay)—For women in Finland, endometrial ablation is not associated with increased risk of endometrial or breast cancer, according to a study published in the September issue of Obstetrics & ...

For so many people who menstruate, getting their period is more than an inconvenience. It can be so heavy and painful that it becomes disruptive. While we’re nowhere close to where we need to be in ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. December 23, 2008 — Endometrial ablation in women younger than 40 years is linked to a higher risk for subsequent hysterectomy, according to the ...

Menorrhagia, defined as excessive menstrual blood loss that interferes with a woman’s physical, emotional and social well‐being, remains one of the most common gynaecological complaints worldwide.

A 29-year-old Gravida 4, Para 2-1-0-3 female at 33 weeks 2 days gestation with a history of an endometrial ablation presented with preterm premature rupture of membranes. The patient had been ...

May 25, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new endometrial ablation system (Genesys HTA System; Boston Scientific) for the treatment of menorrhagia, which affects ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this guest commentary, Cindy Basinski, MD, a private practice physician in Indiana and volunteer clinical ...