For years, a mysterious tangle of tissue lurking beneath the ovary has been dismissed, absent from anatomy charts and medical ...

Another factor is giving birth to few babies. This, Dr Muthoka says, is linked to an interplay between female hormones oestrogen and progesterone.

Alex Miller’s protocol goes beyond the “squeeze and hold” method. It includes dynamic movement patterns that integrate ...

“Pelvic floor dysfunction is an umbrella term that covers a number of diagnoses,” Garges, a runner, tells Runner’s World. “It ...

Anne Johnson spent years trying to have a baby. She fell pregnant six times but wasn’t able to carry a child to full term. Ms ...

The low position of the placenta results in placental tissue covering the internal cervical os, or the inside the opening of the cervix. That can cause bleeding during pregnancy a ...

The masses between the uterine muscle walls and in the affected blood vessels are smooth, cord-like, worm-like, and nodular in shape, which are easy to pull out and vary in thickness (Figure 2). The ...

These cramps occur due to uterine muscle contractions. Certain herbal teas contain muscle-relaxing properties, which may be effective in reducing the discomfort. Hormonal fluctuations often slow down ...

"But as years went on, it still never improved." Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous tumours, forming in and around the muscle layer of the uterus. The growths can range from one to 20 centimetres ...

But some of us still want to know when that bump will go down. It’s an ‘important’ process too, allowing the uterine muscles to heal, ‘minimising any excessive bleeding and restoring your ...

and smooth muscle cells (SMC), distributed through the thickness of muscle layers, we demonstrate distinct Ca 2+ signaling patterns and organization that underlie complex colonic motor activities.