The therapeutic effectiveness of evening primrose oil (Efamol, Vita-Glow) in the relief of 10 symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) as well as menstrual symptoms was studied in 38 women. The prospective trial was randomised, …
Conception is a matter of chance. A couple's monthly probability of conceiving naturally is known as their fecundability. The average "normal" fecundability (as a proportion) is approximately 0.2. This means that most young couples can expe…
Occult prolapse, a syndrome of pelvic pain, sacral ache, dyspareunia, irritable bladder, but not severe dysmenorrhoea, has been studied in 180 young parous women. Organic disease was not present, but the uterus was very mobile and descended…
Masculinization of a female fetus occurred during a pregnancy in which the mother received danazol for infertility due to endometriosis. The biochemical theories and the necessary treatment are outlined. Conception may occur before or durin…
A case of a puerperal psychosis in a 26-year-old woman who had a strong family history of schizophrenia is reported. Her symptoms resolved with chlorpromazine and electroconvulsive therapy, but recurred each month just before the onset of m…
A retrospective comparison was made of the findings at laparoscopy and hysterosalpingography in 115 infertile women. In 41 of the 92 women whose hysterosalpingograms were reported as being normal, laparoscopy revealed additional pelvic abno…
Platelet count and platelet function have been studied in detail in 14 women before and during treatment with danazol for endometriosis. A progressive and highly significant increase in platelet count was recorded from the pretreatment valu…
Mixed mesodermal tumours of the ovary are very rare: they occur more commonly in the uterine body, and even in this situation they are rare. They are closely allied to carcinosarcomas and differ only in containing heterologous elements as w…
Endometriosis of the large bowel Is discussed, and three case reports are presented. The first patient had simultaneous endometriosis of the recto-sigmoid and caecum, the second of the sigmoid colon, and the third of the appendix. It is poi…