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• Women's Health Issues - Merck Manual/Home Edition, Sep '97
  US Nat'l Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
  Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics at The Virtual Hospital, Iowa (US)
  OBGYN Net - Clinical Collection - Elecomm Corp
  Alternatives in Gynecology [PD Indman]
  Women's Health Issues - University of Illinois (US)
  Department of Women and Child Health - Karolinska & S:t Göran Hospital, Stockholm (SE)
  Ob/Gyn Toolbox [J. Morrow] - (US)
  Mediated List of Women's Health Resources - Feminist Majority Foundation, Washington (US)
  Articles on Reproductive Health issues - (CH)
  Basics of the Female Reproductive System
  gyn101 [gynecological exam information] - Pfizer Inc.
  GINE-web [en español] - (ES)
  About The Uterus [L Howe]
  The Banard/Columbia Women's Handbook 1992 - Columbia University, NY (US)
  

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  GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE

  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial [links]
    The Culture of Silence [STDs and women in the 3rd world] - IWHC
    Common Uterine Conditions - AHCPR (US)
    About Pelvic Pain and Its Treatment [JD Perry] - (US)
    Hormone suppression in the Differential Diagnosis of Pelvic Pain [GA Fields] - ObGyn.Net
    The Sexual Anatomy of Woman [E Sternberg]
    Society for Human Sexuality - Univ of Washington (US)
    Introduction to Colposcopy - LSU Med C., Shreveport (US)
    Female Genital Tract Pathology [images] - WebPath, Univ. of Utah (US)
    Imperforate Hymen and Hematocolpos - Vanderbilt U (US)
    Sex Organ Homologies - Loyola Univ. (US)
    Female Genital Mutilation Network & Message Board
    The Female Genital Mutilation Research Homepage
    About Benign Prostate, Prostatic Hyperplasia, and Prostatic Carcinoma in Female Patients [Sesterhenn et al.; posters] - AFIP
    

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  • Vulvar Diseases
    Diseases of the Vulva - Univ of Michigan (US)
    US Nat'l Vulvodynia Association [about chronic vulvar discomfort/pain]
    Vulvar problems in elderly women [Barhan & Ezenagu] - PostGradMed About Bartholin Abscess [Buttaravoli & Stair] - (US)
    

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    • Kraurosis Vulvae
      • See under Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus
    • Pruritus Vulvae
      • Pruritus Vulvae [A Oakley] - Health Waikato (NZ)
      • About Vaginal Itching - Adam.com
    • Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal
      • The Yeast Infection Homepage, including K Tibbals' 20 Steps You Can Take to Prevent Yeast Infections
      • Candidiasis a common vulvovaginitis (in children) - SLACK, Inc. (US)
      • Candida Albicans [L Tenney] - Woodland Publ.
      • About Candidiasis - U of Toronto (CA)
      • A note on Bacterial vaginosis and Yeast Infections - Mayo Health Oasis
  • Vaginal Diseases
    • Vaginitis & Sexually Transmitted Diseases [EJ Mayeaux] - Louisiana State Univ. Med. C. (US)
    • About Trichomoniasis (Trichomonas vaginalis) - Boston U (US), and on the Treatment of trichomoniasis in women - The Cochrane Library (UK)
    • About Vaginal Discharge - University of Illinois (US)
    • The Vaginits Association including The Vaginitis Report
    • About Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Vaginitis - Williams Coll. (US)
    • About Vaginal Infections and Vaginitis - NIAID '92, via Fronske Health C. (US)
    • Vulvovaginitis [S Roy] - MEDBYTES (US)
  • Menstruation Disorders
    • About Premenstrual Syndrome - UPenn (US)
    • Body Matters - Tampax. Com (US)
    • Menstruation Information for Girls & Women - Kimberly-Clark Corp. (US)
    • Vaginal Bleeding - What's Normal? [MP Evans] - Mayo Health Oasis (US)
    • Menorrhagia: When Periods Are Too Much - Women's Health Interactive
    • About Menopause - NIA/NIH (US)
    • The North American Menopause Society
    • Menopause Online [M O'Reilly]
    • About Hot Flashes & Night Sweats [M. Hope] - Delphi Menopause Matters (US)
    • About Irregular Menses - University of Illinois (US)
    • Toxic Shock Syndrome and Tampons - McKinley Health C., Illinois (US)
    • About Menstrual Cramps - University of Illinois (US)
    • Hormone Replacement Therapy, special edition - NY Times
    • An Animated Progesterone Molecule Model - Health Science Inc. (US)
    • Very briefly about Uterine Balloon Therapy (an alternative to hysterectomy)
  • Salpingitis
    • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (Salpingitis) - NIAID/NIH (US)
    • About Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (Salpingitis) - NOAH (US)
    • Acute Salpingitis [image, micro] - WebPath, Utah (US)
    • About Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Vaginitis - Williams Coll. (US)
    • About Tubal Recannulization and Selective Salpingography - IVF
  • Sex Disorders
    

