and thin surgical instruments to view and treat areas inside the uterus. A curettage may also be performed - scraping of the uterus to remove the polyps - guided by a hysteroscope. Hysterectomy. In ...

At a Fox News town hall focused on women's issues, Donald Trump treated Amber Thurman's death and her family's grief like a ...

Although it's not thought to be health threatening, it does mean that a woman's uterus, instead of shedding its lining across a series of days (a regular period), evacuates all in one go and ...

Surgery is the cornerstone of treatment for uterine (endometrial) cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering. For many women, it’s used for removing the cancer as well as diagnosis and staging information.

Postmenopausal bleeding, occurring a year after menopause, can signal health issues, including endometrial cancer in 10-15% ...

For people who have serious uterine abnormalities—including a condition that causes the uterus to be absent at birth—or have had their uterus damaged or removed, the only options for having a ...

After Amanda Zurawski and Ryan Hamilton spoke out to make sense of their abortion-ban horror stories, they were met with ...

Adenomyosis is a chronic condition in which the endometrial tissue that lines the uterus grows into the muscular wall of the uterus. Symptoms include heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain ...

Dilatation and Curettage (D&C) is a life saving procedure ... Ultrasound is, likewise, playing a greater role in helping to evaluate the uterus without surgery. Procedures, such as endometrial ...

Endometrial cancer, the most prevalent gynecologic cancer in the United States, poses a significant health risk, particularly for Black women. Recent research published in JAMA Oncology has raised ...

The placenta is an organ that grows inside the lining of your uterus during pregnancy. It connects to the umbilical cord and carries oxygen and nutrients from you to your unborn child. It also ...

She showed up at Piedmont Henry Hospital in need of a routine procedure to clear it from her uterus, called a dilation and curettage, or D&C. But just that summer, her state had made performing ...