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Latest on Women's Health

Patients denied IVF treatment by cash-strapped PCTs

03 Sep 10

Exclusive: GPs are being refused the ability to refer infertile couples for IVF treatment, with a number of PCTs now imposing a blanket ban on all applications, a Pulse investigation shows.

Aspirin advised for pregnant women at risk of pre-eclampsia

26 Aug 10

GPs should advise pregnant women at risk of developing high blood pressure to take a daily dose of aspirin, says new NICE guidance.

What's new in women's health (1.5 CPD hours)

16 Aug 10
Call to 'urgently' redefine GP role in maternity services

04 Aug 10
GPs should 'advise weight loss for hot flushes'

04 Aug 10
Quadrivalent vaccine offers women 'sustained protection'

21 Jul 10
Copper IUCDs more effective than depot progesterone

18 Jun 10
GPs make 'major step forward' in chlamydia screening

17 Jun 10
HRT patches have lower risk of stroke than pills

16 Jun 10
NICE calls for young women to have morning-after pill at home

26 May 10

Latest Clinical Articles

Tips on gestational diabetes

21 Apr 10

Dr Mary Pierce and Dr Stephanie Baldeweg’s tips on spotting, treating and following-up women who develop diabetes during pregnancy

Symptom impossible: the loss of sexual desire

10 Mar 10

Sexual medicine consultant Professor Alan Riley covers both sexes in his guide to this heartsink symptom

Chronic pelvic pain

12 Feb 10
Ten tips on managing the menopause

17 Nov 09
Heavy menstrual bleeding

14 Oct 09
What you need to know about oral contraception

29 Jun 09
Making the most of the the routine Pill check

10 Jun 09
What you need to know about pregnancy complications

24 Apr 09
What you need to know about sexual dysfunction in women

09 Apr 09
Contraception options for migraine sufferers

04 Feb 09

What's new in women's health (1.5 CPD hours)

16 Aug 10
Key questions on polycystic ovary syndrome (1.5 CPD hours)

13 Apr 10
Key questions on pelvic inflammatory disease (1.5 CPD hours)

24 Feb 10
Key questions on osteoporosis (1.5 CPD hours)

17 Feb 10
Key questions on oral contraception (1.5 hours)

10 Feb 10

Latest Comment

Should GP practices offer abortion?

08 Jul 08
Polycystic ovary disease

23 Apr 08
New Active Birth

23 Apr 08

Downloads

Pregnancy date calculator

16 Apr 10

Use this pregnancy date calculator to predict a due date from the last missed period or backward for the likely conception date.

Long acting reversible contraception (LARCs)

16 Mar 09

A file-and-keep guide to the NICE guidance on LARCs, featuring a treatment algorithm and comparison table of contraception options for women.

Guidelines on referring breast problems

25 Jun 08
BMI calculator

25 Jun 08

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