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    • Dyspareunia
      • About Dyspareunia - ThriveHealth
    • Frigidity
      • Female Sexual Problems I: Loss of desire - what about the fun? [J Butcher] - BMJ
      • On Testosterone and Libido - Healthwise/Ask Alice (US)
      • Women and Sex: .. Science Blushes [G Kolata] - NY Times
      • Lowered Testosterone in Older Women [G Mirkin]
  • Infertility
    • About Female Infertility - Fertility Institute
    • INCIID
    • Infertility Resources - Internet Health Resources Company (US)
    • Fertilitext
    • The New Fertilitext - Harvard Magazine Nov-Dec '97
    • Sympto-Thermal Chart
    • RESOLVE
    • FAQs about Infertility, and some Fact Sheets from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
    • About Gonadotrophins and Human Reproduction - Serono Nordic
    • Information from the Bay Area Fertility & Gynecology Medical Group - (US)
    • Infertlity Issues [for Bone Marrow Transplant patients, and others] - Oncolink (US)
  • Endometriosis
    • About the Endometriosis Association - Atlanta Reproductive Health Center (US)
    • Endometriosis Web Ring
    • Endometriosis Resources [S Walton Stokes]
    • Endometriosis can be difficult to deal with. - Amanda's Page (US)
    • Endometriosis: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment [EJ Corwin]
    • About Endometriosis - extract from A Gynecologist's 2nd Opinion
    • Treatment of Endometriosis [RW Tureck] - UPenn (US)
      
    • Endometriosis - The Beach Center, VA (US)
    • My Laparotomy (endometrioma), a patient's story [A&R Goerwitz]
    • OXEGENE - Endometriosis Gene Study [S Kennedy] - Oxford (UK)
    • Endometrioma (endometriosis cyst) [ruptured; photo]
    • Endometriosis, ovary, 'chocolate' cyst [picture] - WebPath, Utah (US)
  • Uterine Prolapse
    • Uterine Prolapse - Adam.com
    • Uterine Prolapse [JDR Foster] - e-Medicine,
    • An illustration of Uterine Prolapse, OnHealth, and a photo of an Advanced Prolapse, OBGYN.net
    • About Reconstructive Surgery for Prolapse - Milwaukee Inst of Min Invas Surg (US)
    • If You Have Bladder Problems or Prolapse - extract from A Gynecologist's 2nd Opinion
  • Adhesions, Pelvic (not a MeSH term!)
    • What Are Pelvic Adhesions?? [JG Bradley] - Womens Health Forum
    • On Adhesions [S Walton Stokes]
    • Contemporary Adhesion Prevention [G diZerega]
    • Breakthrough Technology Reduces Post-Surgical Complications, Jun '97 - Doctor's Guide, and about Adhesions and Seprafilm [for clinicians] - Genzyme, Inc.
    • Adhesion Prevention information from SYNECHION, Inc.
    • Adhesion Prevention - INTERCEED
  • Ovarian Cysts
    • Ovarian Cysts - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly [DiLeo et al] - CompuServe (US)
    • About Ovarian Cysts - MJ Bovo (US)
    • About Ovarian Cysts and Tumors - Mayo Health O@sis
    • If You Have Ovarian Cysts - extract from A Gynecologist's 2nd Opinion
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
    • The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Web Ring
    • Stein-Leventhal syndrome - Adam.com
    • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Hershey Med C./Penn State (US)
    • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [L Kallin] - Umeå Univ. (SE)
  • Genital Neoplasms, Female
    • Introduction to Gynecologic Oncology [WM Rich]
    • Information from the Women's Cancer Center
    • About Pap(anicolaou) Test [P. Connelly]
    • When Your Pap Smear Is Slightly Abnormal - Am. Acad. Family Physicians
    • Cytopathology & Pap Smears - WebPath (US)
    • What the Results of a Pap Smear May Mean - Virtual Hosp., U Iowa (US)
    • About Cervical Cancer - CancerNet/PDQ--Patient (US)
    • Ovarian Cancer: A Guide to Patient Care, and Comprehensive Ovarian Cancer Review - University of Washington (US)
    • About Vaginal Cancer - CancerNet/PDQ--Patient (US)
    • Gynecologic Oncology Handbook - University of Washington (US)
    • Images of Tumors of the Female Genital Reproductive Organs - via Frontiers in Bioscience
    • see also under Urogenital Neoplasms

