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The Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill in Women Over Age Forty
In the 1970s, several studies appeared to suggest that users of oral contraceptives (OCs) were at increased risk of cardiovascular events. More recently following...
Contemporary Management of Fibroids
Fibroids are the most common, solid benign pelvic tumours occurring in about 30% of women beyond the age of 30. They are asymptomatic in...
Investigating the Infertile Couple
Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after 1 to 2 years of unprotected intercourse. In general, an estimated 84% of all women...
Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy in the Asymptomatic Postmenopausal Woman: What is the Current...
The understanding of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for postmenopausal women has undergone dramatic change since the publication of the results of the Women’s Health...
Fetal Cells in Maternal Blood: State of the Art for Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis
Without prenatal diagnosis, 1 in 50 babies are born with serious physical or mental handicap, and as many as 1 in 30 with some...
Human Papillomavirus Triage of Patients with Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance on Cervical...
Cervical cancer affects >400,000 women a year worldwide, and represents a significant health issue for women. In the United States (US) however, screening programmes...
Screening for Chromosomal Anomalies: First or Second Trimester, Biochemical or Ultrasound?
A chromosome abnormality contributes significantly to fetal loss during pregnancy, and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The contribution of chromosomal abnormalities to fetal loss decreases...
Should Doctors Perform an Elective Caesarean Section on Request?
Caesarean sections performed without medical indication, better known as maternal request caesarean sections, have generated intense debate in recent times. While uncommon in the...
Chan Heng Leong (6 February 1941 – 26 May 2003)
Professor Heng-Leong Chan, Professor of Medicine in the National University of Singapore and Emeritus Consultant at the National Skin Centre, died on 26 May...
Tribute to a Physician – Chan Heng Leong (6 February 1941 – 26 May...
Professor Chan Heng Leong (1941-2003), former Head of the Department of Medicine at the National University Hospital (NUH), obtained his MBBS (Singapore) in 1965...