Columbia University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology hosted the second annual New York City Regional Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) Course on Nov. 15.
The rates of simple hysterectomy for women with early-stage cervical cancer increased significantly in the U.S. between 2004 and 2014, according to new findings.
Let’s talk about how birth control works. Dr. Ana Cepin, an obstetrician-gynecologist at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, breaks it down for us.
Park Slope, Brooklyn, mom Justine Simonson is grateful she had a doula by her side during her pregnancy, in the delivery room and postpartum. Her daughter Katja is now 7 weeks old.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. women of reproductive age are currently using contraception. The most common methods used are female sterilization, oral contraception, and IUDs.
If you have endometriosis, you might have a host of concerns ranging from how to quell the notoriously agonizing pain to how this condition may impact your fertility.
While investigating possible causes of unexplained pregnancy loss, US researchers have discovered that insulin is toxic to first trimester placental cells.
A new study found that high levels of the hormone insulin are toxic to human placenta cells, and the discovery may lead scientists to a better understanding of miscarriages and infertility.
Preeclampsia is a condition that can affect pregnant women, causing high blood pressure that increases the risk of major cardiac events, seizures or even death.
In November 2018, a Rubicon was crossed in biomedical science. Researcher He Jiankui announced he had created the first “CRISPR babies” — infants whose genomes were edited before they were born.