  PREGANCY COMPLICATIONS

  • Thinking About Pregnancy ... - MSRGSNet (US)
    Maternal Physiology Changes During Pregnancy [P Moreira Sodré] - MedStudents (BR)
    About Pregnancy Tests and Complications - ParentsPlace
    Possible Problems in Pregnancy and Labor ... - EFN, Oregon Public Networking (US)
    Morning Sickness During Pregnancy - RxMed (US)
    About some Pregnancy Complications - Mayo Health Oasis
    What about Pregnancy after 30, and with a Herpes and Warts History? - ParentsPlace
    Premature Labor & Other Complications of Pregnancy [DiLeo et al] - CompuServe (US)
    Sidelines (US) Nat'l Support Network for women with complicated pregnancies
    Obstetrics - The Family Practice Handbook, University of Iowa (US)
    Information from the Atlanta Reproductive Health Center (US)
    Reproductive Issues - Women's Health Forum (US)
    About Pregnancy - New York Online Access to Health (US)
    Pregnancy Calendar [M&M Olenick] - (US)
    What Happens When My Baby Is Overdue? - AAFP (US)
    Obstetric Ultrasound [J Woo] - (HK)
    Milestones of Early Pregnancy [Ultrasound Evaluations] - Creighton (US)
    Prenatal Tests [BA Epstein] - All Children's Hosp.
    Obstetric Radiology [M McBiles] - UTHSCSA
    AmnioNet
    About Amniocentesis (AMNIO) [MT Mennuti] - UPenn (US)
    Ultrasound and Other Prenatal Diagnostic Tests [RH Holbrook] - Stanford (US)
    Prenatal Diagnosis - Amniocentesis and CVS - AAFP (US)
    Discussions in Prenatal Diagnostics [USENET] - BioNet (US)
    Obstetrical Ultrasound & Prenatal Diagnosis - Indianapolis (US)
    About Prenatal Diagnosis - WebPath, Univ. of Utah (US)
    Chorionic Villus Sampling Registry MGH - (US)
    Monoamniotic Twins Support Site
    Dr Greene's pediatric Q&A section, by topic [A. Greene] - (US)
    Bulletin Boards at ParentsPlace
    On Antibiotic vs no treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy - The Cochrane Libary (UK)
    DES Daughters - Loyola U., Chicago, and DES Daughters Online Support Group
    DES (diethylstilbestrol) Action - (US)
    About The Rh Factor and Pregnancy [J Moore]
    Rethinking Alcohol's Role in Birth Defects [P. Reilly] - (US)
    TERIS - Teratology Information System - (US)
    References to articles on Crack Babies - via Hyperreal (US)
    About Cocaine Use During Pregnancy - Ask NOAH (US)
    About Vaginal Birth after a Cesarean
    Breast Cancer and Pregnancy - PDQ Statement mirrored at University of Bonn (DE)
    Some notes on Later-age pregnancy - Mayo Health Oasis
    Traveling While Pregnant - Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
    About Vitamin A Intake During Pregnancy - Genetic Drift (US)
    Birth Defects Prevention information from CDC
    Folic Acid: The Vitamin That Prevents Birth Defects - N.Y. State Dept of Health (US)
    Malaria Information: Pregnancy and Children, and about Vaccination During Pregnancy - CDC
    Pregnancy and Lupus (SLE) [MD Lockshin]
    Healthy Eating During Pregnancy [Jan '93] - March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (US)
    Midwifery, Pregnancy, and Birth Related Information - EFN, Oregon Public Networking (US)
    About Teen Pregnancy etc. [R. Taylor] - (US)
    Home Birth Issues [K Weber Brown]
    About Forceps - Baylor College/ObGyn
    Guidelines for Safe & Appropriate Use of Forceps in Modern Obstetrics - SOGC (CA)
    Childbirth.Org - (US)
    Pain Relief for Childbirth
    Anesthesia for the Pregnant Patient [EAM Faure] - U of Chicago
    FAQs and Comments about Epidural [compiled by S Cuddy]
    Brief Note about Epidural Anesthesia for Labor [MJ Bovo]

