ALLMedicine™ Amenorrhea Center

Feb 5th, 2023 - Developmental disruption of the Mullerian duct and gonads in females leads to Mullerian agenesis and gonadal dysgenesis, respectively. These two structural abnormalities are coming under the 46,XX DSD (Disorders of Sexual Development) classificati...

Feb 4th, 2023 - To study sexual function and distress in women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) compared to women with FHA and an underlying polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)-phenotype, considering also their psychometric variables. As a secondary aim...

Feb 3rd, 2023 - Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a major cause of female infertility due to early loss of ovarian function. POI is a heterogeneous condition, and its molecular etiology is unclear. To identify genetic variants associated with POI, here we ...

Jan 31st, 2023 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine whether the addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy (TC or AC→WP) improves invasive disease-free survival (IDFS) in women with resected node-positive or high-risk node-negative breast cancer which is reported as...

Jan 31st, 2023 - Hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA) occurs during reproductive years and results in stopped menstrual cycles and infertility which can be prolonged from months to years and is characterized by varying combinations of psychosocial stress, anxiety, high le...

Nov 2nd, 2022 - Menopause is defined as the cessation of a person's menstrual cycle. It is defined retrospectively, 12 months after the final menstrual period. Perimenopause, or the menopausal transition, is the few-year time period preceding a person's final men...

Mar 16th, 2022 - Eating disorders (eg, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa) are a group of psychiatric conditions defined as a disturbance in eating or eating-related behaviors that impair physical or psychosocial functioning. According to...

Jan 6th, 2021 - Obstetrician-gynecologists frequently are consulted either before the initiation of cancer treatment to request menstrual suppression or during an episode of severe heavy bleeding to stop bleeding emergently. Adolescents presenting emergently with...

May 26th, 2018 - The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, defines eating disorders as a "persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food and that significant...

Apr 4th, 2017 - The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the European Society of Endocrinology, and the Pediatric Endocrine Society. This guideline was funded by the Endocrine Society. To formulate clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatme...

Jan 31st, 2023 - Hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA) occurs during reproductive years and results in stopped menstrual cycles and infertility which can be prolonged from months to years and is characterized by varying combinations of psychosocial stress, anxiety, high le...

Jan 31st, 2023 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine whether the addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy (TC or AC→WP) improves invasive disease-free survival (IDFS) in women with resected node-positive or high-risk node-negative breast cancer which is reported as...

Jan 26th, 2023 - The specific objective of this protocol is to gain knowledge and collect data in order to allow for hypothesis generation in future research as well as give NICHD investigators and trainees hands on experience related to the diagnoses, management,...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Retinal vascularization in humans develops between the 16th and 36th week of amenorrhea, centrifugally from the papilla. In case of premature birth, the immature retinal periphery is at risk of ischemia due to lack of vascular development. This la...

Jan 11th, 2023 - Patients referred to the pediatric endocrinology clinic or adolescent gynecology clinic at Yale New Haven Children Hospital with a primary complaint of hirsutism, acne, or amenorrhea and/or oligomenorrhea persisting 2 years after their menarche wi...

Dec 14th, 2022 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Uterine leiomyomas or fibroids represent the most common indication for hysterectomy in US women, with the burden of this disease disproportionately born by Black women. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (...

Dec 13th, 2022 - PCOS is a common problem, with a prevalence of 6% to 10% among women of reproductive age. 1 Patients with PCOS often present with hirsutism, acne, female androgenetic alopecia, oligomenorrhea (also known as infrequent menstrual bleeding), amenorrhe.

Dec 9th, 2022 - Adolescents later diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (AN) likely embark on the trajectory to AN with undisclosed dieting for weight loss at about age 14, a study of teens and parents found. In the interview-based study, both adolescents and their par...

Nov 16th, 2022 - The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways Blood concentrations of the heavy metals lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and mercury (Hg) are differentially associated with women'...

Oct 26th, 2022 - The relationship between estrogen levels and heart health makes it particularly important for clinicians to be aware of those patients who might be at risk for cardiovascular disease despite not having other traditional risk factors, according to.