We recommend that family planning providers rule out pregnancy before they start any woman on a hormonal contraceptive or an intrauterine device (IUD). Hormonal contraceptives include combined oral contraceptives, progestin-only…
Calcium based antacids like calcium lactate are invaluable medications in pregnancy to the extent that almost no pregnant mother ever completes the pregnancy period without having a complaint that will…
Cervical polyps are not uncommon. We present to you, a patient-centred article about the abnormal swellings we can find on the cervix. We call them cervical polyps. There’s a brochure…
We define abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) previously termed dysfunctional uterine bleeding as abnormal bleeding that is unrelated to the typical periods (menstruation). It is not an uncommon problem, and it…
Rho (D) Immune Globulin (RhoGAM) is a biologic antibody derived from human plasma1. It is a medication that targets the rhesus D antigen found on the surfaces of red blood…
Cervical cancer is the fourth commonest cancer in the world. It, is, however, the second commonest amongst women in low and middle-income countries. 85% of the estimated 567,847 new cases…
Thomas Easterling et al. conducted an open-label, randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of three oral antihypertensives in treating severe hypertension in pregnancy in a low-resource setting…
Extensive overlap exists in the histologic appearance of partial and complete moles that even experienced pathologists can have difficulty differentiating them. More issues arise when the tissues under analysis are…
Deep in the remote villages of Uganda and a few suburban areas, a miscarriage is almost always attributed to a bad omen. I have encountered a few women who reported…
Surgery for uterine fibroids is not an uncommon procedure: I have performed quite a number, removing fibroids that are nearing 1 kg! Fibroids, or leiomyomata (myomas), are common noncancerous growths…