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  • Hyperemesis Gravidarum
    • About Hyperemesis Gravidarum - MayoClinic
    • Hyperemesis Gravidarum [R Chudacoff]
    • What you should know about Hyperemesis Gravidarum - Health Square
    • Notes about Hyperemesis Gravidarum [J Logan] - eMedicine
    • Guidelines for the Management of Nausea & Vomiting in Pregnancy, Jun '95 - (CA)
    • Nausea & Vomiting of Pregnancy, NVP - Motherisk Helpline
    • One woman's experience of HG - Webboard/ParentsPlace
  • Dystocia
    • Guidelines on Dystocia - SOGC
  • Eclampsia
    • Hypertension in Pregnancy - Preeclampsia/Eclampsia - Family Pract Handbook, U. of Iowa (US)
    • Definitions of Preeclampsia - OBGYN.net (US)
    • Swelling of the Hands and Feet - FamilyInternet
    • Anesthetic Management of Pre-eclampsia [R Langer]
    • Screening for Preeclampsia - CPS/NLM (US)
    • On Eclampsia and MgSO4 ["L Duley"] - Bandolier (UK)
    • The Fund for HELLP Syndrome Research & Education
  • Placenta Diseases
    • Abruptio Placentae [CV Smith] - MedBytes/SMA
    • About Placenta Previa and Placenta Abruptio - Adam.com
    • Placenta Previa [Yoon & Ko] - e-Medicine, an illustration from HomeArts and an Ultrasound image [M Applebaum]
    • Placenta Previa [R Weiss] - Mining Co.
  • Fetal Distress
    • About Ultrasound Assessment of Fetal Distress - Radiology/Creighton Univ. (US)
  • Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
    • Some clinical studies of Prelabour rupture of the membranes at or near term [L Ladfors; pdf file] - Sahlgrenska Hosp. (SE)
  • Diabetes, Gestational
    • What is Gestational Diabetes? - ParentsPlace
    • Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes - AAFP
  • Trophoblastic Neoplasms
    • Gestational Trophoblastic Disease - Div. of Gynecologic Oncology, Washington University (US)
    • Gestational Trophoblastic Disease [WM Rich]
  • Pregnancy, Ectopic
    • Ectopic Pregnancy (gif) Animation - WebPath, Univ. of Utah (US)
    • Ectopic Pregnancy - Mayo Health Oasis
    • Evaluation of Ectopic Pregnancy - Creighton/Radiology (US)
    • Ruptured Fallopian Tube [pathol image] - WebPath, Univ. of Utah (US)
    • A case of Laparoscopic Salpingectomy for Ectopic Pregnancy [V Blut] - Laparoscopy.com (US)
  • Puerperal Fever
    • About Puerperal Fever - The Family Practice Handbook, University of Iowa (US)
  • Depression, Postpartum
    • About Postpartum Depression - Dr Ivan's Depression C
  • Pregnancy Outcome
    • Ann Rose's Birth Control Links Page
    • A Guide to Contraceptive Choices - FDA '97
    • Contraceptive Guide [MJ Bovo]
    • Interactive Contraceptive Guide - Assoc. of Reproductive Health Professionals
    • About Cervial Caps - UCLA
    • Some Pregnancy-related Questions & Answers - Ask Alice (US)
    • FDA Approves "Preven (oral) Emergency Contaceptive Kit" - Sep 02,'98
    • Emergency Contraception WebSite
    • About Female Sterilization - Planned Parenthood League, Massachusetts (US)
    • National Women's Health Organization [abortion medicine] - (US)
    • Links to Pro-Choice and Pro-Life resources - CARAL, CA (US)
    • About Emergency Contraception (Post-Coital Pill) - Healthwise/Go Ask Alice! (US)
    • Contraceptive Failure Rates - Princeton (US)
    • Campaign for RU 486 and Contraceptive Research - Feminist Majority Foundation, Washington (US)
  • Fetal Death
    • For Those Who Have Had Miscarriages [S. Dinner-Levin] - (US)
    • Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support - SANDS Inc., W.A. (AU)
    • Support for Parents Who Experience Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Neonatal Death - (AU)
    • A Heartbreaking Choice [on prenatal diagnosis and terminated pregnancy]
    • Pregnancy Loss Support Index (from soc.support.pregnancy.loss) [K. Frykberg] - Wellington (NZ)
    • Hygeia (e-journal) [MR Berman]

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