Even though POP can cause symptoms, like feeling a fullness in the vagina, pelvic pain or pressure, or bowel or urinary changes, POP isn’t always bothersome, Dr. Horner says. Just 3% to 6% of women ...

A new simulator module can help clinicians learn to detect painful adhesions caused by deep infiltrating endometriosis.

Early pregnancy depends on a remarkable act of coordination. Before the placenta can nourish a growing fetus, the embryo must securely "land" and connect with the mother's blood supply—a process ...

The average newborn is about 20 inches long and weighs almost 8 pounds. This might seem small compared with a full-grown adult, but when you consider how closely your organs are normally packed ...

The endometrium is the layer of tissue lining the inside of the uterus – the reproductive organ in the pelvis where a baby develops. "The endometrium is a crucial part of the female reproductive ...

New UAB research uncovers how NFAT helps uterine NK cells support early placenta development, shedding light on pregnancy health and the roots of complications like preeclampsia.

Uterine transplantation is an innovative medical procedure that involves the transplantation of a healthy uterus into the body of an individual who is unable to conceive due to absolute uterine factor ...

Adenomyosis occurs when endometrial tissue grows into the uterine wall, which causes heavy and painful periods. Most diagnoses occur in people aged 40-50, but adenomyosis likely starts when a person ...

Inside your pelvis is an organ that plays an important role in your period, ability to get pregnant, and carry a pregnancy. As with other parts of your body, sometimes cancer cells can grow there. The ...

Over seven months in the fall of 2012 and the spring of 2013, nine women who had been born without wombs received uterine transplants from living donors; mostly, their mothers. The transplants took ...

“It’s important that we take the uterus out because these women are on medications that prevent their body from rejecting the organ,” she said. The immunosuppressant drugs needed to maintain this kind ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — It was a big milestone for the Birmingham medical community on October 4, 2023, when a woman born without a uterus delivered a healthy baby girl. The Goldman family was first ...