La obstetricia es la rama de la medicina que se encarga de la gestación, el parto y el puerperio. La mejora de la salud materna es uno de los ocho Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) adoptados por la comunidad internacional en el año 2000. Muchas mujeres mueren por causa de complicaciones que se producen durante el embarazo y el parto o después de ellos la mayoría de esas complicaciones aparecen durante la gestación; otras pueden estar...

Published to widespread acclaim, Tina Cassidy's smart, engaging book is the first world history of childbirth in fifty years. From evolution to the epidural and beyond, Tina Cassidy presents an intelligent, enlightening, and impeccably researched cultural history of how and why we're born the way we are. Women have been giving birth for millennia but that's about the only constant in the final stage of the great process that is human reproduction....

Infertility is a medical problem defined as the failure of a couple to conceive a child after one year of unprotected sexual intercourse, or the inability to carry a pregnancy to live birth. According to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, infertility affects about 6.1 million people in the United States, which is about 10 percent of the reproductive age population. Sperm Tales provides the necessary step-by-step information that enables...

What happens when a woman is diagnosed with gynaecological cancer? How will this diagnosis and its treatment affect her? What are the implications for her sexuality and sense of self? 'Lives Interrupted' delivers up-to-date information on cancer therapy, offers insights into the complex journey faced by women diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer, and traces a woman's very personal path through the treatment of her illness. An informed and compassionate...

Since the 1970s, behavioural ecologists and evolutionary biologists have been fascinated by the biological implications of sperm from different males competing for fertilization of the egg in the female reproductive tract. But until Human Sperm Competition there had never been a discussion of the phenomenon for the human species in book form, despite its relevance for a full understanding of human reproduction. The book is a pioneering analysis of...

Lactancia materna es un texto clave y de vanguardia, que aborda de manera integral el fenómeno del amamantamiento y lo posiciona desde el paradigma del autocuidado. Da cuenta de las estrategias de promoción de la lactancia materna en el ámbito de la gestión pública, las iniciativas internacionales para su instalación exitosa y la descripción de consultas de apoyo en las Clínicas de Lactancia. Asimismo, presenta aspectos fisiológicos que ayudan...

This is a guide for evaluation and management of hormone deficiency with the purpose of educating patients, medical students and physicians about hormone replacement therapy.

Direct microscopy provides, in real time and without laboratory procedures, reliable and compre- hensive information about hormonal status, cervicovaginal infections, physiological cell changes and dysplastic cells. In our current practice direct microscopy or phase contrast microscopy is usually performed as an extension of the routine gynaecological check-up, in order to obtain more reliable information during patient examination. Ideally, direct...

This book provides pregnant women and new parents with evidence-based information on pregnancy and parenting. Most parenting books advise pregnant women or new parents what to do and, at best, defend that advice by citing recommendations from highly selected "experts" or equally selective "studies." Some parents prefer an advice book, but an increasing number do not trust the advice they receive unless they are convinced of its scientific backing. Dr....

Joshua Barron and Alex Faber, physicians practicing in Breedville, New Hampshire once again take the reader through the day-to-day drama of the field of obstetrics and gynecology. From life affirming saves, to the tragedy of a maternal death, the field is intricately intertwined into the fabric of life which we all take for granted. And as a rogue physician induces the miscarriages of teenagers for what he considers a noble cause, the right to play...