Endocrine/Metabolic
Endometriosis: An Overview
Endometriosis is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory disease where tissue similar to the lining of the womb is found elsewhere in the body. The disease is estimated to affect…
Women’s Health
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Clinical Features
Wrong place, Wrong time: Improving Management of Obstetric Emergencies in Non-Obstetric Settings
Obstetric medicine is a time sensitive, unpredictable challenge for patients and practitioners. Skillsets unique to obstetric practice focus on the timely management of common emergency scenarios that are…
Clinical Features
Pelvic Pain in Women
Introduction: Female pelvic pain is a complex and often debilitating condition that affects millions of women worldwide. This condition can have a profound impact on a woman’s quality…
Clinical Features
When Menopause gets Complicated
Background: As a person begins to experience ovarian hormone disruption (peri menopause) through to and beyond their final menstrual period (post menopause) they may be affected by a…
Clinical Features
Diabetes in Pregnancy
Medical conditions can develop in pregnancy, such as Gestational Diabetes (GDM), or pregnancy may exacerbate pre-existing medical conditions such as PreGestational Diabetes (PGDM). Diabetes is the most common…
Clinical Features
New and Innovative Service for High Risk Ovarian Cancer Patients
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner led Gynaecology Oncology: Family History Clinic is a new, innovative approach to the care of women with BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 germline alterations…
Clinical Features
Vulvovaginal candidiasis: Diagnosis and Management
Introduction: Candidiasis is a fungal infection caused by yeasts that belong to the genus Candida Candida yeasts are present in low numbers on healthy skin in moist areas…
Clinical Features
Gestational diabetes in women living with HIV in the UK and Ireland: insights from population-based surveillance data
The risk of gestational diabetes (GD) is increasing proportionally to type 2 diabetes in the general population and now affects an estimated 16% of pregnancies globally.1 Pregnancy is…
Clinical Features
Use of Testosterone Therapy in Menopausal Women
Menopause awareness is steadily growing, and more women are seeking information from friends, healthcare practitioners and social media to learn about menopause and HRT. An increasing area of…
Cardiology
Irish Women in Cardiology Survey
A report from the Irish women in cardiology survey, exploring Europe’s largest gender gap in cardiology In the Republic of Ireland (ROI), 8% of public cardiology consultants are…
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