Early Pregnancies and Aggressions

Aggression during the course of the pregnancy can take different forms: societal and parental, but the medical community…    

Pregnancy and Congenital Malformations

Very few studies have attempted to evaluate the risk of malformations in this population, even though it is…    

Teenage Fertility/Pregnancy by the Numbers

Demographic and epidemiological studies have quantified adolescent pregnancies as follows.

Teenage Pregnancy Rate
This…    

Psychological Profiles of Pregnant Adolescents

Teenage pregnancy is neither the result of an accident nor that of destiny.

With the exception…    

Outcome of the Pregnancy as a Function of the Adolescent’s Age

All the data collected over many years show that the earlier the pregnancy occurs, the more it risks…    

Adolescents 2003 - Contraception for Adolescents

Unfortunately, even today the programs offering consultation and information to adolescents do not suffice to enrich the basic…    

Contraception for Adolescents and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

STDs, including HIV infections, implicates contraceptive behavior of adolescents in several issues. This is the main reason that…    

Contraception for Adolescents - Making the Choice

First it is very important to explain to young people that the discussion among them and the healthcare…    

Contraceptive choices for adolescents - Abortion

The use of ineffective methods for protection against adolescent pregnancy leads to an increasing number of undesired pregnancies…    

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - Chronic Pelvic Pain and Recurrent Abdominal Pain

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a spectrum of inflammatory disorders involving the upper genital tract of the female…    

Ovarian Abnormalities - Chronic Pelvic Pain and Recurrent Abdominal Pain

The most common ovarian mass in adolescents is the functional ovarian cyst that will spontaneously regress over 6…    

Endometriosis - Chronic Pelvic Pain and Recurrent Abdominal Pain

Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside of the endometrial cavity. The presence of endometriosis…    

Chronic Pelvic Pain and Recurrent Abdominal Pain Etiology

There are many etiologies of CPP and of RAP. There are clear organic causes for CPP/RAP and causes…    

Chronic Pelvic Pain and Recurrent Abdominal Pain Abdominal Etiologies

There is no question that chronic abdominal/pelvic pain can be caused by gastrointestinal disorders that have clear organic…    

Chronic Pelvic Pain and Recurrent Abdominal Pain Management

Management of patients with CPP/RAP begins with the initial evaluation.
The approach of the clinician is…    

Gynecologic Etiologies - Chronic Pelvic Pain and Recurrent Abdominal Pain

Adolescents with CPP may have a gynecologic etiology of their pain.

Inquiries about the patient’s gynecologic…    

Dysmenorrhea -Chronic Pelvic Pain and Recurrent Abdominal Pain

Adolescents presenting with CPP may be experiencing dysmenorrhea (see this section for a more complete discussion…    

Mullerian Abnormalities - Chronic Pelvic Pain and Recurrent Abdominal Pain

Müllerian abnormalities may present with a wide range of symptoms including cyclic pelvic pain, dyspareunia, amenorrhea, pelvic mass,…    

New drug effective as emergency contraceptive

A new drug that acts on the receptor for the hormone progesterone appears to be at least as…    

The pill ups early breast cancer risk slightly

Oral contraceptive (OC) use is a risk factor for premenopausal breast cancer, according to pooled data published in…